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National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL)

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    10Pointer
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    Science & Technology
  • Published
    16th May, 2022

Context

The Union Home and Co-operation Minister has formally inaugurated the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) in Hyderabad. 

About

  • The laboratory is located at the premises of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory located at Ramanthapur in the city.
  • The Cyber and Information Security Division of the Home Ministry has set up the NCFL at the CFSL under Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Child scheme.
  • Estimated cost: about 35.51 crore rupees
  • Specialized Hi-tech units: The NCFL has created 4 specialized Hi-tech units to address issues in the field of digital forensics, which include:
    • Mobile phone embedded system examination unit
    • Digital storage Media Examination Unit
    • Advanced Digital Forensic Unit
    • Crime Scene Unit
  • The Ministry has seven Central Forensic Science Laboratories in the country which has dedicated facilities for electronic forensics, including computer and cyber forensics.
  • A state-of-the-art National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) has been established at CyPAD, Dwarka, New Delhi to provide early-stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police."

Significance

  • The NCFL will speed up the process for disposal of cybercrime cases in the country.
  • Setting up a modern cyberlab ecosystem will help in increasing the conviction rate of cybercrimes.

 

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