To reinforce the safety of confidential official info of Authorities departments Jammu and Kashmir Authorities issued a Directive to Curb the Use of Third-Occasion Communication Platforms for Delicate Communications.
In a big transfer to reinforce info safety, the Jammu and Kashmir Authorities has issued a directive prohibiting its officers and officers from utilizing third-party platforms comparable to WhatsApp and Gmail for sharing delicate and confidential communications. This determination is available in response to a rising pattern amongst authorities staff to make the most of these platforms, which the federal government deems pose severe dangers to the integrity and safety of official info.
A round launched by the Common Administration Division (GAD) requested authorities staff to not use third-party communication strategies to speak secret paperwork.
The order reads “It has come to the eye of the administration that there’s an rising pattern amongst officers and officers to make use of third-party instruments comparable to WhatsApp, Gmail, and different comparable platforms for transmitting delicate, secret, and confidential info. This observe poses important dangers to the integrity and safety of the knowledge being communicated. Utilizing third-party communication instruments can result in a number of potential points together with unauthorized entry, information breaches, and leaks of confidential info. These platforms aren’t particularly designed to deal with labeled or delicate info, and their safety protocols could not meet the stringent requirements required for official communications.”
Consequently, using such instruments might lead to extreme safety breaches that jeopardize the integrity of governmental operations.
To emphasise the significance of exercising discretion and adhering to established protocols for dealing with official communications, notably these of a delicate, secret, or confidential nature.
The next tips are issued for the officers/officers of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir:
1) Categorised info falls beneath the next 4 classes particularly, high secret, secret, confidential and restricted.
2) Using a authorities electronic mail (NIC electronic mail) facility or authorities on the spot messaging platforms (comparable to CDAC’s Samvad, NIC’s Sandesh and so on.) is strongly really useful for the communication of confidential and restricted info.
3) Within the context of the e-Workplace system, the Departments should deploy correct firewalls and white-list of IP addresses. The e-Workplace server needs to be accessed by means of a Digital Personal Community (VPN) for enhanced safety.
