The document discusses cyber law and the Information Technology Act 2000. It defines cyber crime as any offence committed using a computer. The Act was passed in 2000 to regulate e-commerce, digital signatures, and e-governance. It covers 13 chapters and 90 sections dealing with electronic documents, digital signatures, data privacy, information security, and additional cyber crimes like child pornography and cyber terrorism. The document also outlines reasonable security practices organizations should follow and some key aspects of the Information Technology Act.
3. CYBER LAW
a combination of
crime and computer.
To put it in simple terms ‘any offence
or crime in which a computer is used is
called cyber crime
4. REASONS BEHIND IT ACT
E-commerce industry
e-mail
Digital signatures and digital records
e-governance.
5. IT ACT 2000
The Information Technology Act, 2000, was thus
passed as the Act No.21 of 2000, got President
assent on 9 June and was made effective from 17
October 2000.
The Act totally has 13 chapters and 90 sections
four Acts namely
The Indian Penal Code 1860,
The Indian Evidence Act 1872,
The Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1891 and
• The Reserve Bank of India Act 1934).
6. Reasonable Security Practices
Site certification
Security initiatives
Awareness Training
Conformance to Standards, certification
Policies and adherence to policies
Policies like password policy, Access
Control, email Policy etc
Periodic monitoring and review.
7. Some of the K ey highlights of the
ITAA are as follows
Focusing on data privacy
Focusing on Information Security
Defining cyber café
Making digital signature technology neutral
Defining reasonable security practices to be
followed by corporate
Inclusion of some additional cyber crimes like
child pornography and cyber terrorism
8. The Act essentially deals with the
following issues
Legal Recognition of Electronic
Documents - email
Legal Recognition of Digital
Signatures
e-governance
To facilitate EFT between the financial
institutions and banks
9. Observations on ITA
Awareness
Evidences
Non coverage of many crimes
Jurisdiction