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Declaration under section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 designating Railway Traction Power SCADA systems of all divisions as Protected Systems constituting Critical Information Infrastructure of Indian Railways.

Detailed Summary

Notification S.O. 3828(E), issued by the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on 25th August, 2023, under section 70(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), declares the computer resources relating to the Railway Traction Power SCADA of all divisions, being Critical Information Infrastructure of Indian Railways, together with the computer resources of its associated dependencies, to be Protected Systems for purposes of the Act; under section 70(2) of the Act, the Central Government authorises access to these Protected Systems for: (a) designated employees authorised by Indian Railways; (b) authorised team members of contractual managed service providers or third-party vendors who have been authorised by Indian Railways for need-based access; and (c) consultants, regulators, government officials, auditors and stakeholders authorised by Indian Railways on a case-to-case basis; the notification comes into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and is signed by Manish Gupta, Executive Director/EE(M), Railway Board, under File No. 2019/RBCC/7/7/ISSC-CII/Elec.Engg.

Full Text

5526 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART II —Section 3 —Sub-section ( ii) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 3667] NEW DELH I, TUE SDAY , AUGUST 29, 2023/ BHADRA 7, 1945 CG-DL-E-29082023-248396 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2 5th August, 2023 S.O. 3 828(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub -section (1) of section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), the Central Government hereby declares the computer resources relating to the following railway systems, being Critical Information Infrastructure of Indian Railways and the computer resources of its associated dependencies to be Protected Systems for the purposes of the said Act, namely: - ➢ Railway Traction Power SCADA of all divisions. 2. Sub-section (2) of section 70 of the Information Technology Act 2000 (21 of 2000), the Central Government authorizes the following personnel to access the Protected Systems, namely: - (a) any designated employee authorised by Indian Railways. (b) any authorised team members of contractual managed service provider or third -party vendor who have been authorised by Indian Railways for need based access; and (c) any consultant, regulator, government official, auditor and stakeholder authorised by Indian Railways on case to case basis. 3. This notification shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. [F. No. 2019/RBCC/7/7/ISSC -CII/Elec.Engg. ] MANISH GUPTA, Executive Director/EE(M), Railway Board Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, May apuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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