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Notification under Section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 declaring the Freight Operations Information System a Protected System of Indian Railways and authorizing categories of personnel to access it.

Detailed Summary

By notification S.O. 3829(E) dated 28th August 2023, the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board), exercising powers under sub-section (1) of Section 70 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), declared the computer resources of the Freight Operations Information System (FOIS), being Critical Information Infrastructure of Indian Railways and its associated dependencies, to be Protected Systems for the purposes of the Act; exercising powers under sub-section (2) of Section 70, the Central Government authorized access to these Protected Systems by designated employees authorised by Indian Railways, authorised team members of contractual managed service providers or third-party vendors granted need-based access, and consultants, regulators, government officials, auditors and stakeholders authorised by Indian Railways on a case-to-case basis; the notification took effect from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette and was signed by Pradeep Kumar Ojha, Executive Director/TT(F), under File No. 2019/RBCC/7/7/ISSC-CII/CRIS(FOIS).

Full Text

5528 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. 3668] NEW DELH I, TUE SDAY , AUGUST 29, 2023/ BHADRA 7, 1945 CG-DL-E-29082023-248403 MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (Railway Board) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 2 8th August, 2023 S.O. 3 829(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 th e 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 : - ➢ Freight Operations Information System (FOIS). 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 desig nated employee authorised by Indian Railways. (b) any authorised team members of contractual managed service provider or third -party vendor who have been authorised by the Indian Railways for need based access; and (c) any consultant, regulator, governme nt 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/CRIS(FOIS) ] PRADEEP KUMAR OJHA, Exe cutive Director/TT(F) Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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