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Call for inputs: Mobile Security Guidelines by MeitY (C-DAC)
Call for inputs: Mobile Security Guidelines by MeitY (C-DAC)

August 31, 2022

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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), through Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, has released “Mobile Security Guidelines”” (MSG) for stakeholder consultation. The purpose of the MSG guidelines is to achieve mobile security goals of confidentiality, integrity, availability, authentication, authorization, non-repudiation, access control, traceability, accountability, trust and reliability by various entities in the mobile service ecosystem such as manufacturing, application development, network operation etc. These guidelines are to strengthen the mobile security assessment and ensure enrichment of mobile user experience towards secure and trust-worthy mobile services with privacy protection.

The target audience for these guidelines include –

  • Manufacturers of Mobile Phone Device, its Hardware Components, Peripheral Equipment and Interfaces.
  • Developers of Mobile Software Services, Functionality, Applications, APIs, Operating System, Browser, micro-services etc.
  • Service Providers of Mobile Software Ser- vices, Mobile App Stores, Integrators, Government and Non-Government Bodies offering: m-Governance, Mobile Services, Social Media Services and APIs of Mobile Services.
  • Network Providers, Mobile Network Operators, Providers of Mobile, Network, Internet, Satellite and Wireless Communication and Wi-Fi Services.
  • Regulators, Auditors, Standardization Bodies and Enforcement Agencies
  • Mobile Security Testing and Forensics Organizations/Labs, Quality Assurance and Assessment Bodies
  • Academia and Researchers
  • Mobile Users and Mobile Subscribers

MSG provides Checklist for User awareness on Mobile Device Security Controls to safeguard Mobile Users. User Levels are specified so as to help them identify their present level of security awareness and understand mobile security measures to follow.

The central objective of MSG is to ensure privacy, protect sensitive data and provide security of transactions of every mobile device user, by following the mobile security control measures prescribed for various stakeholders involved in the mobile service ecosystem

Kindly share your inputs on to varun@nasscom.in and apurva@nasscom.in by September 16th.

You can read the detailed guidelines here.


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