India Launches Cyber Security Innovation Challenge to Strengthen National Resilience

The Indian government has launched the Cyber Security Innovation Challenge (CSIC) 1.0 to strengthen the country's homegrown cyber resilience. The initiative aims to build skilled professionals and foster product-oriented solutions by enabling students and researchers to work on real-world cyber challenges. The challenge has 10 domain-specific problem statements aligned with India's cyber security needs, and solutions from academic institutions are envisioned to reach the market as deployable products. The initiative positions cyber security as a viable career path and addresses both imperatives of expanding awareness of emerging threats and strengthening technological capabilities.