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The Board of Himalaya Pharma Ltd reviews its cyber policy. A director says the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is merely a private advisory body. Which function listed in Section 70B(4) best refutes this?

CERT-In is the Government-appointed national agency for incident response, and its functions include coordinating cyber incident response and issuing guidelines, advisories and vulnerability notes. Section 70B(4) lists these, so it is a statutory national agency rather than a private advisory body.

  1. AAdjudicating compensation claims under Section 43A
  2. BIssuing guidelines and advisories, and coordinating cyber incident response activities, as the national agencyCorrect
  3. CProsecuting cyber terrorism offences directly before courts
  4. DAppointing the Directors General of all intermediaries

Explanation

Section 70B(4) makes CERT-In the national agency for cyber security functions, including collection and analysis of incident information, forecasts and alerts, emergency measures, coordination of response, and issuing guidelines, advisories and vulnerability notes. It is a Government agency appointed by notification. It does not adjudicate 43A claims or prosecute; under 70B(8) courts take cognizance only on complaint by its authorised officer.

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