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Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, which body is appointed by the Central Government by notification to serve as the national agency for incident response in the area of cyber security?

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team is the body the Central Government appoints by notification to act as the national agency for cyber security incident response. Section 70B creates it and lists its functions such as collecting information on incidents, issuing alerts and coordinating response activities.

  1. AIndian Computer Emergency Response TeamCorrect
  2. BCyber Appellate Tribunal
  3. CController of Certifying Authorities
  4. DData Protection Board

Explanation

Section 70B requires the Central Government to appoint an agency of the Government called the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, which serves as the national agency for incident response. The Controller and the Tribunal have different statutory roles, and the Data Protection Board is not mentioned in this section.

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