About Pratibimb Module:
- It is a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based software launched by the Union Home Ministry's Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).
- Objective: To help enforcement agencies, including state police forces, to map cybercriminals in real time and destroy their network.
- Pratibimb offers a unique advantage of projecting mobile numbers used in cybercrimes across the entire country into a GIS map.
- The software also provides a map view to personnel of the law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and service providers to ascertain the actual locations of mobile numbers active in criminal activities.
Samanvaya Platform:
- It was launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs as a coordination platform for LEAs for cybercrime data sharing and analytics.
- It provides analytics based on interstate linkages of crimes and criminals involved in cybercrime complaints across various States/UTs.
Key Facts about Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C):
- I4C has been established under the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to deal with cybercrime in the country in a coordinated and comprehensive manner.
- The I4C focuses on tackling issues related to cybercrime for citizens, including improving coordination between various Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and stakeholders.
- The centre is located in New Delhi.
- Functions:
- To act as a nodal point in the fight against cybercrime.
- Identify the research problems and needs of LEAs and take up R&D activities in developing new technologies and forensic tools in collaboration with academia/research institutes within India and abroad.
- To prevent misuse of cyberspace for furthering the cause of extremist and terrorist groups.
- Suggest amendments, if required, in cyber laws to keep pace with fast changing technologies and international cooperation.
- To coordinate all activities related to the implementation of Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLAT) with other countries related to cybercrimes in consultation with the concerned nodal authority in MHA.
- I4C brings together academia, industry, public and government in the prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution of cybercrimes.
- I4C has envisaged the Cyber Crime Volunteers Program to bring together citizens with a passion to serve the nation on a single platform and contribute in the fight against cybercrime in the country.
