National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL)
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16th May, 2022
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Context
The Union Home and Co-operation Minister has formally inaugurated the National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) in Hyderabad.
About
- The laboratory is located at the premises of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory located at Ramanthapur in the city.
- The Cyber and Information Security Division of the Home Ministry has set up the NCFL at the CFSL under Cyber Crime Prevention against Women and Child scheme.
- Estimated cost: about 35.51 crore rupees
- Specialized Hi-tech units: The NCFL has created 4 specialized Hi-tech units to address issues in the field of digital forensics, which include:
- Mobile phone embedded system examination unit
- Digital storage Media Examination Unit
- Advanced Digital Forensic Unit
- Crime Scene Unit
- The Ministry has seven Central Forensic Science Laboratories in the country which has dedicated facilities for electronic forensics, including computer and cyber forensics.
- A state-of-the-art National Cyber Forensic Laboratory (NCFL) has been established at CyPAD, Dwarka, New Delhi to provide early-stage cyber forensic assistance to Investigating Officers (IOs) of State/UT Police."
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Significance
- The NCFL will speed up the process for disposal of cybercrime cases in the country.
- Setting up a modern cyberlab ecosystem will help in increasing the conviction rate of cybercrimes.
