The government of India has approved the National e-Governance plan. This plan comprises of 27 Mission Mode Projects; 100,000 Common Service Centres; State Wide Area Networks to provide connectivity up to block level with provision for wireless connectivity from the block level to the village level; and State Data Centres. The Mission Mode Projects cover all important sectors in Government domain such as banking, insurance, land records, police, e-courts, etc.

One of the key considerations in implementation of this plan is to define architecture, standards and policies addressing issues of security, privacy, etc. To address such issues, Department of Information Technology has worked out strategy which includes the security assurance framework, incident and alert system in respect of information security breaches for cyber community, legal framework, research and development and training awareness in the area of information security and cyber forensics.

According to  A.Raja, minister of communications and information technology, "Ministry of communications and information technology has been extending and will continue to extend all its support to CBI to facilitate them to investigate cases of cyber crime effectively. My Ministry would be giving a grant of Rs 3.5 crore to enable CBI to install the latest software tools. This will help them to train their officials in investigating cases pertaining to cyber crimes and assist mutual exchange of information with Interpol."

The government has already requested critical sectors in the country to implement Security Best Practices based on ISO 27001 model.