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Digital Technology & Cybersecurity
Science & Technology
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Overview
Digital technologies (AI, blockchain, IoT, 5G, quantum) transform the economy; cybersecurity and data protection laws manage the risks.
Key points
- Blockchain is a distributed, tamper-evident ledger; quantum computers use qubits that can exist in superposition.
- The Information Technology Act was passed in 2000; Section 66A was struck down in Shreya Singhal (2015).
- CERT-In (under MeitY) responds to cyber incidents; NCIIPC protects critical information infrastructure.
- The Digital Personal Data Protection Act was enacted in 2023 and creates a Data Protection Board.
- The National Quantum Mission was approved in 2023.
- India Stack includes Aadhaar, UPI and DigiLocker.
Practice MCQs
From the perspective of definition and scope, which one of the following statements about Digital Technology & Cybersecurity is correct?
- Digital Technology & Cybersecurity is unrelated to institutions, processes or real-world applications.
- Digital Technology & Cybersecurity has no exceptions or limitations in exam analysis.
- Encryption protects confidentiality by transforming readable information using cryptographic methods.
- Blockchain technology automatically guarantees that every real-world fact entered into a ledger is true.
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Answer: (c) Encryption protects confidentiality by transforming readable information using cryptographic methods.. Encryption protects confidentiality by transforming readable information using cryptographic methods.
Consider the following statements on Digital Technology & Cybersecurity and Biotechnology, focusing on definition and scope: 1. Blockchain technology automatically guarantees that every real-world fact entered into a ledger is true. 2. Genome editing guarantees that no unintended genetic change can occur. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- 1 only
- 2 only
- Both 1 and 2
- Neither 1 nor 2
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Answer: (d) Neither 1 nor 2. Neither statement is correct; both are common misconceptions.
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