Security News > 2022 > June > India extends deadline for compliance with infosec logging rules by 90 days

India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the local Computer Emergency Response Team have extended the deadline for compliance with the Cyber Security Directions introduced on April 28, which were due to take effect yesterday.

The Directions were purported to improve the security of local organisations, and to give CERT-In information it could use to assess threats to India.

An open letter [PDF] dated June 27 and signed by infosec experts including members of the Internet Society, the Global Encryption Coalition and the Internet Freedom Foundation, called for deferral of compliance with the Directions.

The Register has attempted to ascertain whether big clouds have already complied with the Directions or have made representations to Delhi about the requirements outlined in the document.

As it happens, the new deadline for compliance with the Directions was not the only extension handed out in India in recent days.

India's IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who took to social media to promote the consultation session, has been silent on the extension of compliance with the Directions.

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