Google has launched a broad, multi-pronged effort to protect people from online harm through an array of new programs, initiatives, collaborations, and investments in India, aimed at prioritising cybersecurity skills, user awareness and support for high-risk communities.
This includes a multi-city, mixed format Cybersecurity Roadshow to reach approximately 1,00,000 developers, IT and start-up professionals with unique tools, detailed guidance, and best practices on building safer apps by embedding security in all phases of development and adopting modern IT services.
The company also announced a multilingual user awareness campaign supported by the IT ministry and Digital India Corporation to encourage internet users to adopt better practices for safer digital transactions.
To ensure privacy from the company side, Google is working with banks like HDFC Bank, Axis Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, SBI, and ICICI to increase awareness about bank frauds. It is also working with leading telcos like Airtel.
Sanjay Gupta, Vice President and Country Head, Google India, said that as India progresses towards becoming a truly digitally enabled economy, “it is critical that the opportunity of connectivity has not come at the price of online safety, and we all come together to build a safer internet for millions of Indians.”
Google.org is also supplying a grant to Collective Good Foundation (CGF) to reach over 900,000 people, focusing on women, LGBTQIA+ people and other vulnerable users, with a specially designed training curriculum and resources to safeguard themselves from online risks.
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