National cyber research, innovation centre opened in Hyderabad

PTI, Feb 24, 2020, 4:25 PM IST

Hyderabad: As part of efforts to fight cybercrime, a National Cyber Research and Innovation Centre was inaugurated here by Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy on Monday.

The centre of the Bureau of Police Research and Development would help the country effectively deal with cybercrime by taking up research and training, the Minister told reporters.

It is a “critical element” of the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre established by the Union government to combat cybercrime in a coordinated and effective manner, officials said.

“The centre would provide training besides offering research-based solutions to various problems that might be faced in the course of an investigation,” they said.