Black Ribbon Initiative
The PRTS Indore has developed an extensive awareness and public outreach program to make all sections of society computer security aware and alert. This is designed to protect the citizens from becoming victims of cyber offences and at the same time to prevent them from become offenders under the various sections of the IT Act (Amended) 2008, by mistake or due to lack of knowledge. This entire drive is formulated, conceived, developed and executed by Mr. Varun Kapoor (IPS) Director PRTS Indore. It has been a huge success in the region. It was launched on 26th November 2013 totally at the initiative of Mr. Varun Kapoor.
This drive has been christened as – “BLACK RIBBON INITIATIVE” . It is made up of four different components, designed in such a manner that all sections of society are catered to and benefited. This awareness is in the form of 3 hour workshops held at different locations in which the participants are made aware about the entire gamut of cyber security related information ranging from – Legal provisions, police procedures, IT Act provisions, cyber crime definition, cyber crime impact and volume, types of cyber crime, the advantage of awareness in cyber crime prevention, password protection, ID theft protection, data theft protection, risky behaviour on the net, inappropriate content, cyber bullying, cyber stalking, geo-tagging and its pitfalls, financial frauds on the net, mail/call spoofing and ways of protection, ATM frauds and net banking frauds, netiquettes etc. Mr. Varun Kapoor himself along with assistance from Mr. Subhash Singh, DSP PRTS Indore and technical assistants from PRTS, personally visit each place and deliver these extensive workshops. The four components are as follows:
Sandesh
Sankalp
Samadhan
