❖ Cyber Security Policy 2.0 was recently released by the Tamil Nadu government.

❖ It superseded the Tamil Nadu Cyber Security Policy 2020 issued in September 2020.

❖ It lists out steps for ensuring the protection of assets of the government through guidelines, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for audit, compliance and monitoring of cyber threats and attacks.

❖ The policy aims to protect information assets of government (infrastructure, software, citizen services).

❖ This will maximize their availability to government and citizens and to create an institutional mechanism to monitor the established infrastructure.