A BOOK ON INFORMATION SECURITY FOR CO-OPERATIVE BANK AND PATSANSTHA

Information security for co-operative banks and for Patsanstha is a book written by Mr. Ajay Nikumb. The objective of this book is to improve awareness about security in the financial sector. The book is written in Marathi so that it should reach up to the ground level. The book talks about the pros and cons of the technology. The book is based on RBI guidelines.

Preface of this book is written by Mr. Satish Marathe, who is director of Reserve Bank of India, Director of Rashtriya Sahakari Vikas Mandal and Founder member of Sahakar Bharti.  He has underlined the importance of Cooperative and Nagari Sahkari Sanstha and Patsanstha in Indian Economy. He has mentioned that day by day cyber-attacks are increasing in number, the hackers are targeting all types of financial sectors.  To enhance the security of the money of the people it is essential to have advanced and updated technology. He has congratulated Mr. Nikumb for writing such a useful book.

The book makes us aware about Cyber security. The book flinches with the basic information of cyber security so that it could be understood by laymen too. The book introduces the policy of RBI and it depicts the Classification and controlling of the Asset. The book gives clear ideas about Physical and environmental security controls, Logical access controls / security, Operations and production controls, Data security, intrusion detection and response systems, Access Controls to whom the access should be given and should be prohibited. The book has given guidelines for compliance, what are the requirements and law as per standards of RBI. 

The book was welcomed by all over cooperative and Patsanstha.