HQ of Maharashtra Cyber Security Project will be housed in Mahape Millennium Business Park, New Mumbai

Mumbai, July 22, 2019: The headquarters of Maharashtra Cyber Security Project, a brainchild of Chief Minister Devendra Fadanvis will be located in Millennium Business Park of Mahape Industry Development Corporation in New Mumbai. The land plot was today handed over to Maharashtra Cyber Security Project for the construction of the headquarters equipped with the latest technology required for investigating cybercrimes. This will effectively check the cybercrimes.

  Maharashtra Cyber has been established to check and also to investigate the crimes conducted using modern and new technologies in this age of information technology. Maharashtra Cyber has been implementing cyber security project and a plot f land was sought at Mahape for this project. Taking cognizance of this demand, the state government has handed over a plot admeasuring to Maharashtra Cyber today. Four main centers of cyber security project will be started through which the work of center for technical assistance for crime detection, technology assistance analysis centre required for crime detection, CERT Maharashtra and Training centre will be conducted from here.

Due to this cyber security project a latest system will be set up for detection of cyber crimes more effectively, systematically and in short time. This will help the common citizens and various corporate companies also. This will make Maharashtra a leading state in cyber security sector and with cyber security new industries and entrepreneurs will be eager to come to Maharashtra.

 The Maharashtra Cyber has established 51 cyber laboratories in the state. Similarly, 43 cyber police stations are started in all the districts of the state. These labs and police stations will be provided various technologies and technical assistance from this headquarters of cyber security project. The state police force will also be provided latest cyber system and future systems.

Maharashtra Cyber special IGP Brijesh Singh took the building No 102 and 103 in Mahape Millennium Business Parak today in his custody. On this occasion SP Maharashtra Cyber Balsingh Rajpur, Sachin Pandkar, DSP Vijay Khaire, ASI Prasad Joshi, Ofice Superintendent Pravin Shikhare, PSI Smt Bobade, Dy Engineer of MIDCX Shri Avhad, Yuvaraj Kolhe and officers and employees of cyber office were present on this occasion.

With the land made available in Business Park in Mahape Industrial Area for the HQ of cyber security project the Maharashtra Cyber is ready and prepared to face challenges of the digital era. The investigation of cyber crimes will be done fast and with the latest system being set up here the possible cyber attacks could be thwarted well in advance, said IGP Singh with confidence.