The Computer Emergency Response Team- India (CERT-IN) on 27th June issued a notification announcing a partial extension on the deadline for complying with its controversial Cybersecurity Directions. According to the notification, Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) will now get time until 25th September 2022 to comply with the directions. To be sure, such entities would have to be covered under the criteria laid out for the same by the Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, the notification says. Further, the notification also announces an extension on compliance for the directions' requirement for Cloud Services Providers (CSP), Virtual Network Providers (VPN), etc. to maintain validated details of their customers. They would also have to comply by 25th September. During an industry stakeholder meeting conducted on the directions, on 10th June, representatives had asked the Ministry for Electronics and Information…
