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eGov Products & Services

126 Cr.
Stopped by
Reputation
Filtering 886 L
Stopped
as Invalid
Recipient
475 L 489 L
Stopped Spam
as Invalid
57 L Recipient Detected
Total IPs 1.5 L
Virus
Blacklisted ! Detected
NIC Email Service has been exceptional
in ensuring ease of communication in
Threats Tackled by Email Service from January to December 2021 Government. The platform is easy to use
and has features as per global standards.
To ensure data security of the Government,
Security Features I recommend that all officials only use the
Government Email Service.

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Abhishek Singh, IAS
Geofencing SPF, DKIM, DMARC File blocking based Device Mapping Hyperlink Alert CEO MyGov, President & CEO NeGD
on extension type MD & CEO Digital India Corporation

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layer for 2-Factor authentication using NIC Kavach
Mail Encryption Anti-Phishing, IP reputation User Last 2-Factor application. Web Application Firewall (WAF) acts
Anti-Spoofing, Anti- filtering Login History Authentication as a filter which protects against the application
Spamming, Anti-Virus attacks. Firewalls protect against network attacks
by blocking unsolicited and unwanted incoming
network traffic. Intrusion Prevention System
1600+ 24 PB (IPS) detects and prevents identified threats. IPS
Virtual Domains like Storage continuously monitors the network for possible
@gov.in, nic.in, malicious incidents and captures information
@meity.gov.in about the same. 2-Factor Authentication (2FA),
named Kavach with a second level verification
in addition to the login-password combination
2000+ 30 Lakh allows only authorized users to access the Email
Applications for SMTP Email Users service (Refer Figure 3). Kavach as a framework
also includes Geo-fencing that allows access to
an ID from the place of physical presence of the
1.2 Crore 4.5 Crore user thereby reducing the attack canvas.
Malicious Attacks Daily Email
Blocked / day Transaction Summary
Email continues to be one of the most prolific
medium used by hackers to compromise the
Figure 1: NIC Kavach Application Figure 2: Government Email Service Statistics Government service framework. Hence, it is
essential that users adhere and follow strict
service security practices and ensure that devices
eMail Services Core Team
from which they access Emails are patched with
R.S. Mani, DDG & HoG latest updates for the Operating System, Anti-
(rsm@gov.in) Virus and other software stack on the system.
Dr Seema Khanna, DDG & HoD
(seema@gov.in) Users must also proactively report any suspicious
K.N. Tiwary, Scientist-D / malicious Emails to incident@nic-cert.nic.in.
(tiwary@nic.in)
Rajesh Singh, Scientist-C
(rajesh.singh@gov.in)
Ashwini Kumar Tiwari, Scientist-C Contact for more details
(tiwari.ashwini@nic.in)
Government eMail PIU
Amit Kumar, Scientist-C
(amit.kr@nic.in) National Informatics Centre, CGO Complex,
Kundan Kumar, Scientist-C Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003
(kundan.kumar@nic.in) Email: email-piu@nic.in, Phone: 011-24305668

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