PTI New Delhi

Leading stock exchange BSE has directed market participants to take precautionary measures on potential "high-impact" cyber-attacks by beefing up security monitoring of the systems with appropriate incident response plans.  This comes amid India launching missile attacks on Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

In a circular issued on Wednesday, BSE has asked market participants "to take precautionary measures on potential cyber risks, including high-impact cyber-attacks such as ransomware, supply chain intrusions, DDoS attacks, website defacement and malware"  

It asked trading members to check if necessary security controls are in place, conduct risk assessment and mitigate any findings, beef up security monitoring of the systems with appropriate incident response plans, and increase threat hunting activities.

These measures are aimed at ensuring a safe marketplace. This directive comes after an advisory was received from the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) highlighting a cyber threat campaign specifically targeting Indian organisations operating within the Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance (BFSI) sector.