Rajnath Singh says security agencies' personnel should be trained to tackle threats of cyber attacks

New Delhi: Security agencies’ personnel, including those from special commando forces such as the NSG, should be trained in tackling the emerging “fourth dimension” of threats of cyber attacks, home minister Rajnath Singh said. [caption id=“attachment_4312415” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Union minister Rajnath Singh. PTI[/caption] Addressing the closing ceremony of the 8th All India Police Commando Competition at the National Security Guard garrison in Gurugram near Delhi, Singh said hacking websites and data leaks also indirectly imperil the national security. A fourth dimension has been added to the threats national security faced till now and commandos should also train to stamp out threats from the cyber space, apart from conventional threats emanating on the land, emerging from the seas and in the air, he said. The minister said the “iron fists of the commandos of various forces and the NSG can sniff out any evil eye casting aspersions on our soil.” “A commando is not only physically agile and deft in firing weapons but it is the composed mindset to make threat assessment and application of one’s resources to overcome the threat that gets into making a commando out of a soldier,” he said. He lauded the NSG and said the nation was proud of them and they have proved their mettle during the Parliament attack of 2001, Akshardham temple attack the next year, and the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and the recent Pathankot terrorist attack. The NSG was declared the overall winners of the competition, in which a total of 25 teams from the central paramilitary and state police forces participated over the past five days.