Nagaland Police has informed that Indian citizens as Cyber Volunteers and serve the society in tackling the cyber-crime menace.

The Cyber Crime Volunteer Framework has been developed by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) with the aim to bring together the citizens having passion to serve the society and to tackle and mitigate the menace of cybercrime and to ensure a clean safe cyber space.

The Framework can be accessed through the “National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP)” (www.cybercrime.gov.in) and citizens can register as cyber volunteers by clicking on the “Register as a Volunteer” tab and following the instructions given.

The Police said that volunteers will serve as a bridge between the Law Enforcement Agencies of State and the citizens and help in spreading awareness amongst the people. In view of the rapid increase in cybercrime and use of emergent technologies by cybercriminals, it becomes imperative that the general public be made aware of the modus operandi of the cybercrimes, it added.

The cyber volunteers will serve as a means to spread awareness amongst the general public, to reach out to the public through various social media platforms or any other means of communication.