Bengaluru: Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic and CSR arm of Infosys, has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Karnataka and Data Security Council of India (DSCI), to renew the collaboration for the Centre for Cyber Crime Investigation Training & Research (CCITR) at CID Headquarters, Bengaluru.

Infosys Foundation has committed a grant of over Rs. 33 crore to strengthen the cybercrime investigation capabilities of the Karnataka Police, by extending its association with Centre for Cyber Crime Investigation Training & Research for four more years.

Building on the collaboration established in 2018, the new MoU will bolster the                                                        State Police force’s cybercrime prosecution capabilities through training and research in digital forensics and cybercrime investigation.

In addition, the joint initiative will bring together innovators, large enterprises, user enterprises, academia, and the government to fulfil the objectives including capacity building of the Police, prosecution, and judiciary in handling investigations, and development of SOPs in cybercrime investigations, performing research in digital forensics and cybercrime investigation that would improve the prosecution of cybercrime cases investigated by Karnataka Police.

In addition, the collaboration will foster entrepreneurship for the development of indigenous cyber forensics products and solutions, training and certification for Police staff in their core areas like cybercrimes and digital forensics and collaboration with national and international organisations working in digital forensics domains.