Chennai, June 11 -- The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has launched a special cybersecurity training programme for its personnel, in line with the vision of Union Home Minister Amit Shah to create 5,000 Cyber Commandos.

The advanced course began on June 8 at IIT Madras Pravartak in Chennai and will continue for six weeks. A total of 35 CISF personnel are participating in the programme.

According to CISF, the training will focus on critical areas including Network and Cloud Computing, Digital Forensics, Cyber Threat Identification, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), Incident Response, and Legal Frameworks.

The initiative aims to strengthen the force's cyber capabilities and prepare specialised personnel to ta...