India Bans Vpn And Cloud Services For Govt Employees Report
Weeks after popular VPN services, including ExpressVPN, NordVPN, and Surfshark VPN, announced their plans to exit India operations due to the Indian government’s new VPN policy, new reports suggest that India has banned third-party VPN and cloud services for government employees. As The Economic Times reports, the National Informatics Centre (NIC) has issued guidelines to improve the “security posture” of the government. The new guidelines, titled “Cyber Security Guidelines for Government Employees”, prohibit government employees from using both VPN services and non-government cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox....