राष्ट्रीय संचार सुरक्षा केंद्र
National Centre for Communication Security
दूरसंचार विभाग
Department of Telecommunications
संचार मंत्रालय
Ministry of Communications
भारत सरकार
Government of India
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  • Notification for Calling of applications from Interns willing to join in Q1, 2024 (Jan-24 to Mar-24) in NCCS, Bengaluru as per 'NCCS lnternship Scheme' is published

  • ITSAR for Cryptographic controls with editorial changes is published on 07-Dec-2023

  • NCCS has provisionally designated M/s Granite River Labs (GRL) India Services Pvt. Ltd. as Telecom Security Testing Laboratory (TSTL) in India w.e.f. date 01-Dec-2023, for conducting the conformity assessment of security requirements for Telecom equipment viz. IP Router

  • ITSAR for PCF, BSF, AF, UDR and SMSF of 5G are Published on 01-Dec-2023

  • The stakeholders consulation for Draft for Comments ITSARs for UCMF, NSACF & EIR of 5G is scheduled to be held on 28-Dec-2023, 10:30 AM onwards

  • Draft for Comments ITSAR for UCMF, NSACF & EIR of 5G are Published on 01-Dec-2023

  • ITSARs for PCRF, MME, PABX, ONT and OLT with editorial changes are published on 29-Nov-2023

  • Report on International Conference on 5G Network Security is published

  • Notification for Engagement of Research Associates as per 'NCCS Research Associate Scheme' is published

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  • About NCCS

    The Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Rules, 2017, provides that every telecom equipment must undergo mandatory testing and certification prior to sale, import or use in India. As per mandate of Department of Telecommunications, the Procedure for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE) was formulated in October 2018. The Testing and Certification framework requires that the telecom equipment meets the essential requirements under (a)EMI/EMC (b)Safety (c)Technical requirements (d)other requirements and (e)Security requirements. The testing is carried out with the objective of ensuring that the equipment meets relevant national and international standards such that it is safe to use, the radio frequency emissions from it are within prescribed limits, it does not degrade the performance of the network to which it is connected and complies with national security requirements. The MTCTE scheme was launched on 01/10/2019 for some telecom network elements for certification of telecom equipment against Essential Requirements(ERs). DoT envisages to implement the mandatory testing and certification in respect of Security Requirements through a Scheme titled ‘Communication Security Certification Scheme’ (ComSeC).

    National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS) - a Centre under Department of Telecommunications (DoT) – shall be responsible for implementation of this scheme. Government of India has established Security Assurance Standards Facility, covering an area of about 11,500sq.ft at Bangalore with an investment of about Rs.17 Crore for infrastructure including Laboratory, IT, IBS and climate control and another about Rs.8.5 Crore for testing tools to facilitate development of security standards and to function as a referral laboratory. The facility was inaugurated by Hon'ble Minister of Communications Sri. Manoj Sinha on 15th November 2018.


    The Scheme


    The ComSec Scheme is managed by the Scheme Controller. NCCS aims to meet the following objectives in operating and maintaining the ComSec scheme: Scheme mainly comprises of three major activities: Scope of Security Certification: