The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology vide notification dated 13th April, 2022 has declared the computer resource of the Central Identities Data Repository of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and its following facilities and information assets to be a protected system for the purposes of the Information Technology Act, 2000, namely:-
(1) Bangalore Hebbal Data Centre (HDC);
(2) Security Operations Centre of HDC;
(3) Network Operations Centre of HDC;
(4) Manesar Data Centre (MDC);
(5) Security Operations Centre of MDC;
(6) Network Operations Centre of MDC;
(7) UIDAI Headquarters Security Operations Centre;
(8) Information Security Division and Enforcement Wings of UIDAI Head Quarter;
(9) Cyber Forensic Laboratory at UIDAI Head Quarter
(10) Logistics Infrastructure and Dependencies installed at UIDAI
Any computer resource which directly or indirectly affects the facility of Critical Information Infrastructure is a protected system. Any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to a protected system in contravention of the provisions of this section shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and shall also be liable to fine.
