CERT-In is a functional organization of Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India, operational since 2004, with the objective of securing Indian Cyber space. Now with Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 coming into force w.e.f. 27th October, 2008, the CERT-In is a legal authority under newly inserted Section 70-B of Information Technology Act read with notification published in Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated 27th October, 2009.