Is GST Structure Safe from Malware?
The dictionary meaning of malware says it’s a software designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system. For any new structure or system coming up online, the biggest challenge is to protect itself from malware and outside attacks or interruptions. To ensure the same a lot of firewalls are built within the structure. The GST network (GSTN) could have been exposed to all sort of cyber threats but all necessary steps were taken to protect the network from malware. GSTN has followed and embedded major threats mitigating principles addressing both internal and external threats. These include potential data tampering attempts for commercial benefit by individuals or groups, industrial espionage, insider and external attacks to steal or tamper data, along with cyber-attacks on GST system and unauthorized data and system access. The core GST system created by Infosys is not directly exposed to the internet. It has multi-layered security architecture built w