(1) Authority.— Any officer of CERT-In, not below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the Government of India may seek information from service providers, intermediaries, data centres, body corporate and any other person for carrying out the functions provided in sub-section (4) of section 70(B) of the Act.
(2) For cyber security, CERT-In may take recourse for monitoring and collection of traffic data in accordance with the provisions of section 69B of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Rules notified thereunder.
(3) Format for submission of information.— The information sought by CERT-In shall be submitted within the duration and in the format provided alongwith the communication sent for seeking the information.
(4) Manner of seeking and submission of information.— CERT-In may seek the information through digitally signed email, fax or registered postal mail. The information shall be submitted to CERT-ln through any suitable http://www.cert-in.org.in 16 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)] communication channel such as digitally signed email, fax, registered postal letters, Read only Compact Disc or Read only Digital Versatile Disc, depending upon the volume of information and as specified by CERT-In. CERT-In may also provide a secure upload facility on their server to the individual Point of Contact as defined in Rule 17.