India’s largest container port Jawahrlal Nehru Port Trust initiated steps, including a special IT audit and staff training to prevent cyber attacks like the one that crippled the operations of one of its terminals last week.

One of the terminals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) was impacted by a malware attack last month. According to a senior official from JNPT, port’s IT systems restored and is very secure but to prevent any such situation in the future, the port has given the go-ahead for an inspection of the IT systems to plug any loopholes and also undertaking a safety training programme for the staff.

The official also informed that National Cyber Security Advisor Gulshan Rai had rushed to the port following the impact on operations due to issues at the privately operated GTI Terminal. The official said Mr Rai was satisfied with the network security when he took a review of the same during the visit.