Question 5 OR (b)

Functions of the Controller of Certifying Authorities

6 marks

Time to write
About 12 minutes

From an older CBCS paper

Question

Question 5 OR (b) · 6 marks

What are the functions of Controller of Certifying Authority ?

Reworded from the university paper; the task is the same. The original paper belongs to the University of Delhi. See DU's question bank.

Before you write

Read off the question and its marks

12 minfor 6 marks

Read from the question

  • What areThe meaning first, then the main points.

What the paper leaves open

This older-course question examines the Information Technology Act, 2000, which the current UGCF Business Laws syllabus does not name; it is answered as printed.

Write it in this order

  1. Read; underline the asks; jot your points 1 min
  2. 1 Appointment and control (section 17) 1 mark 2 min
  3. 2 Functions under section 18 5 marks 8 min
  4. Check: every ask answered, key terms underlined 1 min

Try it first. About 12 minutes for 6 marks. Write it out, then open the solution.

Solution

Hover or tap a marked figure, like 72,000, to see how it is made and where else it appears.

Appointment. Under section 17 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, “the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint a Controller of Certifying Authorities for the purposes of” the Act, and Deputy Controllers, Assistant Controllers, other officers and employees. The Controller discharges his functions subject to the general control and directions of the Central Government.

Functions of the Controller (section 18). The Controller may perform all or any of the following functions:

  1. exercising supervision over the activities of the Certifying Authorities;
  2. certifying the public keys of the Certifying Authorities;
  3. laying down the standards to be maintained by the Certifying Authorities;
  4. specifying the qualifications and experience which employees of a Certifying Authority should possess;
  5. specifying the conditions subject to which Certifying Authorities shall conduct their business;
  6. specifying what may be contained in written, printed or visual material, and in advertisements, distributed or used in connection with an electronic signature Certificate and the public key, and the form and content of an electronic signature Certificate and the key;
  7. specifying the form and manner in which Certifying Authorities shall maintain accounts, and the terms on which auditors may be appointed and paid;
  8. facilitating the establishment of any electronic system by a Certifying Authority, alone or jointly with other Certifying Authorities, and regulating such systems;
  9. specifying the manner in which Certifying Authorities shall conduct their dealings with subscribers, and resolving any conflict of interests between them; and
  10. laying down the duties of the Certifying Authorities, and maintaining a data base of the disclosure record of every Certifying Authority.

Conclusion. The Controller is the regulator of the Certifying Authorities: he licenses and supervises them, sets their standards and duties, and protects subscribers in their dealings with them.

Where the 6 marks sit

#ComponentMarks
1Appointment and control (section 17)1
2Functions under section 185
Total6
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