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title: "Defence Cyber Agency (DCyA): India's Cyber Command"
description: "The Defence Cyber Agency is India's tri-service military body for cyber warfare, raised in 2019. See how it differs from CERT-In and the NCIIPC."
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Model Diplomat Research Team · Last reviewed June 22, 2026

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- The Defence Cyber Agency is India's tri-service military command responsible for cyber warfare, defending armed forces networks and conducting offensive cyber operations.
- How does the Defence Cyber Agency differ from CERT-In?
- Why was the DCyA created as an 'agency' rather than a full Cyber Command?
- Whom does the Defence Cyber Agency report to?
- What was the origin of the Defence Cyber Agency?

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In 2019 the Government of India raised the Defence Cyber Agency under Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff, with its first head, a Rear Admiral, drawn from the Indian Navy to lead tri-service cyber operations.

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