Building India’s Cyber Fortress: Inside NIXI’s AI-Driven Push for a Secure, Inclusive Internet

India is strengthening its digital infrastructure and building a safer, more resilient internet ecosystem. Supporting this effort, National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI), a not-for-profit organisation under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has been working towards this.

As part of its 23rd Foundation Day, NIXI recently launched four new digital platforms aimed at improving transparency, operational efficiency, user experience, and domain security across India’s internet ecosystem. Devesh Tyagi, CEO of National Internet Exchange of India (NIXI) about these latest capabilities and.

What Happened

The biggest advantage of AI is that it helps us stay one step ahead of cyber threats. NIXI’s new AI-Powered WHOIS Screening Platform is a major step toward a safer ecosystem.

• Along with initiatives such as the AI-Powered WHOIS Screening Platform, multilingual domain support and improved digital services, it reflects a commitment to building a secure, transparent and globally competitive internet ecosystem that supports India’s.

• The Auction Portal is part of NIXI’s larger effort to continuously modernise India’s domain ecosystem.

• A country’s digital identity is becoming just as important as its physical identity.

Key Details

This AI model is capable of differentiating between a legitimate new business registration and a sophisticated, malicious setup. Tyagi what specific behavioral or data anomalies is it flagging to catch suspicious websites before they can harm users?

• As India cements its position as a global technology superpower, the modernization of the.IN domain ecosystem, supported by the new transparent.IN Auction Portal, strengthens the country’s sovereign digital identity and protects the.

• If one exchange point experiences a disruption, traffic can be routed through other locations, helping maintain uninterrupted internet services across the country.

• At the same time, NIXI’s geographically distributed IXP network improves resilience.

Why It Matters

Tyagi explains that the platform helps identify unusual registration patterns that may indicate suspicious activity. For example, it can detect multiple domain registrations from the same source within a short period, repeated or inconsistent contact details, or other registration patterns that are.

• The new IX Portal brings all member services onto one platform, making it easier to manage connectivity, monitor services and complete operational tasks.

• By allowing internet traffic generated within India to remain within the country, IXPs reduce latency, improve browsing speeds and lower network costs for service providers.

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