Correct answer: (d) 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
- A
1 only
Option (a) is 1 only. Service providers are covered, but the Information Technology (Amendment) Act / CERT-In rules also bind data centres and body corporates. This option is incomplete. This option is not the key.
- B
1 and 2 only
Option (b) is 1 and 2 only. It omits body corporates, which are also required to report prescribed cyber-security incidents. This option is not the key.
- C
3 only
Option (c) is 3 only. Body corporates are in, but so are intermediaries/service providers and data centres. This option is therefore wrong.
- D
1, 2 and 3
Section 70B of the IT Act and the CERT-In directions / Intermediary Rules require service providers, data centres, body corporates and others to report cyber-security incidents to CERT-In. All three stem entities are covered, so 1, 2 and 3 is the official key.
Summary. Official key is (d) 1, 2 and 3. Indian law treats cyber-incident reporting as a duty of a wide class of intermediaries and companies, not of one subset. CERT-In is the national nodal agency. Service providers, data centres and body corporates all appear in the reporting net. None of the three can be dropped.
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