Cyber laws in India could soon be brought one par with global standards and made almost foolproof.

The group of law firms in India, US and UK-commissioned by tech industry apex body Nasscom to take a close look at the cyber regulations in all three countries and the kind of data security violations reported - has submitted its recommendations.

The objective of the exercise was to ascertain to what extent India cyber laws provided protection against cyber violations.

The comparative study found that all the four major Indian regulations the Indian Penal code, IT Act, Contracts Act and Consumer Protection Act-already addressed as much as 98 per cent of all "committable" cyber crimes.

Nasscom has recommended to the ministry of information technology for a couple of amendments in the existing IT Act and IPC framework. "The team of law experts has identified some grey areas in our cyber laws. Following that, we. Along with the ministries of IT and law, are working towards making some amendments to the law so that all legal loose ends are tied properly," said Sunil Mehta, vice president Nasscom.

The IT Act treats "unauthorised access" to data from a computer or any other electronic device as punishable. But the issue is, when an "authorised" person accesses the data with a "wrongful motive," the law does not provide for it. This becomes all the more crucial as fraudulent data access is often committed internally.

What's more, the 150 year old IPC only penalizes the theft of "movable properties." But when its comes to stealing digital, soft, "immovable properties", the same law does not come to the rescue of the affected.

asscom submitted its recommendations a fortnight ago to the ministry of IT, which is now expected to work with the ministry of law to make the required amendments in the IPC. "It should come to Parliament for final approval during the winter session," said Mehta.