Defence Minister A K Antony today asked the armed forces top brass to work in unison and make cyber systems as secure and as non-porous as possible. <br/><br/>Inaugurating the biannual Army Commanders' Conference in New Delhi, he said, cyber warfare is becoming a serious threat to security. <br/><br/>The comments came in the backdrop of several instances of cyber security breach by Chinese hackers coming to the fore.<br/><br/>Mr Antony said, the evolving security matrix is complex and calls for cooperation and coordination of the highest level.<br/><br/>Making a strong plea for synergy among the three forces, the Defence Minister said the future security matrix called for a high-degree of cooperation and inter-dependence among the services. <br/><br/>He said the primary area of focus should be to develop a force capable of operating in joint network-centric environment. <br/><br/>He said, besides these, the other emerging areas that warrant synergised development are space, Nuclear-Biological-Chemical, cyber warfare capabilities, air defence, rotary wing assistance, precision munitions, standoff targeting and missiles, communication systems, logistics and joint training. <br/><br/>Noting that significant progress had been made towards accomplishing synergy in various operational training and administrative facets among the three services, Mr Antony said there are a number of areas of congruence that needed to be strengthened further.<br/><br/>Referring to the modernisation plans of the armed forces, he said, it was in the long-term national interest that India became self-reliant in the field of critical defence<br/>equipment.