Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

About Vijayashankar Na

Naavi is a veteran Cyber Law specialist in India and is presently working from Bangalore as an Information Assurance Consultant. Pioneered concepts such as ITA 2008 compliance, Naavi is also the founder of Cyber Law College, a virtual Cyber Law Education institution. He now has been focusing on the projects such as Secure Digital India and Cyber Insurance

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Independent Directors and DPDPA Risk: Has the Institution Kept Pace with the Data Economy?

In corporate governance, Independent Directors play an important role in protecting shareholder interests. One of their core responsibilities is to oversee risks that may adversely affect the financial position and sustainability of the company. Traditionally, this responsibility has been interpreted … Continue reading

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Consulting Doctors and their Status: DGPSI-Hospital

We have earlier discussed the need to recognize the Governance structure of DPDPA Compliance team including the PSO or the Patient Safety officer as one of the co-owners of the compliance requirements since every data breach is also a Patient … Continue reading

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Modified Intermediary Rules for publishers

Attention is drawn to the notice issued by MeitY on 21st  April 2026 related to the draft amendments to Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 in relation to strengthening intermediary compliance with clarifications, advisories and … Continue reading

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DGPSI-Hospital ..framework for DPDPA Compliance in Hospitals taking shape

FDPPI has been a pioneer in designing a framework exclusively for compliance of DPDPA. The initial version of DGPSI incorporated the ITA 2000 and BIS draft guidelines on Data Governance and was born as a unified framework. With such a … Continue reading

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The Cyber Security Architecture Needs a Revamp in Health Care Sector

Traditionally,  the foundation of cyber security has rested on the well-known CIA Triad, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Every security professional, auditor, and regulator has used these three principles as the benchmark for evaluating the adequacy of information security controls. The … Continue reading

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