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

Why DGPSI is a forward looking Framework which BIS should adopt

Posted on April 19, 2026 by Vijayashankar Na

At a time when BIS is considering re-inventing a framework for Compliance for Privacy  in India, it is necessary to recognize how the DGPSI framework (Data Governance and Protection Standard of India used by FDPPI) has been thinking ahead of … Continue reading →

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Don’t Re-Invent the wheel

Posted on April 17, 2026 by Vijayashankar Na

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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is set to reinvent the wheel

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Vijayashankar Na

The initiative of DSCI and BIS to work on a framework for compliance under a working group ISO/IEC JTC 1/ SC 27/WG 5 – Privacy Protection & Personal Data Governance is a notable development. It is good that 3 years … Continue reading →

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AIDAI Launched

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Vijayashankar Na

The Association of Independent Data Auditors of India (AIDAI) was launched in Bengaluru on 11th April 2026 at WoodRose Club, JP Nagar, Bengaluru, 2026. Though the live broadcast on the YouTube could not be organized as planned, the rest of … Continue reading →

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Guardians of Data Accountability

Posted on April 12, 2026 by Vijayashankar Na
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Launch of AIDAI will usher in a new era in Data Protection in India

Posted on April 10, 2026 by Vijayashankar Na

FDPPI has been in the forefront of being a “Guardian of Privacy”. The DGPSI framework provided the “Jurisprudential interpretation” of DPDPA 2023 for Data Fiduciaries to work on “Compliance By Design”. During this phase we started creating the  skills of … Continue reading →

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