Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

(Continued from previous Post) India already has a National Cyber Security Policy 2013. In 2020, DSCI also brought out an updated suggested Cyber Security Strategy 2020. Karnataka also published a Karnataka State  Cyber Security policy 2024. Earlier Tamil Nadu had … Continue reading →

(Continued) The DPDPA 2023 is now put  on track and the  Indian Personal Data Eco system is preparing itself to adopt the obligations under the Act. In the meantime, the issue of “Securing” the Cyber Space which consists of non … Continue reading →

India has just signed two important trade deals. One the mother of all deals with EU and now the father of all deals with USA.  Additionally the budget has also provided some push to exporters of tech products Both may … Continue reading →

Healthcare industry in India is increasingly exploring the use of Blockchain technology for managing Electronic health Records. Blockchain, Smart Contracts and AI are the new technologies that the industry is trying to adopt as they move ahead. At the same … Continue reading →

There are two rumours/news-plants that are running in the media about DPDPA Rules. They are a) Government may accelerate the time line for implementation from 18 months to 12 months in some respects. b) TCS is likely to apply for … Continue reading →

When we started working on the Internet in the early 1990s we used to speak about the need to bridge the “Digital Divide”. In this pursuit of equality of the citizen and the netizen we created a new merged world … Continue reading →