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

DGPSI-SOP600 an essential thought for Data Audits

The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) recognizes a legal entity as a single Data Fiduciary or Significant Data Fiduciary. But in practice,  a large organization may have hundreds or even thousands of branches, subsidiaries, regional offices, functional divisions and operational … Continue reading

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DGPSI-Beyond Compliance..Building Trust

The developments in the IT industry after the DPDPA, represent the second instance where the attitude of people towards intangible assets is undergoing a major change. The first such instance was when the “IP Mindset” entered the system. Now it … Continue reading

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Masterclass on DPDPA at Mumbai by Naavi on 9th October 2026

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What can we learn from Bank of baroda Data Breach?

On July 27 a data breach was reported at Bank of Baroda. News papers reported that nearly 1 terabyte of Bank of Baroda data had been published on the darkweb. Security analysts who had examined the files stated that it … Continue reading

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From Privacy Compliance to Data Trust: NAAVI’s Personal Data Governance Framework for Organisations-Mr. M. G. Kodandaram, IRS.

P.S: This is a voluntarily presented guest post from Advocate M G Kodandaram, IRS. The article has not been edited by Naavi.org  Abstract The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (“DPDPA” or “the Act”) marks a significant transformation in India’s … Continue reading

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DPDPA Compliance in GCC s in India

Amongst the various sectors which FDPPI is targetting for development of DGPSI sectoral frameworks, “Global Capability Centers” or GCCs present a specific challnge. DGPSI already have a framework DGPSI-HR for HR operations and DGPSI-DP for Processor platforms which  have some … Continue reading

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