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

Say No to Bitcoins

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Bitcoin is Digital Black Money… A Currency of the Criminals and Terrorists. Neither RBI nor Government of India can legitimize it without sacrificing the interest of the country. Despite planting of fake news and support of some journalists, it would … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin is Digital Black Money… Is Fake news being promoted by Cogencis?

Posted on June 14, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

In the last few days, Economic Times has been carrying on a campaign for legalization of Bitcoin. The article “U-turn on bitcoin? Government panel may allow cryptos with riders ” which does not carry the name of the reporter suggests, … Continue reading →

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Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit of ISMG at Bengaluru

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Information Security Media Group a global organization managing several media assets  (Refer: www.ismg.io) organized a two day event at Taj Vivanta, Bengaluru titled Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit, starting today the 12th June 2018. It will conclude tomorrow. In a … Continue reading →

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ITA 2000/8 will remain the supreme Data Protection Law of India

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

One of the confusions that is prevailing in the domain of Privacy and Data protection is whether the two terms “Privacy Protection” and “Data Protection” are same. A time has come to distinguish the two concepts since this confusion should … Continue reading →

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Data Protection Professionals.. Don’t Get Sandwiched between the regulator and the boss

Posted on June 10, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

Data Protection Industry is closely related to the Information Security industry on the one hand and the Legal Compliance industry on the other hand. This industry includes of Data Controllers and Data Processors as envisaged in Data Protection laws such … Continue reading →

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IADPP, a proposed organization for Data Protection Professionals

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Vijayashankar Na

The concept of “Data Protection” has gained a larger than life importance in India in recent days with the advent of GDPR, impending advent of Indian Data Protection Act and the DISHA2018. Though GDPR is not directly applicable in India, … Continue reading →

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