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

Awards are perceived as an endorsement and hence care is required before selection.

Posted on December 25, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

Recently, there has been a debate in the professional circles whether the multiple “Awards of Excellence” in Privacy and Security  won by AIRTEL is an endorsement of its Privacy and Security practices by the organization giving out the award. The … Continue reading →

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AIRTEL Sweeps awards from DSCI…while the AIRTEL Bank CEO resigns….

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

AIRTEL is no doubt the leading mobile service provider in India. However when Airtel swept several awards in the recent DSCI Excellence Awards 2017, several eyebrows were raised. It was clear that the process used by DSCI to confer the … Continue reading →

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Black Money gets a Boost from SEBI. Mr Thaygi should be removed as SEBI Chairman

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

  In a surprising but disgusting news report, Mr Ajay Thyagi, the Chairman of SEBI has come up with a public statement that is intended or likely to move the price of Bitcoin in the Exchanges. Contrary to the popular … Continue reading →

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Hacking of EVMs is Cyber Terrorism

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

It is unfortunate that many of the politicians are irresponsibly commenting on hacking of EVMs . If anybody has suggestions to improve the security of EVMs, it should be welcome. But making irresponsible statements and spreading rumours is an attempt … Continue reading →

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Limited Liability on Electronic Banking Frauds also extends to Cooperative Banks

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

On July 6, 2017, RBI released the “Customer Protection-Limiting Liability of Customers in Unauthorized Electronic Banking Transactions”. The circular indicated that a customer is entitled to “Zero Liability” in case of loss arising out of frauds in E banking in … Continue reading →

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“Compliance by Design” should be the motto of the Data Protection Act of India

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Vijayashankar Na

[P.S: This is in continuation of the discussion of the proposed Data Protection Act in India and the public comments invited for the  Justice Srikrishna report.] “Privacy by Design” is a concept which GDPR expects from Data Controllers and Data Processors.  The … Continue reading →

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