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

The Three Plus One dimensions of Information Security

In the past we have highlighted the three dimensional approach to Information security which combines Technical, Legal and Behavioural science as the dimensions of Information Security. Uni-Dimensional Approach Information Security has often been approached as a “Uni-Dimensional” concept based on … Continue reading

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Challenges and Solutions for Cybertariat employees

IEEE had organized a one day symposium at IISC, Bangalore on 29th July 2017 to discuss various issues that confront Netizens (Cybertariat). During this symposium, issues such as Cyber Crimes and Information Security was discussed. There was also a focus … Continue reading

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Smart City Council holds a “Round Table” in Bangalore

Smart City Council India, conducted an event in Bangalore on 28th July 2017 in which a report on  “Role of Surveillance in Securing Cities” was released. The program was sponsored by Western Digital Technologies one of the leading commercial stake … Continue reading

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Bhasmasura Syndrome grips Bitcoin supporters

Bitcoin is now at cross roads. Which direction it may take globally is not clear. Indian regulators should consider themselves fortunate that they have not yet committed themselves to issuing of their guidelines despite pressure from different directions. Currently the … Continue reading

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It is not Banks but the Customers who have lost Rs 88,553 an hour…

Times of India carried a report today headlined ‘Banks lost Rs 88553 an hour to Cybercrime in last 3 years”. According to the report, the total money lost from April 1, 2014 to June 30, 2017 due to Cyber Crime … Continue reading

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Let’s Not misinterpret the Sonu@Amar judgement on Section 65B

This is to ensure that we donot mis-interpret the judgement in the Sonu@Amar Vs State of Haryana going only by the discussions on legal issues that the Judge has added in the Judgement before arriving at the final judgement. My … Continue reading

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