Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Cyber Issues have never dominated an election process as much as it now has the US Presidential elections of 2016. Whether Trump will win or Hillary will prevail depend on how the Cyber activities in US have affected the electoral … Continue reading →

Two incidents reported yesterday in two different hospitals highlight the risk in automation of health care processes and the criticality of information security. In one of the incidents, a virus left three hospitals in disarray and cancellation of all routine … Continue reading →

The Information Technology Act 2000 which was substantially amended in 2008 (ITA2008) and presently under another revision, was enacted as a “Special Act” that was applicable to “Electronic Documents”. In view of the international obligations, only the IPR regulations like … Continue reading →

A small mistake by a “Bug Bounty” hunter who had perhaps no intention of committing a crime has landed him in a serious problem with the law enforcement in USA. Mr Meetkumar Hiteshbhai Desai, obviously of Indian origin from a … Continue reading →

In a shameful security lapse by the Jail authorities, 8 dreaded convicted SIMI terrorists have reportedly escaped from a Bhopal prison considered one of the secure jails, after overpowering and killing just one guard. The guard was strangulated in a … Continue reading →

A few months back, Corporation Bank suddenly changed its account numbering system and issued new account numbers to all its customers.  While doing so, it was expected that the Bank would prepare it’s systems to manage the transition by accepting … Continue reading →