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

Bug Bounty hunter trips..and lands himself in jail

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

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Its time Private Sector should contribute to security of our prisons

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

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Why Corporation Bank may face Denial of Service Charge?

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

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Has Star TV created a Cyber Risk for our cricketers?

Yesterday (29th October 2016), there was an ODI cricket match between India and New Zealand in which we saw the Indian cricketers sporting new tea shirts carrying the names of their mothers on their back. So Dhoni wore a jersy … Continue reading

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PM Modi expresses views similar to What we said about ODRGLOBAL..

Naavi has been expressing a thought that India should work at being the Global Hub for ODR and hence the services of odrglobal.in needs to be promoted vigorously. Today IE reports the following quote from Mr Modi. “Seeking that India … Continue reading

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CISOs in Banks to be upgraded.. Will we have “Executive Director-Security” in our Banks?

RBI in continuation of its fire fighting efforts after the “Mega Data Breach” in the Indian banking system has suggested that the “CISO” (Chief Information Security Officer) in a Bank which is already a senior position is to be upgraded … Continue reading

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