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

Playpen operations by FBI throws up debate on evidentiary issues of investigation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) which fights for the rights of Netizens has opened up an interesting debate on evidence collected during FBI’s investigation of a Child Pornography operation. (Refer Article here for details on the case) To explain the … Continue reading

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Can Jio and BSNL collaborate for a Win-Win situation?

In a significant departure from the “Make in India” posture, India which can compete with the world for global IT super power status has adopted a surprisingly  approach to hosting Government data on the cloud which is both a concern … Continue reading

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Start a War on Ransomware. It is Cyber Terrorism

In recent days, “Ransomware” has become a global threat to IT and requires some strong counter measures to be undertaken. A few months back, ransomware attack had been reported in Hyderabad and more recently, I came across an incident in … Continue reading

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Attracting Legislative Retribution by Deliberate Neglect and Apathy

Naavi has been trying to promote “Voluntary Compliance of Cyber Laws” since 2000 when ITA 2000 was notified. The slogan for “Cyber Law Compliance is the Corporate Mantra for Digital Era” was first stated by me in a CII seminar … Continue reading

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The Reliance Jio-Big Data Push and Infosec concerns

The Reliance Jio launch on 5th September 2016 will start a new era in Mobile industry in India. The “Mobile” as a concept was a replacement to the phone and the initial positioning of the device was as an “Instrument … Continue reading

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The Jio disruption…the Teacher’s Day Gift to Digital India?

September 1, 2016 will be a red letter day in the history of “Reliance”, which is a household name in India, made so by the great Mr Dhirubhai Ambani. Mr Dhirubhai operated in a different era where licensing was the … Continue reading

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