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

Aadhar authentication is unreliable

[I am one of the vocal supporters of the Modi’s initiatives on Note ban and other measures. However, it is necessary to bring instances such as the following to the attention of the public since they indicate the unknown risks … Continue reading

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Report Fraudulent Note Exchanges by Bankers anonymously here

It was reported yesterday that two of the Government officials whose houses were raided by IT department revealed that more than Rs 4 crores of new currencies were held by them. Obviously this has been converted from the black money … Continue reading

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NITI Ayog to promote PIN less and Card less systems of payment to go cash less

One of the consequences of the demonetization drive which was prompted as much by the declared need to suck black money in cash form as to starve terrorists and Naxalites of their funding, and drying out political parties of their … Continue reading

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The Brighter side of hacking of Congress Twitter accounts

Just today, I had sent a letter to the RBI Governor Mr Urjit Patel to immediately issue the “Limited Liability Circular” of August 11th in an operational form. (Refer this article) The circular was first issued in draft form for … Continue reading

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Responsibility of IT companies for Cyber Security

A debate has ensued in Germany that IT industry should be held responsible for security breaches affecting the public. According to this report  “Leading German politicians have called for IT and telecoms equipment makers to be held liable for cyber attacks, … Continue reading

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Yet another IRCTC Fraud unearthed

Readers of naavi.org have seen discussion on IRCTC website being misused and hacked several times in the past. (Earlier articles can be found here. https://www.naavi.org/wp/index.php?s=irctc In a fresh  move,  (See here), police have busted a gang which was committing the “Tatkal … Continue reading

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