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

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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Steps to Improve Cyber Judicial System in India

In the last two posts, I have highlighted the call for early appointment of the Chair person of Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CyAT) which is vacant since July 2011 and the inadequacy of the NCRB system to recognize the extent of … Continue reading

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NCRB releases misleading Cyber Crime data for 2015

As an annual ritual, National Crimes Record Bureau (NCRB) has released the Crime data for the year 2015 which includes data regarding Cyber Crimes registered and disposed off in India in 2015. Copy of the Report :  Full Report : Cyber Crime … Continue reading

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We Need a total revamp of the Cyber Judiciary system in India….Attention Mr Modi

Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar, one of the few MPs who understands Cyber Law has rightly drawn the attention of the Government to the need to appoint the Chair person to Cyebr Appellate Tribunal-CyAT. (Refer BS Article). According to the report, he … Continue reading

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