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

IRCTC hacking.. What Next?

Posted on May 5, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

It has been reported that the IRCTC servers have been hacked and data base of millions of users compromised. See article here It is also learnt that the information is available on CDs for Rs 15000/- . (From unconfirmed private … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | 1 Comment

Digital Signature misuse reported in Bengaluru

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

Naavi.org has several times brought to the attention of the public that certain certifying authorities are not following proper procedures for issue of Digital Signature Certificates and this can lead to frauds. Earlier, one person associated with a Registration Authority … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | 2 Comments

Will HHS impose a hefty fine on American Dental Association?

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

In what may be described as an unfortunate but grim reminder of the risks that we run in the Cyber Space, American Dental Association (ADA) appears to have exposed itself to a risk of a hefty fine from the Department … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | Leave a comment

Wiping Every Tear from Every Eye.. Forget Courts…Transform from Litigation to ODR

Posted on May 1, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

During a recent meeting of Chief Justices of High Courts, the Chief Justice of India, Mr T.S.Thakur broke down emotionally with the burden of a perceived guilt of the Judiciary in not being able to reduce the pendency of cases. … Continue reading →

Posted in arbitration, Cyber Law | Leave a comment

Have Russian Hackers entered India?.attacking State Bank of Mysore and Bank of Baroda?

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

Recently two bank fraud incidents have been reported one from State Bank of Mysore in Karnataka and another from Bank of Baroda in Lucknow where security specialists have suspected hacking of the Bank’s servers without any compromise of information at … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Crime | Leave a comment

SBI introduces a long awaited security measure to control Card frauds

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

State Bank of India has been one of the Banks specially targetted by Card fraudsters for cloning and fraudulent withdrawal. A few years ago, Damodaran Committee of RBI recommended the most sensible control where by the customer should be given … Continue reading →

Posted in Cyber Law | Leave a comment