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

Free basics Debate

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The Free Basics debate in India has reached a crescendo and there is lot of confusion surrounding the service launched by FaceBook in association with Reliance and the consultation paper which TRAI has released on “Net Neutrality”. It appears that … Continue reading →

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Beware of CIBIL Report Fraud

Posted on December 29, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

I would like to bring to the notice of the public a fraudulent e-mail that is being sent in the name of CIBIL. The copy of the email is reproduced below:   Normally the CIBIL Transunion score is expressed as … Continue reading →

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Parliamentary Committee report on Information Security

Posted on December 28, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The Standing Committee of the Parliament on Information Technology has released its observations and recommendations as submitted in the Parliament on 21st December 2015. Some of the salient features relevant to the public are discussed here. Copy of the report … Continue reading →

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UIDAI system declared as a “Protected System”..What does it mean to You?

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

In a gazette notification dated December 21, 2015, the Government of India has declared UIDAI system as a “Protected System” under ITA 2000/8. This was long overdue and given the criticality of the system and the risks associated with the … Continue reading →

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RBI does a Modi on Bitcoin

Posted on December 26, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

This Christmas has been a real merry Christmas for India…. and also Pakistan. In a stunning move which stunned everybody from his supporters to detractors, Indian PM Mr Narendra Modi dropped in at Lahore wished happy birthday to the Pakistani … Continue reading →

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Cyber Insurability Index

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

We have been discussing the concept of “ITA 2008 Compliance” in these columns. Naavi has suggested some directions for measuring the level of compliance in the form of maturity model. (Refer this article). In the recent times, we have also … Continue reading →

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