Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

Key Findings of the Ponemon-2015 Data Breach Study-1 The 2015 IBM sponsored Benchmark study by Ponemon Institute LLC on the cost of Data Breach has now been published and makes some interesting observations which we summarise below. This findings of … Continue reading →

Naavi has started a circle on www.localcircles.com, titled “Save Digital India From Cyber Fraud”. The objective of the circle is to get together people interested in collaborating a draft of “Cyber Fraud Prevention Policy” to be submitted to the Government. … Continue reading →

On January 5 2002, the undersigned wrote on this blog “Declare a War on Pornography”. This was written in the aftermath of the arrest of Dr L.Prakash, a well known Orthopedist and an innovative industrialist who drifted into the world … Continue reading →

In a first of the kind verdict in JMFC Court, in District Pune, Khed, a Cyber Cafe owner was punished for not keeping the visiting register with an imprisonment of 15 days and a fine of Rs 10000/- The conviction … Continue reading →

In a grim reminder of mobile technology risks when more and more e-banking and e-commerce activities are moving onto the app platform, the “Stagefright” vulnerability is expected to expose all Android users including Lollipop 5.1.1 to risk of being hacked. … Continue reading →

According to this report in Deccan Herald the MCIT  has constituted a panel under the chairmanship of Mr T K Vishwanathan to rework on Section 66A which was struck down by Supreme Court in what is popularly referred to as the … Continue reading →