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

Digi Locker Beta Release

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Government has opened the beta version of the Digital Locker operated by CDAC and UIDAI which provides 10MB free storage space for every Aadhar number holder. It envisages that members can upload their ID documents and share it with other Government … Continue reading →

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Multi Billion Dollar Catastrophe…

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

On January 29, 2015, Anthem Inc, a Health Insurance provider in US (second largest in US) reported a discovery of a Cyber Attack in which it is estimated that about 78.80 million health records have been compromised. (Refer here). The … Continue reading →

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PMO finds a Chief of Cyber Security

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

  It is reported (Refer article in ET) that Dr Gulshan Rai who has been a veteran in Cyber Security and part of MCIT for a long time has been drafted by the PMO as head of Cyber Security. In … Continue reading →

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Monitoring of Employee Internet Activity

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

After the recent incidents involving corporate employees engaging in terrorist activities, there is an increasing necessity for companies to monitor the employee’s internet activities. The Hyderabad police have reportedly advised companies to monitor the social media activities of their employees … Continue reading →

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The Risk of Keeping a USB port open.. Beware of USBdriveby !

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Here is a demo of how an open USB port can be used by a hacker with a 30 to 60 sec access using a “USBDriveBy”. The device which is small enough to be worn around the neck (or carried in … Continue reading →

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Is What’s App bound by Section 67C of ITA 2008?

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

TOI has reported today that the Nagpur Bench of Mumbai High Court has dismissed a PIL filed by Advocate Mahendra Limaye demanding that What’s App should retain the data for a specified period under Section 67C of ITA 2008. The … Continue reading →

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