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

TCS set to withdraw from Digital Certificate Issue

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

It appears that TCS-CA which was one of the licensed Certifying authorities has decided to close down its business. On the website it is reported that they have stopped issuing further certificates from 1st December 2014. However the CCA website … Continue reading →

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Yet another Bank Fraud.. What will RBI say?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Bank frauds have been so common in India that it hardly surprises any body when a new fraud is reported. The Banks are after technology in a hurry and RBI has either no clue to the risks or is just … Continue reading →

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At Last Government of India remembers the Cyber Appellate Tribunal

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

After nearly 4 years of mysterious inaction, Government of India has now realized that the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT) needs a Chair Person and called for applications. It may be remembered that 0n 30th June 2011, Justice Rajesh Tandon demitted … Continue reading →

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Security Audit Vs Maintenance, the Gap is large..Verizon Study

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Verizon has recently released the 2015 report on PCI Compliance which has provided some key insights into the current practices in industry. Though on the face of it the report indicated that about 80% of the companies were validated as … Continue reading →

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Digi-locker Project may consciously flout Information Technology Act

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The digilocker beta project launched by the Government of India seems to be set to introduce a precedent which is ultra-vires the Information Technology Act 2000/8. According to the information available the Digi Locker can be used to store important … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin in new form?

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Bitcoin has been in discussion for some time. In India the response for Bitcoin has been mixed. While initially it attracted the attention of entrepreneurs setting up echange services, the RBI frowned upon the system and ED moved in to … Continue reading →

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