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

Data Breach Costs in India

Posted on June 16, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

A study by Symantec and Ponemon institute on “Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Analysis-2013” has provided some interesting insights into the efficacy of information security and consequences of data breach. The study covers data breach incidents which occurred in … Continue reading →

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Axis Bank will now has to eat its own words..

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

In the Adjudicator’s forum in Bangalore, Axis Bank has advanced a mischievous argument that Section 43 of ITA 2008 cannot be invoked by a Company. If this argument is given credence, no company can invoke any offences under Section 66 … Continue reading →

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ATM Insecurity Exposed

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

In India, Banks  are pushing Customers to interact with them only through ATMs. Even RBI is encouraging this mode of interaction and discouraging customers from visiting bank branches. As a result of this policy, Bank customers are being exposed to … Continue reading →

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Outsourcing security of Banking transactions

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The recent ATM frauds in Mumbai and elsewhere has re-opened the discussion on the risks arising out of “Outsourcing” in the Indian Banking scenario. The commercial Banks in India have grown so greedy that they are looking at every opportunity … Continue reading →

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Axis Bank ATM license should be cancelled by RBI

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Axis Bank has been in the news for the wrong reasons in recent days involving one kind of Cyber Fraud or the other. There have been many Phishing frauds and KYC failure reports as well as organized money laundering in … Continue reading →

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Cyber Surveillance in India

Posted on June 15, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The public outcry on the US program “PRISM” under which US Government is said to be spying on Cyber Communication of individuals has naturally raised some attention on the Indian situation. Under ITA 2008 there are powers for the Government … Continue reading →

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