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

Mr Katju advocates Social Media Regulation

Posted on April 6, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Mr Katju, the Chair person of Press Council of India has become popular in recent days as a “Mercy Pleader” for Sanjay Dutt and other convicts. Though enjoying a Government appointment as a former Judge of Supreme Court, his actions … Continue reading →

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UIDAI to use Digital Signatures to authenticate e aadhar

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

After a long time UIDAI has realized what was evident all along that that it had an option to issue digitally signed letters to confirm aadhar numbers electronically.  UIDAI has now announced that e aadhar numbers will now be issued … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong set to become another Nigeria in Cyber Crimes

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Cyber Crime observers are well aware of “Nigerian Frauds” where people from Nigeria cheat persons globally on false allurements. Exporters to Nigeria are aware from times immemorial that remittances from Nigeria are unreliable. Bankers refuse to finance exporters for exports … Continue reading →

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Making managements realize the Risk situation

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

I refer to my earlier article on “Risk Appetite” where I had highlighted the fact that many managements are unaware of risks and hence keep on consuming the risks until one day it is too late to correct. CISO s … Continue reading →

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How Much is our Risk Appetite?

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

In Information Assurance/Security management we often feel that organizations are not as receptive as we the consultants feel they should to emerging threats. For those of us who follow the incidence of Cyber Threats around the world, there appears to … Continue reading →

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Power to pardon should be subject to mandatory judicial review

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The power to pardon which the President of India and the Governors are empowered to exercise under our constitution have come for a debate in the context of Sanjay Dutt being convicted by the Supreme Court of India. A good … Continue reading →

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