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

One more aspect of ITA 2008 needs to be referred to Supreme Court

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Presently two important petitions regading ITA 2008 are before the Supreme Court. The first petition Shreya Singhal v. Union of India has argued that Section 66A of the Act is unconstitutional and needs to be deleted. The second petition Dilipkumar Tulsidas Shah … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court to consider PIL for regulatory framework for Cyber Crime

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Based on a writ petition [Dilipkumar Tulsidas Shah v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 97/2013] filed an industrialist based in Pune, who was arrested for an alleged cyber crime, the Supreme Court has on Friday issued notice to the Central … Continue reading →

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Jharkhand Police introduces “Responsible Disclosure”

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Jharkhand Police appears to have taken some steps on Cyber Security  which are very innovative and a model for other states. They have set up a “Cyber Defense Research Center” (CDRC) as a joint initiative of the State Government and … Continue reading →

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E Business Failures

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

E Business is today part of every business. Managing E Business requires an assessment of E Business risks and managing them appropriately. As a person who was once in the Banking and Finance industry and engaged in project assessment for … Continue reading →

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New RBI guidelines on IS Vs Damodaran Committee

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

RBI has been advising Banks from time to time on the information security in Banks. It was immediately after the ITA 2000 was notified in 2000 that RBI set out to first formulate its guidelines for cyber law compliant information … Continue reading →

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New RBI guidelines on E Banking security..contd

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

This is in continuation of the previous article on the new guidelines of RBI on E Banking security issued on February 28, 2013. Apart from the card related security measures covered in the previous article, the RBI circular also touches … Continue reading →

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