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

Guidelines For Ethical Hackers

The Netherlands Government has issued guidelines for “Ethical hackers” who discover vulnerabilities for reporting the vulnerabilities. According to the guidelines a person who discovers the vulnerability should report it directly to the owner of the system in a confidential manner. … Continue reading

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Hacking of Government websites lead to losses..

It is well known that websites of Government of India hosted at NIC are not adequately protected against cyber attacks. It has now been admitted that “The defacement and hacking of government websites have not only brought to the fore … Continue reading

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Anonymity promotes democratic debates…study

A study of You Tube Videos has been presented by Mr Nn Laeeq Khan of the Michigan State University has thrown up a interesting thoughts on the “role of Anonymity” in online socializing. In the background of Internet Censorship controversies … Continue reading

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Is this a part of a Nigerian Scam?

Recovery of US$5 billion worth US treasury papers in the custody of one Mr Ramalingam of Coimbatore by IT authorities has raised doubts whether these could be part of the Nigerian Scam proceeds that Mr Ramalingam might have received. There … Continue reading

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Cyber Law Predictions-US-Patent issues

The BNA’s Electronic Commerce & Law report predicts a fresh look at Software Patents. Experts are of the view that US Patent law is stiffling innovation and driving up costs through excessive litigation. Some of the cases which will be … Continue reading

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Cyberlaw Predictions-US-Privacy Litigation

BNA’s Electronic Commerce & Law report which has gathered views on the predictions in Cyber Law from experts has predicted that Privacy litigation is going to increase during the upcoming year. During 2012, i a notable litigation Google agreed to … Continue reading

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