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

3.84 lakh Aadhar cards cancelled

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

UIDAI has reportedly cancelled about 3.84 lakh Aadhar registrations done under “no finger print category” recognizing widespread fraud in the creation of the IDs. Money spent on these registrations in the form of commissions paid by the Government is a … Continue reading →

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Cyber Demonstration

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

The incidents in Delhi over the past one week have indicated how the power of the voice of the people can make even the most adamant Government to sit up and take notice. Initially the Government tried to ignore the … Continue reading →

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e-authentication framework for Government projects

Posted on December 25, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

The Department of Electronics and Information Technology, GOI (DeitY) has released a document called “e-Pramaan: Framework for e-Authentication”. This is intended to serve as the guiding document for all Central and State Ministries, departments and government agencies for implementing an … Continue reading →

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Government is on a holiday

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

The Lieutenant Governor of Delhi who was enjoying a holiday in US while the city was burning has now come back to India. Many hope that there will be some accountability for what happens in Delhi now. People have criticized … Continue reading →

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Stealing Credit Card information from POS

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

Stealing of Credit card information when used on the Internet is a known vulnerability. It had also been observed that certain criminals had bought credit card information by bribing the employees of merchant establishments or by stealing the POS swiping … Continue reading →

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Vulnerabilities in human space

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Vijayashankar Na

According to NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), a “Vulnerability” in Risk Analysis context is defined as a”flaw or weakness in system security procedures, design,implementation, or internal controls that could be exercised (accidentally triggered or intentionally exploited) and result … Continue reading →

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