The Society is today dependent on Information. In this era, a substantial part of the society's wealth is in the form of Information Assets. Any loss or damage to this asset therefore will cause a set back to the economy. The prime responsibility of any Information Asset owner is therefore to protect his valuable asset.

Laws have been promulgated by the Government to enable Information Asset owners to protect their assets against criminals and to use the assets in a productive manner. There is however a need for Information Asset owners to be aware of the laws and what they need to do before and after an incident that causes or is likely to cause a damage to their information asset.

Ironically however, it is the very laws that are meant to protect the public that may be used by criminals to take protection when the asset owner has been negligent and has not complied with law.

A Law Non Compliant Company therefore has no protection against vandals who damage their assets and are also themselves liable for damages.

 It is just like a vehicle owner who drives in the wrong direction in a one way road and is involved in an accident and suffers a damage. He is neither eligible for taking action against the other driver, nor recover insurance. He is also likely to face action himself for driving the wrong way.

Information Security today is therefore  not entirely a technical measure consisting of Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems and does not end with Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity  Measures.

A time has come for every Company whether they are in IT or non IT to undertake a Cyber Law Compliancy Check and initiate measures to be Cyber Law Compliant. Ideally they need to have a Cyber Law Compliance officer who is dedicated to provide the Techno Legal Security advise to the Company on an ongoing basis while experts are called in periodically for CyLawCom audits.

If Asset owners get ready for CyLawCom audits, there is a need for CyLawCom examiners who can undertake such examinations.

As a pioneer in promoting the CyLawCom concept Cyber Law College is creating a provisional list of "Register of CyLawCom" examiners.

Cyber Law College is also undertaking CyLawCom certification for Corporates and training of Examiners in CyLawCom audit. The prerequisite for being a Certified CyLawCom audit examiner is

a) Passing of a CyLawCom Certification Examination to be conducted by Cyber Law College.

b) The examination will be open for both for Cyber Law College students and others.

c) The syllabus for the Course will be the syllabus prescribed for "Diploma in Techno Legal Cyber Security" by Cyber Law College.

d) A Six week work shop will be conducted by Cyber Law College  to specially prepare the students for Cyber Law Compliance.

e) Schedule of examination, and the workshop will be announced in due course.

f) Interested candidates can register themselves with Cyber Law College as "Provisional CyLawCom Examiners" as per norms prescribed. The fee for registraion is RS 1000/-. Once they pass the prescribed examination, they will be registered as "Certified CyLawCom Examiners"

g) Once the examination date is announced, an examination registration fee of Rs 5000/-  has to be paid within a specified date.

f) Examination will be conducted at designated centers in India such as Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Delhi.

Watch out for more announcements in this regard.

Naavi