Monthly Archives: October 2024
Today is 17th October…Birth day of Digital Society in India
October 17, 2000 was the day when Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000) became effective. The essence of ITA 2000 was the legal recognition for binary documents and authentication with the use of PKI based Digital signatures. Together, legally valid … Continue reading
National Policy on Robotics
In October 2023 when Mr Rajeev Chandrashekar was the minister of IT, a draft national strategy on Robotics had been released for public consultation. In July 2024, Government announced that 5576 responses were received and closed. Since then no further … Continue reading
The Enigma of the Dark Web
The Dark Web by definition is different from the legal “Deep Web” which is hidden from access through publicly accessible search engines like Google. Deep web is a space controlled by individual entities for their legitimate use and not illegal … Continue reading
The Star health Insurance Data Breach: Investigation required from Enforcement Directorate
The Star Health Insurance Data Breach has been in news for some time now. The Company also seems to have acknowledged the breach. As per this article in India Today, 31 million data principals might have been affected in the … Continue reading
The Vision of Tatas lives on
Sri Ratan Tata has lived a full productive life which any body can be proud of. While we regret that his leadership would no longer be available to guide the Indian industry, it is our duty to remember and follow … Continue reading
Should there be Insurance for DPDPA Fine?
Currently Cyber Insurance covers first party damage in case of any data breach. This covers cost of recovery of lost data, legal and forensic costs and perhaps some consequential damages such as third party liability claims. In the post DPDPA … Continue reading