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

TRAI thinks ahead of RBI and DPAI

In a highly laudable move, the TRAI has mooted an idea that Caller IDs as linked to KYC information should be displayed when a person receives the calls on a phone device. In effect this would substitute the True Caller … Continue reading

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Calling the attention of Neuro Rights and Neuro Tech Professionals in India

FDPPI would like to form a group of professionals interested in NeuroTech and Neuro Rights to take the study further. This will beĀ  an exploratory group to identify the requirements of developing Neuro Rights legislation in India and application of … Continue reading

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CERT-IN issues FAQ on its Notification of 28th April 2022

Following the several representations fired at CERT In by industry organisations opposing the directive of CERT In dated 28th April 2022 which prescribed a) Mandatory reporting of Data breach within 6 hours b) Synchronisation of system clocks c) Maintenance of … Continue reading

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No Benefit in opposing DPA 2021

Some companies and their paid media friends seem to believe that it is better if India does not pass the PDPB 2019/DPA 2021. Various strategies are being used to create doubts in the minds of people that India does not … Continue reading

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The Voice of Data Protection Professionals in India

FDPPI, which is often referred to as the “Dada of Data Protection” in India has been publishing a quarterly journal (presently in e-form) in the name of “Data Protection Journal of India”. The journal started in January 2021 has now … Continue reading

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Is Protecting India’s interest a Bad Joke?

One of the interesting and at the same time informative criticisms about the new CERT-IN guidelines came from medianama.com. In multiple articles under the by lane of Mr Sarvesh Methi, the website has argued India’s Cyber Security Directive goes against … Continue reading

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