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

Overlapping Signatures in Government Documents

Today I came across an interesting observation related to Government Gazette Notifications issued in electronic form. The notifications are signed by different officials of a department authorized to issue a direction. The PDF files issued as Gazette Notifications are however … Continue reading

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Towards DPDPA Compliance…What is DGPSI?..2

DGPSI stands for Digital Governance and Protection Standard of India. It is designed as a framework for compliance for setting up DGPMS or Digital Governance and Protection Standard of India. Just as we refer to ISMS in the context of … Continue reading

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DGPSI is the beacon of light for DPDPA Compliance..1

We recognize that India is in the cusp of a new era of DPDPA. Whether we like it or dislike it, whether we think Government is serious or not, the reality is that soon we will have a notification of … Continue reading

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Where do Industries stand today on DPDPA?

Yesterday, I attended a ETCIO conference on Data Analytics and AI in Bengaluru. One of the takeaways from the conference is that while many exciting developments seem to be happening on the use of Data Analytics with the use of … Continue reading

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Transformation in Data War Rooms

Organizations are increasingly harnessing Data for Business Growth. The new found enthusiasm in making better use of Data and increase its productivity has made “Data Analysts” key contributors to innovation in an organization. The Business discussions in organizations is therefore … Continue reading

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Open Letter to Minister Ashwini Vaishnav

To Honourable Minister of IT, Government of India, New Delhi Dear Sir I refer to the Business Standard news today stating that the DPDPA rules is expected in another month, my first reaction was that this could be a fake … Continue reading

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