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

“Theory of Secure Technology Adoption”… what it is..

[P.S: This post is meant for the Academicians and discusses certain theoretical concepts. Professionals in the Information Security domain may seriously dispute some of the concepts and it is considered perfectly logical and welcome.] Naavi is a techno legal professional … Continue reading

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WhatsApp camera bug could lead to misleading digital evidence

WhatsApp has become a powerful communication app which is used by many to also take photographs which are immediately sent out to groups or contacts at minimum effort. No doubt this is a great feature and very useful for the … Continue reading

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Principle of Secure Technology Adoption..creating a secure ecosystem for Cyber transactions

Ever since the demonetization, the pace of technology adoption  in India by common people particularly for financial transactions, is on the increase. The UPI system supported by the multi banking platform such as the BHIM has brought digital payments within … Continue reading

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Security of Aahaar again comes for review

The recent news report that UIDAI has initiated investigation on three firms suspected to have violated the rules of aadhaar authentication by sending stored biometrics to UIDAI server for authentication. The firms involved are Axis Bank, Suvidha Infoserve and E … Continue reading

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Why GDPR is a threat to Indian IT industry

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) introduced by EU in replacement of the Data Protection regime hither to in place has opened up a debate on whether it is an “Opportunity” or a “Threat”. IDC predicts (Refer article here) that a … Continue reading

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GDPR Knowledge Center opened

In a bid to continue the legacy of naavi.org as an endeavour to “Build a Responsible Cyber Society”, Naavi has started yet another educational website that should complement the current activities in promoting Cyber Law Compliance in IT industry in … Continue reading

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