Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

The so called “Aadhar Hacking Case” filed in Bangalore on Abhinav Shrivastava, has also revealed two important lessons for organizations such as UIDAI, NIC and Hospitals on the one hand and also the Police and the Adjudicator of Karnataka on … Continue reading →

“Data Theft”, “Hacking”, “Aadhar Data Breach” etc have been the terms used in describing the instance where a person by name Abhinav Srivatsava, who was working as an executive in Ola Cabs created a mobile app and enabled e-Kyc to … Continue reading →

The tragic news of an young person in Mumbai committing suicide following the game of Blue Whale Challenge is shocking to say the least. When we learn that more than 130 persons have similarly committed suicide in Russia, we may … Continue reading →

I recall my brief report of the Smart City Council’s program in Bangalore on 28th of July. The central theme of the program was “Surveillance”. However the focus was more on the technology implications rather than ethical or legal issues. … Continue reading →

For some time now I have been trying to reach out to Net4India for some of my services and I am finding that the Company seems to have gone silent on customer interactions. I have observed technical glitches because of … Continue reading →

In the past we have highlighted the three dimensional approach to Information security which combines Technical, Legal and Behavioural science as the dimensions of Information Security. Uni-Dimensional Approach Information Security has often been approached as a “Uni-Dimensional” concept based on … Continue reading →