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

PM Modi expresses views similar to What we said about ODRGLOBAL..

Naavi has been expressing a thought that India should work at being the Global Hub for ODR and hence the services of odrglobal.in needs to be promoted vigorously. Today IE reports the following quote from Mr Modi. “Seeking that India … Continue reading

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CISOs in Banks to be upgraded.. Will we have “Executive Director-Security” in our Banks?

RBI in continuation of its fire fighting efforts after the “Mega Data Breach” in the Indian banking system has suggested that the “CISO” (Chief Information Security Officer) in a Bank which is already a senior position is to be upgraded … Continue reading

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Beware of the “Dropped Pen Drive Attack”

If you find a pen drive in the Car Park or elsewhere, What are you likely to do? …particularly If you find it with your company sticker? In a recent survey, in the University of Illinois, 48%  of the respondents … Continue reading

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The Mega Data Breach. What should “Other” Banks and FinTech Companies do?

The Mega Data Breach of 32 lakh debit cards in India is reported to have affected 19 Banks directly. It is presumed that these are the banks whose debit cards passed through the poisoned switch maintained by NPCI to route … Continue reading

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Let RBI show Who is the Boss

Over the last few days, there have been lot of discussions in all levels about what caused the mega data breach that compromised a suspected 32 lakh debit card data belonging 10 around 19 Banks. As we expected and desired, … Continue reading

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RBI cannot remain silent.. and so also NPCI, CERT and Ministers of Home, IT and Finance

Naavi.org has pointed out several times in the past the security risks in the Indian Banking system and how the customers are vulnerable. We have also pointed out the responsibility of RBI in this regard. It is therefore no surprise … Continue reading

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