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

More Clarification on Section 65B Certification… For Forensic Labs

Section 65B Certification of electronic evidence produced in a Court proceeding in India has been a matter of intense discussion in the circle of Forensic experts, Law Enforcement and of course the Legal fraternity. Historically, the undersigned was the first … Continue reading

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Securing Prepaid Payment Instruments under the IT Act

ISMG India carried a report on the Prepaid Instruments recently which has been reproduced here. Refer for more details here: Naavi said in this context : While MeitY has prescribed guidelines, security practitioners have offered other ideas. “The current authentication methods are … Continue reading

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Beware of the Cyber “Stone Pelters”

The news about WIPRO retrenching some employees has caused a slight stir in the minds of many aspiring Engineering graduates about the future of their employment prospects. Though the number of retrenchments in WIPRO is by itself not a large … Continue reading

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Protect Indian Companies through the proposed Indian Data Protection Act from possible GDPR Overreach

Indian Corporate world exposed to any form of data processing involving a member of the European Union including the countries which have exited recently (Like Britain) or those who may exit in due course (Say France?) are keenly watching the … Continue reading

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West Bengal Adjudicator imposes Rs 50000/- penalty on husband

In a first decision from the Adjudicator of West Bengal, an order has been passed against an estranged husband who spied on his wife’s phone using “Team Viewer” software. See Report  According to the report, the husband had installed a … Continue reading

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Nation Wants To Know Why we donot have the freedom to say “Nation Wants To Know”

It is ridiculous that Times Now Group thinks it is smart in issuing a legal notice to Mr Arnab Goswami that he should refrain from using the phrase “Nation Wants To Know” on which Times Now claims an “Intellectual Property … Continue reading

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