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

Why Finger Print is not a “Signature” in electronic form?

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

India gave legal recognition to electronic documents on 17th October 2000 as equivalent to paper, by notifying Information Technology Act 2000 (ITA 2000). At the same time, a system of “Signing” of an electronic document was also given recognition in … Continue reading →

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Cyber Abuse is not Free Speech and Virtual Reality is not Reality

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

(This article was first published on bfirst.in) The tragic suicide of a girl in Salem who could not tolerate the threats to her dignity on the world of the face book and decided to end her life is an indication … Continue reading →

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Cyber Insurance-4: The enigma called Cyber Insurance Premium

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

[This is a continuation of our discussions on Cyber Insurance Survey-2015 ending with our previous article : …Who Should Get Insurance Cover?] Last Friday (15th July), TATA AIG conducted a conference in Bangalore attended mainly by CFOs of different industries … Continue reading →

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When will Judiciary be able to show statesmanship?

Posted on July 12, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

According to the article published in Bankinfosecurity.in, it appears that the wait of the Cyber Crime victims for CyAT (Cyber Appellate Tribunal) chairperson to be appointed is still not over. Going by the statement of the registrar of CyAT quoted … Continue reading →

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Writ Petition to Re-activate Mumbai Adjudication filed in Nagpur-Opportunity for positive changes

Posted on July 9, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

Mr Rajesh Aggarwal was one of the most active IT secretaries in recent times who pursued diligently his additional responsibility as an “Adjudicator” under Section 46 of Information Technology Act 2000. Unfortunately, he was shifted some time back to duties … Continue reading →

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The Case of stolen NSE Live Data

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

(P.S: The discussion that is contained herein is for educational purpose and in exercise of free speech rights in public interest of journalism) The Incident as Reported An interesting case has been reported from Mumbai where the Mumbai Cyber Cell … Continue reading →

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