Author Archives: Vijayashankar Na

On 2nd January 2017, the Government of India came out with a notification under Section 79A of ITA 2008 on a pilot scheme for notification of organizations under Section 79A as “Digital Evidence Examiners”. Since then some news papers are … Continue reading →

Classification of documents before distribution is one of the important activities of data managers in organizations. The better part of Information Security lies in properly classifying a document and tagging them properly for every end user to understand what he … Continue reading →

Around 2003, the undersigned had come up with a solution named “Digital Value Imprinted Instrument System” (DVIIS). This was a “Brick and Click” solution to many of the problems of physical instruments which have a monetary value including “Currency”, “Stamps”, … Continue reading →

When a hosting company hosts user content, there is always a risk of the hosting company being charged for abetting the copyright infringement if any by the user. In India, intermediaries are subject to the “Due Diligence” requirement under Section … Continue reading →

One of my friends and a prominent Cyber Security specialist Dr Rakesh Goyal of Mumbai has released a valuable article on “Challenges for digital India“ a copy of which is available here. Dr Rakesh has brought out the many challenges … Continue reading →

CERT-IN has today released some advertisements in news papers reiterating the rules that require mandatory reporting of cyber incidents. The circular makes a reference to the notification dated 16th January, 2014 titled  “Information Technology (The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team and Manner of … Continue reading →