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

Government Fails to understand the Uber business model

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

The incident in Delhi involving a Uber taxi driver (a known criminal convicted earlier) committing rape of a girl using the taxi service to get a drop back to her house at around midnight after attending a party and pub has exposed … Continue reading →

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Uber failed in ITA 2008 Compliance

Posted on December 11, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Before we proceed, let me make one point clear. Banning of Uber and other “App Based Taxi Services” is completely unacceptable. It is an immature reaction to the incident and should be reversed immediately. We need to learn from the … Continue reading →

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Cost of Data Breach in India

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Business Managers always have  difficulty in appreciating the need for investment in Information Security. Money is always a scarce resource in any organization and there are always competing demands. Managers often prefer a marketing investment against an IS investment since … Continue reading →

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Section 66A and Section 79 of ITA 2008 at Supreme Court

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Hindustan Times has reported (Refer: Article  “SC warns govt over gagging social media” in Hindustan Times ) that the Supreme Court has demanded that the Government submits its views to the Court within one week and threatened that it may otherwise keep … Continue reading →

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Syndicate Bank loses Rs 1.13 crores of customer’s money

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

In a repeat of a common cyber crime which have earlier been reported in the case of Exporters and Importers, an NRI customer of Syndicate Bank in Manipal has reportedly lost Rs 1.13 crores. It appears funny that the Bank … Continue reading →

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Cyber Appellate Tribunal to be active again

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Naavi.org has been pursuing with the Government of India about the appointment of the Chair Person for Cyber Appellate Tribunal for over 3 years now. After exhausting all channels during the UPA regime, we had restarted the efforts after the … Continue reading →

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