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

India Cyber Insurance Survey 2015 is set to close shortly. Add your views

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The India Cyber Insurance Survey 2015 which tries to capture the views of the stake holders on what is the current status of the  Cyber Insurance industry in India is, is shortly set to close. If you have not yet participated … Continue reading →

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A Techie Commits Harakiri… Why was he so naive?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The case of M G Gokul, a techie in Bangalore who has been arrested for sending hoax messages through WhatsApp to Bangalore and New Delhi airports suggesting that bombs have been placed on 6 flights causing an estimated $ 1 … Continue reading →

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Will the Supreme Court now strike down Section 124A of IPC?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The recent circular from the Maharashtra Government explaining the law of “Sedition” as mentioned in Section 124A of IPC has opened up a debate rightly in how the law can be misused. Refer here for more information For records the … Continue reading →

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“Let the Company die.. I will survive elsewhere”- attitude and Risk Absorption Capacity

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

There are no two opinions on the fact that the stake of society in general and corporate entities in particular on data is on the increase. Companies are investing a lot of their money to create data assets and part … Continue reading →

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Supreme Court receives another lesson from Police on Sec 66A

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Police in the field seems to be the most effective teachers for the Supreme Court. When Police in Maharashtra and Pondicherry booked cases under Section 66A (of ITA 2000/8) for publishing content on FaceBook and Twitter, Supreme Court judges learnt … Continue reading →

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“Cyber Flashing” exposes the Error of Judgement on scrapping of Section 66A

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

The new cyber crime reported from UK where a women has complained of unsolicited obscene image being flashed on her iPhone has once again highlighted why the scrapping of Section 66A was an erroneous judgement of the Supreme Court of … Continue reading →

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