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

The Proposed Map Law Could hit Many Start-Ups a death blow.. Are anti Modi Moles at work?

Over the last decade and more specifically over the last few years, there has been a tremendous development in the use of ICT with the mobile technology taking firm roots. On the one hand Mr Modi has been promoting the … Continue reading

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IRCTC hacking.. What Next?

It has been reported that the IRCTC servers have been hacked and data base of millions of users compromised. See article here It is also learnt that the information is available on CDs for Rs 15000/- . (From unconfirmed private … Continue reading

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Digital Signature misuse reported in Bengaluru

Naavi.org has several times brought to the attention of the public that certain certifying authorities are not following proper procedures for issue of Digital Signature Certificates and this can lead to frauds. Earlier, one person associated with a Registration Authority … Continue reading

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Will HHS impose a hefty fine on American Dental Association?

In what may be described as an unfortunate but grim reminder of the risks that we run in the Cyber Space, American Dental Association (ADA) appears to have exposed itself to a risk of a hefty fine from the Department … Continue reading

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Wiping Every Tear from Every Eye.. Forget Courts…Transform from Litigation to ODR

During a recent meeting of Chief Justices of High Courts, the Chief Justice of India, Mr T.S.Thakur broke down emotionally with the burden of a perceived guilt of the Judiciary in not being able to reduce the pendency of cases. … Continue reading

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Have Russian Hackers entered India?.attacking State Bank of Mysore and Bank of Baroda?

Recently two bank fraud incidents have been reported one from State Bank of Mysore in Karnataka and another from Bank of Baroda in Lucknow where security specialists have suspected hacking of the Bank’s servers without any compromise of information at … Continue reading

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