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

Digital India and Bugle Call for Activating the Cyber Law Eco System

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

In 1996, when E Commerce was in its nascent stage, UNCITRAL recognized the need for providing a legal backing to E Commerce and drafted the model law on E Commerce to provide assurance to international business transactions. To accomplish this, … Continue reading →

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Make in India to create IPR wealth

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Speaking at the National Conference on Cyber Space Security at Bangalore today, Dr K.D.Nayak, DS & DG, DRDO highlighted the importance of “Make in India” concept from the point of view of the need to protect IPR. He recalled that the manufacturing … Continue reading →

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Tech Mahindra starts use of Digital Signatures for job offers

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

It was heartening to note that Tech Mahindra has reportedly started using digital signatures for sending out its job offers to counter the phishing mails sent in their name. (See Report Here). This has been a continuing demand of the … Continue reading →

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Digi Locker Beta Release

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

Government has opened the beta version of the Digital Locker operated by CDAC and UIDAI which provides 10MB free storage space for every Aadhar number holder. It envisages that members can upload their ID documents and share it with other Government … Continue reading →

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Multi Billion Dollar Catastrophe…

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

On January 29, 2015, Anthem Inc, a Health Insurance provider in US (second largest in US) reported a discovery of a Cyber Attack in which it is estimated that about 78.80 million health records have been compromised. (Refer here). The … Continue reading →

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PMO finds a Chief of Cyber Security

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Vijayashankar Na

  It is reported (Refer article in ET) that Dr Gulshan Rai who has been a veteran in Cyber Security and part of MCIT for a long time has been drafted by the PMO as head of Cyber Security. In … Continue reading →

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