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

Bank Muscat suffers $39 M loss

Hacking of a Credit Card payment processing service provider in Bangalore has reportedly caused compromise of sensitive customer data for a Muscat Bank resulting in a loss of US$39 million. The Bank has claimed that no customer has suffered a … Continue reading

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M S Dhoni in legal trouble

Indian Cricket Captain Mr M.S.Dhoni has been caught in a serious controversy related to an advertisement where Dhoni has modelled himself as Lord Vishnu and holding several products in his hand  including a shoe in one of his hands. A … Continue reading

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Drawing the attention of SEBI on Karvy Consultants

Karvy Consultants is one of the prominent share registrars in the country besides engaging themselves in trading and demat services. It is good if such a prominent registrar is serious about the legal responsibilities such as the requirement of KYC … Continue reading

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Karnataka Human Rights Commission forces reopening of Adjudication in the State

Karnataka State Human Rights Commission has done a yeomen service to the Cyber Crime victims of Karnataka by facilitating the reopening of the Adjdudication under ITA 2008 in the State. It may be recalled that the IT Secretary of a … Continue reading

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Competitive Compliance is the need of the hour.. Naavi

Speaking at the workshop on Safe E Banking, Naavi highlighted the regulatory aspects of Information Security in E Banking and the need for compliance. Speaking on the Risk mitigation guidelines released by RBI on February 28, 2013 and the fast … Continue reading

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Security Protocol for Bankers

E Mudhra consumer Services, a company associated with the certifying authority, E Mudhra, has announced launch of what it calls as an online banking security protocol. The product named “TRUSTFACTOR” is a combination of an authentication server solution, digital signature certificates, … Continue reading

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