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

Cyber Warriors under production-

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

In recent days the media has highlighted some statements from the Central Government about the need of 5 lakh Cyber Security professionals in India. In order to address the skill gaps in Cyber Security professionals  that India may require in the … Continue reading →

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National Law School to launch Cyber Law and Cyber Security Course

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

National Law School University of India (NLSUI), Bangalore the premier law education center in the country  is launching a distance learning course on Cyber Law and Cyber Security from the next quarter. Admissions are now open. However the admissions may … Continue reading →

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Aadhar Nightmare continues

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Ever since the Aadhar scheme was introduced, security specialists have been warning about the large scale problems that may be caused by loss of identity of individuals. The UIDAI authroities have been going ahead with spending of public money and … Continue reading →

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mouthshut.com challenges ITA 2008 rules

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

The Intermediary rules under Section 79 of ITA 2008 has been repeatedly used by parties to get adverse content on internet removed without appropriate procedures. The problem has been the interpretation that an Intermediary is bound to take down content … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Safe E Banking

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

A day long workshop on Safe E Banking is underway at Reserve Bank of India, Bangalore. Mr G.Gopalakrishna, The Regional Director of RBI, Mrs Uma Shankar, Regional Director of RBI at Bangalore has inaugurated the workshop. ED is delivering the … Continue reading →

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Migrating to Adaptive Authentication

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Vijayashankar Na

Banks in India have been traditionally using the “Legally Non Compliant”, “Password based Authentication” for their E Banking requirements. As a result there are frequent customer-Bank conflicts where the customer demands that Bank should undertake the liability on account of … Continue reading →

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