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

No bank has proper Information Security Guidelines

Posted on May 25, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

An RTI query filed by Nagpur based NGO Cyber Awareness Organization (CAO) recently revealed that none of the banks in the country had drafted information security guidelines which are mandatory as per RBI’s guideline on electronic banking.  Speaking to the … Continue reading →

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@PMOIndia twitter handle under dispute

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

It is reported that PMO under Dr Man Mohan Singh was using a twitter handle titled “@PMOIndia” which is sought to be frozen now as @PMOIndiaArchive and to be discontinued. BJP has naturally raised a point that the handle should … Continue reading →

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Cyber Law Space to be active again?

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

During the last two years of UPA rule, the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) was conspicuous by its lack of productive activity. Mr Kapil Sibal who became the Minister in charge of the minister was involved more in … Continue reading →

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Welcome NaMo

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Today has been a historic day for India. Mr Narendra Modi lead BJP has been successful in getting absolute majority in the Loksabha on its own and the NDA is at a comfortable tally of around 333+. In this scenario, … Continue reading →

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Android Users face attack through Facebook

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

A malware called iBanking is said to be targetting Android users through Facebook. The malware is spread through the computer to the mobile and is capable of intercepting the two factor authentication of Banks. It can send false SMS, intercept … Continue reading →

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Heart bleed virus

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Vijayashankar Na

Users of Internet are being warned about the “heart bleed virus” (Exploitation of an unpatched bug in the Open SSL algorithm) which has the capacity to steal the passwords from your Bank accounts as well as email accounts, Facebook etc. … Continue reading →

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