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A New Business Proposition for Digital India unveiled.. StartUps may jump from their seats

Posted on July 29, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

In a little surprising but welcome development, the Government of India has released a notification under Section 67C of ITA 2008 viz G.S.R. 711 (E) dated 21st July 2016 titled “Information Technology (Preservation and Retention of Information by Intermediaries Providing … Continue reading →

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Save Facebook … from “Dark Facebook Groups”

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

It will appear strange that Naavi is calling for “Save Facebook” when most think that it is in great shape and thriving to challenge Google today which itself has dwarfed even Microsoft. But for those of us who have seen Napster … Continue reading →

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The mystery land of Cyber Insurance-2: What is Cyber Insurance?

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

Naavi along with some of his friends embarked upon a Cyber Insurance Status study in India titled “India Cyber Insurance Survey 2015”. Some aspects of this survey has been briefly referred to on this site earlier. Now based on the … Continue reading →

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Cyber threat Scenario-HPE Security Research Report 2016

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has released its latest report (HPE Cyber Risk Report 2016) providing an interesting perspective on the threat landscape prevailing in 2015. The report is compiled by an analysis by the  research team of data collected from open … Continue reading →

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Has RBI Permitted Social Media Banking?.. What about audit of Mobile Apps?

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

We have been following the discussions on how the Unified Payment Interface introduced by RBI has created one big security risk where the telecom links have been provided a direct access to Banking transactions server through execution of USSD codes. … Continue reading →

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Unified Payment Interface makes Mobile a better tool for financial frauds

Posted on April 20, 2016 by Vijayashankar Na

Last week, Reserve Bank of India proudly announced the launch of a “Unified Payment Interface” (UPI) hailed as the next giant leap in “Digital Payment System Innovation”. UPI is expected to make our mobiles a universal instrument for all forms … Continue reading →

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