Data Protection – From A National Security Perspective
In order to formulate a data protection law, the Government of India has constituted the Justice Srikrishna Committee that has drafted a white paper. However, if there is one area that that the White Paper has not focused on, it is in on the national security implications of personal data…
Speak Softly And Carry A Big Stick – Dragon vs Tiger
‘Speak softly and carry a big stick’ is a good dictum to follow in international relations.The limitations of diplomacy sans the military and economic heft to back it up is a bluff easily called was a lesson the Indian nation should have learnt decisively post 1962.
WannaCry – A Warning !
Social media introduced ‘ransomeware and WannaCry’ in the the daily lexicon of millions. Memes on our banking system and ATM’s being shutdown dominated social media. SJM has accused the NITI Aayog of pursuing an agenda that is “against national interests and fundamentally anti-poor.”
Why Are We A Strategically Deficient Nation ?
Why do we as a nation repeatedly make blunders in national security ? What prompted us to return Haji Pir Pass to Pakistan an area we claim as our own territory which we captured in war ? Who made plans for a digital economy without a privacy law..
Security Di Maa Di Hot & breaking events as I think over the past week! ISRO launched 20 satellites at one go! <clap clap> Pre-monsoon showers cooled the country. In the face of such joy – one Mr Yadav has heated up the wires and brought our national “ban” genes out in the warzone again….
UIDAI ki gandee baat
Aadhaar continues to be in the news, more and more, louder and louder, all for the wrong reasons. The only people making noise in support of UIDAI is they themselves or those who have left themselves no choice because they have taken the route of blind subservience. (I was happy to see Mr Shatrughan Sinha…
Outline of Indian Map
The outline map of India shows the administrative boundaries of the states and union territories of India
Kudankulam Nuclear Plant – a cyber attack incident
India steps into the big league of nations which have had their critical infrastructure attacked – and the attack is publicly announced by a third party. The nation also lives up to it’s reputation of expertise in opacity, denial, obfuscation, double-speak. Oh yes, and that our bureaucrats and political leaders know best because we citizens…
Time to relook at Critical Information Infrastructure
Domain Name Registrar’s Bankruptcy Threatens 70,000 Domain Name Owners A new threat explodes in the digital India scenario, and it is not information warfare, or election influencing or cyber attacks from our “friendly neighbors”, but a sort of nuclear fallout. The liquidation of domain registrar Messrs net4 may result in the non availability of thousands…
What the Government does… secure messaging
Good to know that someone in government has come to a point where they are looking at the insecurity of using WhatsApp messaging platform in professional life, The convenience of WhatsApp beats any logical decision to stay away, and the same can be said about all social media apps. Seeing the announcement for the development…
They ran, we shot… and u better believe us!
The Rape On November 27, 2019, In Hyderabad, 4 guys committed a horrendous gang rape, and the victim was a young lady doctor. When her return home was delayed, the worried family went to the police station to lodge a compliant and the cops say that possibly their daughter has eloped. Then they started discussing…