‘America First’ the new American President Trump announced and the whole world went into a collective gasp as if President Trump had committed blasphemy. That is what countries are for right ? To give a competitive advantage for their own citizens.. I love President Trump; with him at the helm India has a chance at rolling back…
For a long time cyber security experts have prescribed Information Sharing as an important practice and apparently the Government talked about this in 2006 <WOW> They call it an Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) but who is sharing and who is not! Now in 2016, some one or the other keeps talking about it,…
This is Part 3 of the coverage of the proceedings at the NCIIPC Foundation Day Conference held on 16th January 2017. You can access Part 1 and Part 2 here – these cover the keynote addresses by the Dy NSA, Chairman-NTRO, NCSC, and DG-CERT. The first panel discussion I attended brought about some pretty radical…
This is the second report on the discussions and talks at the NCIIPC Foundation Day in New Delhi on 16th January 2017. The first part covers the talk given by the Deputy NSA and can be accessed here. In this report we shall be covering the talks given by Dr Gulshan Rai, National Cyber…
The National Critical Information Infrastructure Centre (NCIIPC) was created on Jan 16 2014, under the NTRO, and celebrated it’s third foundation day with a conference at India Habitat Center in New Delhi. The author had the privilege to attend the event and listen to the leaders of national cyber security. This blog will be in…
A paper of mine published in the Express Computer. For those of you interested in the bibliography you will find it in the PDF format here. http://computer.expressbpd.com/news/the-strategic-importance-of-cyberspace-for-india-in-the-american-dominated-world-order/20206/ The strategic importance of cyberspace for India in the American dominated world order By Express Computer on January 3, 2017 5 Pavithran Rajan, The global ICT market…
Imagination is a funny thing, it triggers thought processes over which one has limited control. There are beautiful and inspirational dreams and there are horrific nightmares. For the security practitioner, the nightmares are what keeps him inspired and primed to prepare for any eventuality. Now the article below where the cops contacted BMW Corporate and…
By Dr Rakesh Goyal 31 December 2016 My paper “How Much of Black Money is Held in Cash?” published in Moneylife on 28 December 2016 (http://www.moneylife.in/article/how-much-of-black-money-is-held-in-cash/49303.html) has been a good learning experience for me. It attracted many comments from many learned members/subscribers, in Moneylife webpage and by direct emails to me. I tried to respond…
