Why I would not back up a cyber command seems a presumptuous title, as after all I am a mere citizen and retired soldier. Another retired officer from my alma mater NDA recently told me over beer, that we were child labour and our DNA cannot change having been in uniform from the teens. But…
While there were all signs of a potential riot with thousands of people congregating in Panchkula, the administration and Police did nothing to preempt the situation – this is a shame! Now, as we write this blog, 30 ppl are dead and hundreds are injured!
Pic courtesy : http://www.praxmatrix.com Air gap as a panacea for all cyber security threats is enough; is what our national security boffins who deal with critical networks believe or have as believe. Why they cling to this notion when all evidences point to that concept being outdated and an increasing body of evidence showing that there are…
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 Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set up a new subsidiary for IT and Cybersecurity The following is quoted from the official information release: “Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a statutory organization established under the RBI Act, 1934 is in the process of setting up of an Information Technology (IT) Subsidiary to take care…
Sometime back we did a quick survey asking infosec people about their expectations from CERT-In and we got a number of inputs. This is being shared here and this is the second in the series, covering Certifications. The follow up blogs will address issues like audit, responsibility, guidance, empanelment etc – keep watching!
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…
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…
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