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..
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’ 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.
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.”
The country has just been served ‘kadak chai’ with a dollop of NaMonomics, by the chaimaster par excellence, ! This is a chai with a punch.. it has been able to knock-out terrorist and stone throwing activity overnight. At the same time, the ordinary citizen is high with the taste waiting for the benefits of a well…
By Dr Rakesh Goyal 28 December 2016 On 08 November 2016, PM Modi announced demonetisation of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes. This was about 86% of all cash in the hands with citizens. The total currency and coins in circulation are called M0 in Macro Economics. M0 was Rs. 17.55 lakh crores in India…
Bharat Interface for Money – BHIM for short is the new app that has shaken the financial ecosystem in the country. it is designed to provide the easiest interface for the common man in to transfer and receive money. All one needs is a bank account and a mobile phone linked to it or a…
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So Hitachi Payment Systems came out with an Admission of Compromise (AoC) that they had a data breach which (possibly) led to the Great Indian Debit Card Security Disaster of October2016 . Please note that we want to avoid the use of the word “hack” because people are associating it with malicious intent (or action) whereas…
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…
By Dr Rakesh Goyal A perpetual student of cyber security since 1991, he is a PhD in Cyber Security, Gold Medalist Engineer, Gold Medalist PGDM from IIMB. he is MD of Sysman Computers Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, one of the 23 IT Security Audit organizations empaneled with CERT-In Min of IT, GoI to audit cyber security…
In a historic move that attracted comparatively little media and national attention due to the prevailing election fever; the PM Mr Narendrabhai Modi took a bold political decision to create Tri – Services Commands. A long pending move caught in inter services haggling and lack of national leadership. History will record that in this sorry…
The launch of the Cyber Swatchhta Kendra under the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is a good initiative as they have partnered with Quick Heal an Indian Anti Virus company. In this Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative both will benefit and I wish Quick Heal godspeed. I hope the partnership goes beyond an MOU and providing…
Last month,i.e. Nov 2015 in a long speech carried by Xinhua, Mr Xi gave a rather detailed report on the planned reforms. for the military Mr Xi asserted: “Under the leadership of the Communist Party, our military has gone from small to big, from weak to strong, from victory to victory. On this road,…
