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…
Data the new oil, it was only a matter of time… Ever since the Snowden revelations; when the extent of the global surveillance grid run by the NSA was revealed; the world started taking precautions with the European Courts striking down principles of safe harbour. Countries like China, Russia, Brazil etc started tightening their laws and ensuring…
Having spent the majority of my adult life in uniform my journey into the field of InfoWar has opened my eyes to the infirmities of the Indian nation when looking after its core strategic interests. These events and actions could not have happened without crucial people at various positions being compromised due to sheer ignorance, incompetence or…
Demonetisation will have far reaching consequences not only in the economic fabric of the nation but also in the political, social and national security domains.
Chinese have finally learnt the art of using their market reach in ICT hardware and have copied the West to backdoor their products. absence of privacy laws and a reliance on foreign COTS solutions
The article below published in The Guardian, the British newspaper that published the Snowden Revelations is a classic example of missing the wood for the trees. Global Surveillance indeed has privacy and human right angles to it
The FOSS framework is only a means to an end, not an end in itself. FOSS can be used a basic boiler plate to make viable alternatives without the need to reinvent the wheel. The point to keep in mind is Indigenous Technology.
As a former soldier and concerned citizen the past week has been filled with distressing images and sound bytes of soldiers killed and the impotent rage of a nation strategically hamstrung due to a historic mistake of the Indira Gandhi government; in allowing Pakistan to go nuclear. If the Indian strategic community had war-gamed the…
Honge kaamyaab, honge kaamyaab, ham honge kaamyaab ek din Ho ho mann mai hai vishwaas, pura hai vishwaas Hum honge kaamyaab ek din……… Now the big take away for me from the article down below was ‘All of this happens with the support of Intelligence Community partners and the technical wizards in TAO.’…
