Strategy & Policy
NASSCOM On The Right Track
NASSCOM when it started off was an iconic industry body, representing the aspirations and dreams of a resurgent India and its Middle class. The BPO and software industries were the poster boys of the liberalisation of the Indian Economy and NASSCOM was its visible face. Somewhere from that pedestal, it slowly transformed into an organisation that…
Data Owners Are The Keepers And Masters – Jiski Lathi Uski Bhains
‘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…
Fallacy Of The Cyber Commons
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…
InfoWar Nightmares
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…
Be Warned – The Future of India is in Peril
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 – Cashless Economy – Urgent Need For Data Localisation
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.
The Global Surveillance Chickens Come Home to Roost
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
Global Surveillance – Missing The Wood For The Trees
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
Open Source Technologies – A Means To An End
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.
For Whom The Bell Tolls; it Tolls for Thee.. India
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…