an unplugged watch on the goings on in India in the cyber domain – comprising our comments, views and thoughts for the country.
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…
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…
Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) in Mumbai, is one of the Makers for India in the cybersecurity space with a great product – the SECURE NETWORK ACCESS SYSTEM (SNAS). This is fully developed in BARC and has been helping them maintain a strong cybersecurity posture since a long time.
Indian Bug Bounty (BB) researchers are highly respected professionals by foreign corporations and make good money. Hundreds of these young folks have high places in the Halls of Fame (HoF) set up by the whos-who of global corporations like Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Twitter etc. They are making money, getting recognition and gifts from all over…
Over the past few weeks we are witness to the sordid corporate governance drama being played out as a result of the summary dismissal of Mr Cyrus Mistry as Chairman of the Tata Group with the appointment of Ratan Tata as the interim Chairman. It was not a graceful action, as would have been expected…
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…
Courtesy the India Post Payment Bank (IPPB), the postman will now be our banker – what a change for the humble khakhi uniformed man or woman who can be seen across the country, delivering mail, writing letters or reading them, handing over money or taking deposits. The postman has been featured in numerous Bollywood movies, and invariably, he/…
I am sharing a few facts that show government, bureaucracy and filmi / celebrity apathy towards the soldiers who have laid down their lives or war veterans who have been rendered disabled. Compare with the perks and adulation for the babus and others against the unsung heroes mentioned in this post. Many among us are…
