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!
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…
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…
Over the past few years, the Information Security (IS) scene in the country increasingly sees young guys and girls actively participating and attending the many big and small conferences (or Con as the community would like to call them) across the country. For most youngsters IS begins as a hobby or passion and once bitten by the hacking…
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…
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.
At a conference in New Delhi, SANS put up a stand with a backdrop showing a truncated map of the country. This is a crime and an insult to the nation…. and they persisted to keep it in place despite being asked by me to remove the offensive and insulting poster. Not done – JAI HIND. If you cannot respect my country just F*** OFF !
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.
