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Cyber Appellate Tribunal in Bengaluru: by Prasad Krishna — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 30, 2012 05:47 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Bengaluru will be home to the southern chapter of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal (CAT), which will reach out to victims of cyber crime, the state government announced at the Cyber Security Summit here on Tuesday.
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Cyber bullying is a crime, but open to interpretation: Expert: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 07, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance
The social media attack on a Doordarshan anchor who made a series of gaffes at the recent Goa film festival would qualify as cyber bullying, experts say, but hasten to add there is not much that can be done to prevent such behaviour online, given the humungous size of the virtual universe.
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Cyber crimes shoot up 52% in India over last year: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 03, 2014 — last modified Jul 03, 2014 10:14 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Social Media
There has been a sharp increase in the incidence of cyber crime in the country. The number of cases registered in 2013 under the IT Act has gone up by 52 per cent to 4,192 as against 2,761 in the previous year.
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Cyber Dialogue Conference 2014: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 27, 2014 — last modified Apr 08, 2014 05:09 AM — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Cyber Security, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Cyber Dialogue conference, presented by the Canada Centre for Global Security Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, will convene an influential mix of global leaders from government, civil society, academia and private enterprise to participate in a series of facilitated public plenary conversations and working groups around cyberspace security and governance.
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Cyber experts suggest using open source software to protect privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 04:32 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Big Brother is watching. With the Central Monitoring System (CMS) at home and PRISM from the US, millions of users worldwide have become vulnerable to online surveillance by state agencies without even realizing it. No surprise, several cyber security experts feel that building one's own personal firewall is a good way of fortifying online privacy.
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Cyber Security Newsletter (September 2016 - June 2017): by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 20, 2017
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Cyber Security Policy Research: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 16, 2015 — last modified Oct 16, 2015 04:47 PM — filed under: Cyber Security, Event, Internet Governance
Tim Maurer will give a presentation on cybersecurity policy research at the Centre for Internet & Society's New Delhi office on October 18, 2015, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Geetha Hariharan and Sunil Abraham will participate in this event.
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Cyber Security Summit 2015: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 09, 2015 — last modified Dec 16, 2015 02:10 AM — filed under: Cyber Security, Internet Governance
The Government of Karnataka in association with Biz Wingz Production House organized this Summit on November 27, 2015 at JW Marriott, Bangalore from 10.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham was a panelist.
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Cyber security, surveillance and the right to privacy: country perspectives: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 23, 2013 — filed under: Freedom of Speech and Expression, Internet Governance
This blog post is fourth in a series of eight blog posts to report on the “Third South Asian Meeting on the Internet and Freedom of Expression” recently concluded in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Cybercrime and Privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2010 — last modified Sep 14, 2010 01:21 PM — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance
Elonnai Hickok examines privacy in the context of India’s legal provisions on cybercrime. She picks up the relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act as amended in 2008 dealing with cyber crimes and provides a fair analysis of the pros and cons of the amended Act.
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