Internet Governance Blog
FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless Metadata
- August 13, 2013
In this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
Read more →Ethical Issues in Open Data
- August 07, 2013
On August 1, 2013, I took part in a web meeting, organized and hosted by Tim Davies of the World Wide Web foundation. The meeting, titled “Ethical issues in Open Data,” had an agenda focused around privacy considerations in the context of the open data movement.
Read more →'Ethical Hacker' Saket Modi Calls for Stronger Cyber Security Discussions
- August 05, 2013
Twenty-two year old Saket Modi is the CEO and co-founder of Lucideus, a leading cyber security company in India which claims to have worked with 4 out of 5 top global e-commerce companies, 4 out of 10 top IT companies in the world, and 3 out of 5 top banks of the Asia Pacific.
Read more →Guidelines for the Protection of National Critical Information Infrastructure: How Much Regulation?
- August 01, 2013
July has been a busy month for cyber security in India. Beginning with the release of the country’s first National Cyber Security Policy on July 2 and followed just this past week by a set of guidelines for the protection of national critical information infrastructure (CII) developed under the direction of the National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), India has made respectable progress in its thinking on national cyber security.
Read more →More than a Hundred Global Groups Make a Principled Stand against Surveillance
- July 31, 2013
For some time now there has been a need to update understandings of existing human rights law to reflect modern surveillance technologies and techniques.
Read more →India's National Cyber Security Policy in Review
- July 31, 2013
Earlier this month, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology released India’s first National Cyber Security Policy. Years in the making, the Policy sets high goals for cyber security in India and covers a wide range of topics, from institutional frameworks for emergency response to indigenous capacity building.
Read more →The Audacious ‘Right to Be Forgotten’
- July 31, 2013
There has long been speculation over the permanency of our online presence. Posting about excessively-personal details, commenting in a way which is later embarrassing, being caught in unflattering public photos; to our chagrin, all of these unfortunate situations often persist on the web, and can continue to haunt us in future years.
Read more →Report on the 5th Privacy Round Table meeting
- July 24, 2013
This report entails an overview of the discussions and recommendations of the fifth Privacy Round Table in Calcutta, on 13th July 2013.
Read more →You Have the Right to Remain Silent
- July 22, 2013
Reflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website narendramodiplans.com.
Read more →Parsing the Cyber Security Policy
- July 22, 2013
An effective cyber-security policy must keep up with the rapid evolution of technology, and must never become obsolete. The standard-setting and review bodies will therefore need to be very nimble, says Chinmayi Arun.
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