Cybersecurity
DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India
- June 20, 2015
As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary. The film produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad.
Read more →WWW: The Hackers’ Haven
- February 05, 2015
In an increasingly connected world, it pays to be careful when sharing personal information
Read more →National Seminar on Cyber Security & Cyber Laws - Issues and Concerns
- December 31, 2014
Sharath Chandra Ram was a panelist at this seminar organized by the Advanced Centre for Research, Development & Training in Cyber Laws & Forensics on December 27 and 28, 2014 at the National Law School of India University in Bangalore.
Read more →Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text - I: Why India’s Proposal at the ITU is Troubling for Internet Freedoms
- October 28, 2014
The UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is hosting its Plenipotentiary Conference (PP-14) this year in South Korea. At PP-14, India introduced a new draft resolution on ITU's Role in Realising Secure Information Society. The Draft Resolution has grave implications for human rights and Internet governance. Geetha Hariharan explores.
Read more →CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 21) – Gyanak Tsering
- September 06, 2014
CIS interviews Gyanak Tsering, Tibetan monk in exile, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Read more →CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 20) – Saumil Shah
- September 06, 2014
CIS interviews Saumil Shah, security expert, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
Read more →The trouble with trolls
- July 28, 2014
Social networking sites give trolls the ability to hide their real identity and cause grief to others. Here is what you need to do if you face an online attack.
Read more →The Constitutionality of Indian Surveillance Law: Public Emergency as a Condition Precedent for Intercepting Communications
- July 04, 2014
Bedavyasa Mohanty analyses the nuances of interception of communications under the Indian Telegraph Act and the Indian Post Office Act. In this post he explores the historical bases of surveillance law in India and examines whether the administrative powers of intercepting communications are Constitutionally compatible.
Read more →Cyber crimes shoot up 52% in India over last year
- July 03, 2014
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.
Read more →Consultation to Frame Rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011
- July 02, 2014
The National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI) and Centre for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi (CCG at NLUD) invite you to a consultation to draft rules under the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011.
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