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People Driven and Tech Enabled – How AI and ML are Changing the Future of Cyber Security in India
On the 27th of February, Peter Sparkes the Senior Director, Cyber Security Services, Symantec conducted a webinar on the ‘5 Essentials of Every Next-Gen SOC’. In this webinar, he evaluated the problems that Security Operations Centers (SOCs) are currently facing, and explored possible solutions to these problems. The webinar also put emphasis on AI and ML as tools to improve cyber security. This blog draws key insights from the webinar, and explains how AI and ML can improve the cyber security process of Indian enterprises.
A Series of Op-eds on Data Protection
I wrote a short series of three op-eds for Asia Times this week.
The Fundamental Right to Privacy - A Visual Guide
Privacy is the ability of an individual or group to seclude themselves, or information about themselves, and thereby express themselves selectively. This visual guide to the story of privacy law in India and the recent judgement of the Puttaswamy v. Union of India case is developed by Amber Sinha (research and content) and Pooja Saxena (design and conceptualisation).
Unpacking Data Protection Law: A Visual Representation
This visual explainer unpacking data protection law was developed by Amber Sinha (research) and Pooja Saxena (design), and published as part of the Data Privacy Week celebrations on the Privacy International blog. Join the conversation on Twitter using #dataprivacyweek.
AI and Manufacturing and Services in India: Looking Forward
This Report provides an overview of the proceedings of the Roundtable on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Manufacturing and Services: Looking Forward (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Roundtable’), conducted at The Energy Resource Institute (TERI), in Bangalore on January 19, 2018.
CIS Submission to the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society, India (“CIS”) on the ‘White Paper of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India’ (“White Paper”) released by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. The White paper was drafted by a Committee of Expert (“Committee”) constituted by the Ministry. CIS has conducted research on the issues of privacy, data protection and data security since 2010 and is thankful for the opportunity to put forth its views. The submission was made on January 31, 2018.
Artificial Intelligence in India: A Compendium
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is fast emerging as a key technological paradigm in different sectors across the globe including India.
Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent.
Mobile net ban during peaceful protest leaves farmers confused
Strap: Administration says it was done to prevent rumours from spreading, protesters insist they needed internet to fight it.
‘Hurt sentiments’ cost Udaipur internet access for four days
Strap: Authorities suggest it was more than a Facebook post that led to shutdown.
Another Step towards Privacy Law
A comparison between the 2012 experts’ report and the 2017 white paper on data protection.
Internet Governance Forum Report 2017
The twelfth annual meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was held in Geneva, Switzerland, from 17 to 21 December 2017, on the theme, Shape Your Digital Future!
Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breach
The task before a security developer is not only to reduce the probability of identity breach but to eliminate certain occurrences.
New Recommendations to Regulate Online Hate Speech Could Pose More Problems Than Solutions
The T.K. Viswanathan committee’s recommendations could prove to be dangerous for free speech if acted upon without resolving its flaws.
E-administration Efforts are Lame Ducks without Internet
Strap: How Haryana engages with the Digital India dream when one act of vandalism can invite a net ban.
Will Darjeeling Regain the Trust of Tourists?
An agitation coupled with an internet ban that left tourists stranded, it looks like a tough time ahead for tourism in the Hills.
Silence on the Dera Front
Strap: How DSS followers, accused of violent protests after their leader was sentenced, manage without the internet.
ISPs in Kashmir Grappling with Mounting Losses Amid Recurrent Shutdowns
Strap: Internet savvy youth taking to alternative routes to access the world wide web.
Taxes in the Time of Internet Shutdown
Strap: Darjeeling businesses buckle under a bandh, network ban, and GST
Every Town had its Jio Dara
Strap: In the hills of Darjeeling, residents facing an indefinite internet shutdown were thrown an unexpected lifeline in the form of 'Jio dara', a feeble signal from Sikkim towers that nevertheless kept a small line of communication open between the besieged towns in the region and the rest of the world.
