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Project on Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism with City University
- November 28, 2019
CIS is a partner on the project 'Gender, Health Communications and Online Activism in the Digital Age'. The project is lead by Dr. Carolina Matos, Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Media in the Department of Sociology at City University.
Read more →Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook: Launch Event
- November 28, 2019
6th December | 6 pm | Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore
Read more →Blockchain: A primer for India
- November 18, 2019
This report is presently being updated.
Read more →Draft Security Standards for The Financial Technology Sector in India
- November 15, 2019
Information security standards provide a framework for the secure development, implementation and maintenance of information systems and technology architecture. This document includes draft information security standards, which seek to ensure that not only the data of users is dealt with in a secure and safe manner but also that the smaller businesses in the fintech industry have a specific standard to look at in order to limit their liabilities for any future breaches.
Read more →Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook
- November 15, 2019
The need for intervention in the cybersecurity imagery in media publications was realised during a brainstorming workshop that was conducted by CIS with illustrators, designers, and cybersecurity researchers.
Read more →Guest post: Before cyber norms, let’s talk about disanalogy and disintermediation
- November 15, 2019
In a guest post in relation to CIS’s recently held roundtable onIndia’s cyber defense strategy, Pukhraj Singh looks at the critical fissures – at the technical and policy levels – in global normative efforts to secure cyberspace. By charting out the key vectors and power asymmetries among key stakeholders – both leading state actors and private actors like Microsoft – Singh posits that there is much to be done before we circumscribe cyber operations within legal strictures.
Read more →India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy Formulation
- November 13, 2019
The past year has seen vigorous activity on the domestic cyber policy front in India. On key issues—including intermediary liability, data localization and e-commerce—the government has rolled out a patchwork of regulatory policies, resulting in battle lines being drawn by governments, industry and civil society actors both in India and across the globe.
Read more →Event Report: Consultation on Draft Information Technology (Fintech Security Standards) Rules
- November 12, 2019
The Centre for Internet and Society is in the process of drafting certain data security standards for Fintech entities. As part of the process of drafting, a consultation roundtable was organized to get inputs from industry executives, lawyers and policy experts working in this field.
Read more →Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websites
- November 07, 2019
Reliance Jio, the most popular ISP in India, is employing a deep packet inspection technique to block websites for its users.
Read more →CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch Call
- November 02, 2019
In the wake of the Christchurch terror attacks, the Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call to Action in May 2018 to “bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism.”
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