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23 Nov 2017
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Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC)The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace organized a meeting on November 21, 2017 in New Delhi. The meeting took place at Taj Diplomatic Enclave Hotel on the sidelines of the 5th Global Conference on Cyberspace. Pranesh Prakash …
23 Nov 2017
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Financial CERT to combat cyber threats, says MoS home affairsTo tackle cyber threats to India’s financial institutions, the central government is mulling to establish a financial Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT).
23 Nov 2017
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Aadhaar seeding: benefits and concernsProducts and services such as bank accounts, life insurance policies and phone connections have to be linked with Aadhaar. But is this of any real help?
21 Nov 2017
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UIDAI admits 210 government websites made Aadhaar details publicThe Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has admitted that Aadhaar details were leaked on over 200 central and state government websites.
10 Nov 2017
10 Nov 2017
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Consultation Paper on Promoting Local Telecom Equipment ManufacturingRohini Lakshané and Prof. Contreras's Vanderbilt paper was quoted in this TRAI consultation paper.
8 Nov 2017
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Indian Women Bureaucrats: Wikipedia Edit-a-thonWe are all aware of the large reach and popularity of Wikipedia. However, what most people don’t know is that, according to a study conducted in 2011, globally only 9% of the editors on Wikipedia were women. And the percentage for India is …
8 Nov 2017
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How tech is making life easier for differently-abledScattered on technology specialist Amit Bagwe's desk beside his laptop are a Sam sung tablet and an iPhone7.
8 Nov 2017
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Big Data for governanceRecent times have witnessed an explosion of data as users started leaving a huge data footprint everywhere they go. Interestingly, this period has seen a phenomenal increase in computing power couple by a drop in costs of storage.
8 Nov 2017
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#NAMAprivacy: The economics and business models of IoT and other issuesOn 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and the issue of consent, supported by Google, Amazon, Mozilla, ISOC, E2E Networks …
8 Nov 2017
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#NAMAprivacy: Data standards for IoT and home automation systemsOn 5th October, MediaNama held a #NAMAprivacy conference in Bangalore focused on Privacy in the context of Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT) and the issue of consent, supported by Google, Amazon, Mozilla, ISOC, E2E Networks …
31 Oct 2017
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Nirmita Narasimhan wins the 18th NCPEDP-Mindtree Helen Keller Award 2017!Nirmita Narasimhan been selected for the 18th NCPEDP - Mindtree Helen Keller Awards 2017. The Award will be given away on Saturday, 2 December 2017 at the India International Centre (IIC) in New Delhi.
24 Oct 2017
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Majority of top politicians' Twitter followers fake: auditA majority of Twitter users following top Indian politicians, including prime minister Narendra Modi, are fake, according to an audit site.
24 Oct 2017
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Awards for those working on employment opportunities for disabledMindTree, a global digital transformation and technology services company, on Monday announced the winners of the second edition of the “NCPEDP-Mindtree Helen Keller Awards” that honours individuals and organisations doing exemplary work to …
18 Oct 2017
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Online bid for Science in MarathiPune scientists hold a workshop with Marathi Vishwakosh to thrash out how to provide more vocabulary for scientific discourse in the language, to cater to a vast majority that is not comfortable looking up info in English.
12 Oct 2017
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Ahead of data protection law roll out, experts caution that it shouldn't limit collection and use of dataWith India planning to roll out a new data protection regime following the landmark Supreme Court judgment upholding right to privacy as fundamental right, experts have cautioned that the new law should not limit collection and use of data.
10 Oct 2017
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Securing The Digital Payments EcosystemUdbhav Tiwari attended a consultation organized by NITI Aayog and Observer Research Foundation on October 9, 2017 in NITI Aayog office in New Delhi.
7 Oct 2017
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Sex, drugs and the dark webBlend anonymity and bitcoins for a ‘guaranteed safe’ cocktail of terrifying potential.
5 Oct 2017
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CyFy 2017CyFy is a conference on internet governance and cyber security organised by the Observer Research Foundation (ORF) in New Delhi between 2 and 4 October 2017. Sunil Abraham was a speaker.
4 Oct 2017
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Attempted data breach of UIDAI, RBI, ISRO and Flipkart is worrisomePerhaps, we got lucky this time, but the ongoing problem of massive cyber-security breaches wouldn't stop at one thwarted attempt to steal sensitive information from the biggest and most important databases.
20 Sep 2017
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Should you worry about identity theft?Laws in India regarding data protection may be weak, but following basic cyber hygiene rules can make your own defences stronger.
14 Sep 2017
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Russian social network VKontakte temporarily blocked in India for Blue Whale threatRussian social network Vkontakte, where the suicidal online "game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have originated, was blocked on certain internet service provider networks on Tuesday.
14 Sep 2017
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Point of View wins Laadli Media Award: “An encouragement to keep fighting for gender equality”The first season of Deep Dives - Sexing the Interwebs won the South Asian Laadli Media Award for Gender Sensitivity 2017 in the “Best web series" /"Special edition” category. Rohini Lakshané was one of ten contributors to the series of long …
9 Sep 2017
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In our anxiety about the Blue Whale Challenge, are we missing the elephant in the room?In the beginning, the Blue Whale Challenge seemed like it had all the hallmarks of an urban legend: an online self-harm game that instructed victims to commit increasing degrees of violence upon themselves, finally convincing them to commit …
8 Sep 2017
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Twitter tweaks user policy a day after SC clampdownThis, when India is looking to crack down on global firms exporting customer data to servers.
6 Sep 2017
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Why the lack of understanding about the Blue Whale Challenge poses a bigger threat?On 30 August, Vignesh A, a 19-year-old college student from Madurai committed suicide. Indications of self-harm on his body swaying investigating agencies to suspect that the suicide was related to the Blue Whale challenge-an online game …
31 Aug 2017
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Privacy is now a right in India. Here's what that means for the tech industryIndia's top court has put tech companies on notice.
23 Aug 2017
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Constitution of Committee for revision of Guidelines for Indian Government WebsitesThe ‘Guidelines for Indian Government Websites’ (GIGW) was formulated by National Informatics Centre to make Indian Government Websites usable, user centric and universally accessible.
23 Aug 2017
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Aadhaar may be made must for market investments: Good to curb laundering but what about data security?Aadhaar seems to be the master-key to get accesses into doors which once were never shut. Take for instance, your financial investments. Aadhaar may soon become mandatory for buying shares and mutual funds, according to a report in The …
22 Aug 2017
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Privacy laws: Alternatives to consentAs changes in technology have made it near impossible to obtain informed consent, the solution may lie in an accountability-based standard for privacy protection.