Topic
Cybersecurity
34 items.
5 Mar 2020
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RBI Ban on Cryptocurrencies not backed by any data or statisticsIn March 2020, the Supreme Court of India quashed the RBI order passed in 2018 that banned financial services firms from trading in virtual currency or cryptocurrency. Keeping this policy window in mind, the Centre for Internet & Society …
5 Mar 2020
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Cryptocurrency Regulation in India – A brief historyIn March 2020, the Supreme Court of India quashed the RBI order passed in 2018 that banned financial services firms from trading in virtual currency or cryptocurrency. Keeping this policy window in mind, the Centre for Internet & Society …
2 Jan 2020
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Decrypting Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS) and Delineating Related Privacy ConcernsArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the first of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial …
2 Jan 2020
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems and the Mosaic Theory of Privacy: The Way ForwardArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the third of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated Facial …
2 Jan 2020
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Automated Facial Recognition Systems (AFRS): Responding to Related Privacy ConcernsArindrajit Basu and Siddharth Sonkar have co-written this blog as the second of their three-part blog series on AI Policy Exchange under the parent title: Is there a Reasonable Expectation of Privacy from Data Aggregation by Automated …
31 Dec 2019
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Extra-Territorial Surveillance and the Incapacitation of Human RightsThis paper was published in Volume 12 (2) of the NUJS Law Review.
16 Dec 2019
15 Nov 2019
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Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media HandbookThe 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.
15 Nov 2019
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Guest post: Before cyber norms, let’s talk about disanalogy and disintermediationIn 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 …
30 Nov 2018
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Regulating the Internet: The Government of India & Standards Development at the IETFThe institution of open standards has been described as a formidable regulatory regime governing the Internet. Given the regulatory and domestic policy implications that technical standards can have, there is a need for Indian governmental …
31 Dec 2016
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Mapping of Sections in India’s MLAT AgreementsThis set of infographics by Leilah Elmokadem and Saumyaa Naidu maps out and compares the various sections that exist in the 39 MLATs (mutual legal assistance treaty) between India and other countries. An MLAT is an agreement between two or …
29 Dec 2016
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Mapping of India’s Cyber Security-Related Bilateral AgreementsWith the rapid spread of cloud computing and the growth of cyber spaces, large masses of information are now easily transmittable transnationally, necessitating the ratification of new agreements and cooperation efforts amongst states in …
19 Jan 2016
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NASSCOM-DSCI Annual Information Security Summit 2015 - NotesNASSCOM-DSCI organised the 10th Annual Information Security Summit (AISS) 2015 in Delhi during December 16-17. Sumandro Chattapadhyay participated in this engaging Summit. He shares a collection of his notes and various tweets from the …
12 Jan 2016
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of FinanceThe Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group …
15 Jul 2015
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 24) – Shantanu GhoshCIS interviews Shantanu Ghosh, Managing Director, Symantec Product Operations, India, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
15 Jul 2015
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 23) – Justin SearleCIS interviews Justin Searle, security expert, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
13 Jul 2015
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 22) - AnonymousCIS interviews a Tibetan security researcher and information activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series. He prefers to remain anonymous.
28 Oct 2014
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Good Intentions, Recalcitrant Text - I: Why India’s Proposal at the ITU is Troubling for Internet FreedomsThe 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 …
20 Jun 2014
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WSIS+10 High Level Event: A Bird's Eye ReportThe WSIS+10 High Level was organised by the ITU and collaborative UN entities on June 9-13, 2014. It aimed to evaluate the progress on implementation of WSIS Outcomes from Geneva 2003 and Tunis 2005, and to envision a post-2015 Development …
16 Jan 2014
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Electoral Databases – Privacy and Security ConcernsIn this blogpost, Snehashish Ghosh analyzes privacy and security concerns which have surfaced with the digitization, centralization and standardization of the electoral database and argues that even though the law provides the scope for …
31 Dec 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 13) - Pranesh PrakashCIS interviews Pranesh Prakash, lawyer and policy director with Centre for Internet and Society, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
18 Nov 2013
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First Look: CIS Cybersecurity documentary filmCIS presents the trailer of its documentary film DesiSec: Cybersecurity & Civil Society in India
15 Nov 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 12) - Namita MalhotraCIS interviews Namita Malhotra, researcher and lawyer at Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
15 Oct 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 11) - Anja KovacsCIS interviews Anja Kovacs, researcher and activist, and director of the Internet Democracy, Project as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
10 Sep 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 10) - Lawrence LiangCIS interviews Lawrence Liang, researcher and lawyer, and co-founder of Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
5 Aug 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 9) - Saikat DattaCIS interviews Saikat Datta, Resident Editor of DNA, Delhi, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
23 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 8) - Jeff MossCIS interviews Jeff Moss, Chief Security Officer for ICANN, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
18 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 7) - Jochem de GrootCIS interviews Jochem de Groot, former policy advisor to the Netherlands government, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
15 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 6) - Lhadon TethongCIS interviews Lhadon Tethong, Tibetan human rights activist, as part of the Cybersecurity Series
11 Jul 2013
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CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 5) - Amelia AndersdotterCIS interviews Amelia Andersdotter, member of the European parliament, as part of the Cybersecurity Series