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- Project Tiger 2.0 — by Suswetha Kolluru and Nitesh Gill — last modified Nov 24, 2019 09:18 AM
- If you think that Indian languages are as important as international languages, like English, then, you are on the same page with this article. If not, then, let me explain, why it is a significant and much bigger issue than you think.
- Blockchain: A primer for India — by Anusha Madhusudhan — last modified Mar 30, 2020 01:32 PM
- This report is presently being updated.
- Draft Security Standards for The Financial Technology Sector in India — by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Nov 18, 2019 09:51 AM
- 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.
- Introducing the Cybersecurity Visuals Media Handbook — by Saumyaa Naidu and Arindrajit Basu — last modified Dec 06, 2019 09:29 AM
- 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.
- Guest post: Before cyber norms, let’s talk about disanalogy and disintermediation — by Pukhraj Singh — last modified Nov 18, 2019 10:14 AM
- 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.
- Activists demand judicial probe into WhatsApp snooping — by KV Kurmanath — last modified Nov 15, 2019 12:53 AM
- Calls for Parliamentary supervision over Government interception, legal hacking.
- Cyber law experts asks why CERT-In removed advisory warning about WhatsApp vulnerability — by Megha Mandavia — last modified Nov 15, 2019 12:48 AM
- On the missing web page note, CERT-In had provided a detailed explanation of the vulnerability, which could be exploited by an attacker by making a decoy voice call to a target.
- India facial recognition: How effective will it be? — by Admin — last modified Nov 15, 2019 12:42 AM
- India is trying to build what could be the world's largest facial recognition system.
- Should online political advertising be regulated? — by P.J. George — last modified Nov 13, 2019 03:12 PM
- Micro-targeting could have potentially damaging results in the context of political advertising.
- Startup Street: Google India's new top boss, the rise of Mastodon and keeping tabs on data compliance — by Admin — last modified Nov 13, 2019 03:01 PM
- Arindrajit Basu appeared on CNBC TV 18's Start Up Street discussing data compliance in the fall out of the Whatsapp-Pegasus incident.
- Cultivating India's Cyber Defense Strategy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 13, 2019 02:52 PM
- Arindrajit Basu, Pranav M. Bidare and Karan Saini organized a roundtable discussion on 'Cultivating India’s Cyber Defense Strategy' at the Indian Islamic Cultural Centre in New Delhi, on November 5, 2019. The event saw a total of 27 participants including five speakers.
- Open Workshop on 'Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and Africa — by Admin — last modified Nov 13, 2019 02:36 PM
- Monish will be a part of a collaborative network which is organising an open workshop on 'Digital Empire(s): Perspectives from Asia and Africa', on December 4, 2019 at Centre de Sciences Humaines (CSH) Delhi.
- Advancing Cyberstability Final Report — by Admin — last modified Nov 13, 2019 02:25 PM
- Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) was acknowledged in the final report of the Global Commission on Stability of Cyberspace
- India’s Role in Global Cyber Policy Formulation — by Arindrajit Basu — last modified Nov 13, 2019 02:13 PM
- 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.
- Event Report: Consultation on Draft Information Technology (Fintech Security Standards) Rules — by Anindya Kanan — last modified Nov 12, 2019 06:38 AM
- 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.
- Reliance Jio is using SNI inspection to block websites — by Gurshabad Grover and Kushagra Singh — last modified Jul 09, 2020 01:31 AM
- Reliance Jio, the most popular ISP in India, is employing a deep packet inspection technique to block websites for its users.
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy Consultation on 'Privacy and Gender' — by Admin — last modified Nov 02, 2019 06:39 AM
- Ambika Tandon was a speaker at the Consultation on Privacy and Gender organised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy held at New York University, New York on October 30 - 31, 2019.
- State of the Internet's Languages 2020: Announcing selected contributions! — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Nov 01, 2019 06:12 PM
- In response to our call for contributions and reflections on ‘Decolonising the Internet’s Languages’ in August, we are delighted to announce that we received 50 submissions, in over 38 languages! We are so overwhelmed and grateful for the interest and support of our many communities around the world; it demonstrates how critical this effort is for all of us. From all these extraordinary offerings, we have selected nine that we will invite and support the contributors to expand further.
- CIS’ Comments to the Christchurch Call — by Tanaya Rajwade, Elonnai Hickok, and Raouf Kundil Peedikayil — last modified Nov 04, 2019 02:13 PM
- 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.”
- Gurshabad Grover nominated to join advisory group on open source software for ISO/IEC JTC 1 — by Admin — last modified Nov 02, 2019 05:17 AM
- Gurshabad Grover has been nominated through the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to be a member of the Advisory Group AG) on Open Source Software for ISO/IEC JTC 1.
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