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Vimarsh on India's Digital Leap by Shri Ram Sewak Sharma, Former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

India’s economic growth is accelerating at a steady pace with a glimpse of its true potential to become the world’s fastest-growing economy soon. In 2019, India ranked as the second-largest online market, after China. According to data by Stat....

November 28, 2020 Vimarsh , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , AADHAAR , Digital , Digi Locker , eKYC , Public Digital Infrastructure , Application Programming Interface , Vimarsh
Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”1 - Kevin D Mitnick
The emergence of Coronavirus (hereafter COVID-19) and its rapid spread has em....

May 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Cyber Security , Cybercrime , lockdown , COVID19 , Cyberspace , Cybercriminals , Ransomware , Phishing , Child Protection
Cyber Wargame - An Indian Scenario
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd) Article

Introduction
Immediately after the first gulf war in the early 1990’s the theories of Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) and Information Warfare were being studied all over the world as a new kind of warfare. During that time, a cours....

March 02, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , RMA , Cyber Wars , STUXNET , Indian scenario , cyber breach , cyber defence planning
India's Strategies for Information War & Cyber Deterrence
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.)

The concept of Information Warfare (IW) is as old as warfare itself but has gained in significance in recent times where we look at non-contact battles between two adversaries. This concept involves the use of information and communication technologi....

February 16, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , strategy , Book Published , Cyber Security , Network Centric war , Cyber war , Economic War , Political war , Perception Management , Special Forces , Supply Chain Management. 5G impact on IW
Pegasus— A Powerful Tool of WhatsApp Surveillance
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

The Facebook’s subsidiary company—WhatsApp, on 29 October 2019, filed a lawsuit in the United States California’s Northern District Federal Court against Israel-based cyber-arms1 firm— the NSO Group, for infecting ‘specific’ gr....

February 05, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Israel , India , technology , Pegasus , WhatsApp , CyberEspionage , CyberSurveillance , NationalSecurity , Malware , Spoofing
Shielding the Future Generation from Adverse Effects of Cyber Penetration
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

(This is an updated version of the Valedictory Address given by the author during the Responsible Netism 4th National Cyber Psychology Conference 2020 on ‘Child Online Protection’ organized by Ahaan Foundation and Cyber Peace Foundation at Pun....

February 04, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , cyber crime , cyber bullying , grooming , POSCO. IT Act , Internet Addiction , Cyber games , parental guidance
Cyber Enabled Information Warfare: Are Cyber Borders the Solution We Seek?

… U.S election is one of the recent examples of the threat due to information warfare ... cyber borders similar to the treaty of Westphalia can result into a system where the progress of nations due to cyber connections is maintained and at the sa....

December 23, 2019 Cyber Security , Information Warfare , Cyber Enabled , Cyber Borders
Cyber Attack on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant – A Wake Up Call
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… India is among the top three countries in the world after the U.S. and China when it comes to phishing and malware attacks ... While governments can’t control every aspect of cyber security, they can certainly help shape the future of cyber se....

December 18, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Cyber Attack , Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
The New EU Guidelines on 5G: Some Lessons for India
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In September 2019, the European Union (EU) came up with a set of guidelines1 for the introduction of 5G communication technologies in the member countries. The guidelines are considered essential for security of 5G networks. Cyber securit....

October 23, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , cyber security in EU , India’s cyber security needs
Global Norms for Stable Cyber Space: How Effective without Secure Supply Chain and Attribution to Attackers?
Dr Kamlesh Bajaj Article

The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyber Space (GCSC), set up by The Hague Center for Strategic Studies and East-West Institute (EWI) in March 2017, in the Munich Security Conference will shortly release its report on norms of responsible stat....

October 09, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Rising cyber threats , Securing cyber space , Need for international technical accord
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