Thursday, November 1, 2012

India’s Glaring Cyber Security Challenges

Indian cyber security problems, issues and challenges management is a major cause of concern these days. India, like all other countries, is facing shortage of skilled cyber security professionals. Even there are very few cyber law firms in India who can manage legal issues of information technology abuse and cyber crimes.

Cyber security problems and challenges in India are complicated in nature. They cannot be resolved though mere conferences and lip services. A very pertinent question in this regard was recently asked by one of my friend and it asks will the third (3rd) worldwide cyber security summit of Delhi succeed?

This is a natural question to ask in these circumstances as the third (3rd) worldwide cyber security summit of Delhi, India 2012 has just concluded. Will summit like these bring any change in the cyber security environment of India? The answer is in negative as we need ground level and actual cyber security efforts in India.
                                                 
For instance, initiatives like cyber security research and development centre of India (CSRDCI) and national cyber security database of India (NCSDI) can prove useful for strengthening of cyber security of India. We need more such initiatives in India.

The cyber security issues in India must be given a top priority. The glaring cyber security problems of India cannot be ignored by Indian government anymore. Further, we must also develop cyber crime investigation capabilities in India as well. The cyber crimes investigation centre of India (CCICI) by Perry4Law’s Techno Legal Base (PTLB) can be really handy in this regard.

The sooner these issues are resolved by Indian government the better it would be for the larger interest of India.

Source: Cyber Laws In India

Monday, October 8, 2012

Techno Legal Initiatives Of Perry4Law And PTLB

Techno legal issues pose special challenges before all nations. This is so because these issues are complex combination of both technical and legal issues. At Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) we have been spearheading many world renowned techno legal initiatives.


Similarly, on the education, trainings and skills development front as well Perry4Law and PTLB have been managing many initiatives. For instance, the exclusive techno legal e-learning in India is managed by PTLB whereas highly specialised and domain specific trainings and education is managed by Perry4Law techno Legal ICT Training Centre (PTLITC).  


We are also discussing important issues pertaining to international ICT policies and strategies. Similarly, techno legal issues are specifically discussed at PTLB blog. We hope these initiatives would prove useful to all stakeholders.

Source: ICTPS Blog

Friday, September 21, 2012

Data Protection Laws And Regulations In India

In this work Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) are sharing the most effective and useful articles pertaining to data protection laws and regulations in India. We hope this collection of articles would prove to be useful to all concerned.























































Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Privacy, Data Protection, E-Surveillance And Phone Tapping In India

In this works Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) have compiled a list of articles that truly reflect upon the techno legal position regarding privacy, data protection, e-surveillance, phone tapping, and other such issues in India. We hope readers would find this compilation useful.

The list is as follows:


















































(50) Indian Government Is Suppressing Privacy Rights In India

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) In India

Online dispute resolution (ODR) in India is one area that requires policy level attention. ODR can help in reducing litigation time span and costs. Further, ODR can also help in reducing burden from traditional courts.

Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) have been working in the direction of legal enablement of ICT systems in India and world wide and legal enablement of e-governance in India and abroad.

It has been almost a decade of our working in the fields like ODR and e-courts. In this work we are consolidating our efforts in the direction of e-courts and ODR. Some of the posts worth considering in this regard are:

























(25) Legal and Judicial Systems Of India Need Innovative Methods                   


























Perry4Law and PTLB have also launched some dedicated initiatives in the fields of e-courts and ODR. These are as follows:

(1) Electronic Courts: This initiative would provide e-courts services to national and international organisations, governments, companies, individuals, etc. At this platform you would be able to resolve your disputes through use of techno legal methods and procedures.

(2) E-Judiciary: This initiative would provide research, policy formulations, training, consultancy, project execution support, etc to various national and international stakeholders. It would cover areas like e-courts, e-judiciary, legal enablement of ICT in courts and judiciary, etc.

(3) ODR India: This is an India specific platform that would resolve various inter party disputes in an online environment. Techno legal methods and procedures would be used to resolve various disputes through Arbitration, Conciliation, Mediation and other similar methods.

(4) Online Arbitration: This initiative would provide ODR services to world at large. Individuals, organisations, companies, etc may resolve their disputes through this platform by using our techno legal dispute resolution services.

We hope these initiatives would be helpful to all concerned.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Technical And Technological Skills Development In India

Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) have been receiving lots of queries from various professionals, companies, individuals, students, etc for availing their techno legal trainings. Perry4Law and PTLB are providing exclusive techno legal skills development in India and world wide.

In order to explain the scope and ambit of techno legal trainings of Perry4Law and PTLB, we are hereby providing the consolidated list of various articles and posts of Perry4Law and PTLB. This would give an idea about the techno legal trainings that we are providing.

The following articles are worth considering in this regard:

(1) Online Cyber Security Courses In India

(2) Online Cyber Law Education In India

(3) Online Cyber Forensics Courses In India

(4) Techno Legal E-Learning In India By PTLB


(6) Skills Development In India Needed

(7) Continuing Cyber Law Education In India

(8) Continuing Professional Legal Education In India

(9) Techno Legal Centre For Lifelong Learning In India.

(10) Cloud Computing Training In India By PTLB

(11) Online Cyber Security Courses In India

(12) Ethical Hacking Training In India

(13) Lawyers Training And Education In India

(14) Online Cyber Forensics Courses In India

(15) Legal E-Learning In India Would Grow

(16) Online Cyber Security Courses

(17) Cyber Forensics And Information Technology Courses In India

(18) Cloud Computing Training And Courses In India

(19) Skills Development In India Needed

(20) Online Ethical Hacking Courses In India

(21) Ethical Hacking Training In India

(22) Online Legal Courses In India

(23) Computer Forensics Exams And Courses In India

(24) Lawyers Training Institutes In India

(25) Higher Education In India Needs Reforms

(26) National On-Line Examination System In India

(27) Chief Information Officers (CIOs) Training In India

(28) Ethical Hacking Training Institutes In India

(29) Ethical Hacking Training Providers In India

(30) Ethical Hacking Training And Courses In India

(31) Virtual Campuses Are The Solution To Corrupt Higher Education In India

(32) Continuing Professional Legal Education In India

(33) Online Computer Forensics Training Center In India

(34) Cyber Crimes Investigation Training In India

(35) Cyber Security Skills Development In India

(36) ICT Research And Training Institutions In India

(37) Courses On Investigation Of Cyber Crime Cases In India

(38) ICT Research And Training Centres In India

(39) Cyber Forensics Training And Education Institutions In India

(40) Public Legal Awareness Training In India

(41) Cyber Fraud Detection Training In India

(42) Cyber Forensics Training In India

(43) Legal E-Learning In India By PTLB

(44) E-Learning For Lawyers In India

(45) Essential Of Cyber Security Courses In India

(46) Cyber Due Diligence Training In India

(47) Intelligence Gathering Skills Development In India

(48) Cyber Forensics Skills Development In India

(49) E-Courts Skills Development in India

(50) Cyber Law Skill Development In India

(51) Online Skill Development In India

We hope now all stakeholders would be in a better position to learn about our techno legal courses. If you are interested in the techno legal courses of PTLB, you can fill the application form that can be downloaded from here. Additional information in this regard can be found here.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

Privacy Rights In India

Enforcement of privacy right in the ICT era is an important part of protection of human rights in cyberspace. Privacy rights must be analysed along with some allied rights like data protection rights, data security rights, right to information, etc.

As far as India is concerned, we have no dedicated privacy laws in India and privacy rights in India, data protection laws in India, data security laws in India, cyber security laws in India, etc.  Privacy rights and laws in India are required for protecting human rights in cyberspace that are presently missing in India.

The matter is already pending in Supreme Court of India. The Supreme Court of India must expand privacy rights in India as Indian Parliament has failed to provide privacy laws in India despite pressing needs. Further, the Supreme Court of India must also clear the relationship between national security and right to information in India.  

Instead of providing privacy rights to Indian citizens, the Indian parliament has curtailed the same through bringing amendments in the information technology act, 2000 (IT Act 2000) of India. The IT Act, 2000 is the sole cyber law of India that urgently requires to be repealed.

Indian government is suppressing privacy rights in India for its own purposes. Even the right to information act has been diluted to a great extent to keep many governmental functions out of its ambit. Intelligence agencies of India are operating without any parliamentary oversight and diluting right to information in such a situation is complete endorsement to growing e-surveillance in India.

It is high time for Supreme Court of India to prevent further mutilations of almost non existing privacy rights in India.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Electronic Delivery Of Services In India

Electronic Delivery of Services in India has been in news for years but its actual implementation is still to happen. Despite many rounds of legislative drafting and governmental discussions, the Indian electronic delivery of services bill 2011 could not see the light of the day. The natural result is that e-delivery of services in India is missing.

While rejecting the latest draft of the EDS bill, the parliamentary standing committee on information and technology gave few reasons like lack of resources, amendments must be made to the information technology act, 2000 to accommodate electronic delivery of services, inadequate time to ensure electronic delivery of services by states, etc. All these apprehensions have no merit and they deserve to be ignored.

However, the rejection of the EDS bill by the committee is also blessing in disguise as the proposed bill was highly deficient on many counts. Even the committee has given some very good suggestions that can strengthen the new EDS bill that can be passed by the Indian parliament.

It would be a good idea to involve techno legal experts while formulating the next EDS bill so that various deficiencies can be taken care of. A holistic EDS bill must be formulated that takes care of all the aspects pertaining to electronic delivery of services in India.

E-Delivery Of Services In India Missing

Electronic delivery of services in India (e-delivery of services in India) is in really bad shape thanks to the myopic attitude of our Indian government and its committees. As on date we have no mandatory framework for e-governance services in India.

This is a clear case of denial of digital empowerment of Indian citizens by the Indian government. The information technology act 2000 (IT Act 2000), which is the sole cyber law of India, carries few provisions pertaining to e-governance in India. However, the IT Act 2000 expressly put an embargo upon mandatory e-governance services in India.

It is really surprising that after more than 12 years of enactment of IT Act, 2000 the parliamentary standing committee on information and technology still believes that states would not be able to meet the e-governance needs of India. If a country cannot put in place e-governance services for 12 years and is still insisting upon more years, it puts a question mark upon the capabilities of that nation.

No doubt India is really poor at e-readiness and e-governance in India is dying. Indian government is presently facing a “technology bankruptcy” and “ICT emergency” vis-à-vis cyber crimes, cyber attacks, cyber security and other related issues.

There is nothing wrong in enacting a good law in this regard but there is everything wrong when we make excuses for not enactment of such law at all. We need time bound enactment exercises and by allowing unlimited time to enact such laws, we are doing no good to India. It is high time for us to ensure e-delivery of services in India.

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Skills Development In India And The Vocational Education And Training System Of India

We are facing a very serious situation in the fields of employment and education in India. A vast majority of our educated youths are still unemployed. The primary reason for this is the defective education system of India that is primarily academic in nature.

We do not pay much attention to professional, vocational and training based education in India. All we do is teaching of age old academic concepts which have no significance in real life. The natural result is that the already strained employment sector is further constrained to employ the ill trained and ill equipped young generation.

This is a serious issue as unemployed young generation is not producing any productive results for our economy and they are also engaging in illegal and unsocial methods to survive. If the situation continues for long, we may face a serious law and order problem in India.

Indian government has also realised the perils of this situation. The Indian government is planning to sanction around Rs 40,000 crore in over five years to provide skill to around 3 crore people during the period. The government will also partner with private sector to implement the ambitious scheme. This is a good step in the right direction and Perry4Law and Perry4Law Techno Legal Base (PTLB) welcome this move of Indian government.

As a matter of fact, skills development in India is urgently needed to manage these issues. A special emphasis must be given techno legal skills development in India that is presently missing. Till our educational systems are able to cope up with these qualitative demands, we must stress upon use of distance learning for skills development in India.

Further, virtual campuses in India can also fill the skill gaps that we are currently facing. PTLB e-learning platform is providing techno legal courses and trainings in India that aims at inculcating skills among the masses.

Some of the areas where PTLB is providing techno legal trainings and courses include cyber law, cyber security, cyber forensics, ethical hacking, clod computing, malware analysis, etc.

We hope that Indian government would do the best to strengthen the professional, vocational and training based education in India as soon as possible.