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2009-09-09 09:24:09 -
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2009-07-21 02:35:11 -
Hello,

I want to do a course in Cyber crime in Chennai. Can anyone let me know the institude where I can learn it.

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2009-07-14 04:11:24 -
I want to choose cyber security topic for phd research i want a platform for working area in maharashtra
also i want more letest articles from journals to study

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2009-04-21 05:40:16 -
there should be some mean through which youth of India can be educated to Cyber Security.... We are not thought it in our college so from where should we gain this knowledge on Cyber Security..

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2009-03-18 00:08:30 -
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2009-03-17 10:10:14 - RS
I had an opportunity to "train" a group of higher level officers (Crime Scene Investigators) from Delhi Police held in a university campus a few months ago. I was shocked to see the computer knowledge level of the officers as they themselves confessed that often when their team members have been asked to confiscate the computer found at the Crime scene, they have ended up bringing the monitor only with them. Also the kind of questions i faced were like "what is Linux/Windows"; "In which part of the computer does information reside?" etc.
This was the time when Aarushi double-murder case had just got over, and police had not even cared to confiscate her computer in the early part of investigation.
I strongly suggest that the either Indian police should bring up a highly qualified team of Cyber Forensic expert officers or they should get good quality cyber forensic education for their existing officers and ensure that they have the knowledge of cyber crimes and cyber laws in the country.

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2008-10-31 00:43:03 -
India is notoriously infamous for its indifference and careless attitude. I was going through a post available at http://computerforensicsinindia.blogspot.com/2008/10/digital-life-privacy-trust-cyber.html and was surprised to see the “real face” of ICT position in India. I wonder whether the conferences and seminars are failing in their purpose or is the government of India not considering the precious outputs out of such conferences?

I wish to put forward few lines from the above article without infringing the copyright of the same and acknowledging the attributions of this passage to Mr. Praveen Dalal. It goes like this “India seems to be treading all the way to a wrong path that may be justified only by ignorance and indifference. The Cyber Security Strategy of India is highly defective. The result is a weak Critical ICT Infrastructure Protection in India. Critical Infrastructure in India needs both protection and management in the larger interest of India. The ICT Trends in India-2006, ICT Trends in India-2007, Cyber Security Trends By PTLB 2007, IPRs Trends in India, 2007, Cyber Forensics Trends in India, 2008, etc all are pointing towards defective and inadequate ICT Strategies and Polices at the National Level. A continued ignorance of these issues is resulting in an ICT Emergency in India”.

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2008-08-27 06:02:52 - Kunal
The natural question that arises in this situation is can “Public Initiatives” fill the “Governmental Policy Vacuum”? There is no doubt about the fact that Government of India does consider the inputs of experts and specialists of respective fields. For instance, the Government of India has recently accepted the recommendations of Mr. Praveen Dalal once again and has announced to amend the Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000), the only cyber law of India, keeping in mind the requirement of cyber forensics in India. A very interesting “National Consensus Building Exercise” regarding development of capacity for legal enablement of ICT systems in India is taking place that has been spearheaded by Mr. Praveen Dalal and the leading Techno-Legal platforms of India like PTLB, PTLITC, etc. All of us must extend our support for this “National Cause”.

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2008-08-27 05:59:15 - Gunjan
We must first build capacity for legal enablement of ICT systems in India before taking any promising e-governance venture. India is infamous for its weak cyber law (IT Act, 2000) and ineffective e-governance. A crucial truth that India failed to appreciate is that e-governance in India is useless till we are capable of securing it as well. Without the crucial capabilities in the fields of cyber security and cyber forensics, India is heading towards a big trouble. Even the basic “e-mail tracking” procedures are sometimes posed as a big challenge before the law enforcement in India. Interestingly, some of the legal experts have shown their support for prosecuting owners of e-mail addresses and Internet Protocol addresses relying upon “common law principles” not knowing exactly the nature of the Internet.

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2008-08-27 05:58:39 - Gunjan
We must first build capacity for legal enablement of ICT systems in India before taking any promising e-governance venture. India is infamous for its weak cyber law (IT Act, 2000) and ineffective e-governance. A crucial truth that India failed to appreciate is that e-governance in India is useless till we are capable of securing it as well. Without the crucial capabilities in the fields of cyber security and cyber forensics, India is heading towards a big trouble. Even the basic “e-mail tracking” procedures are sometimes posed as a big challenge before the law enforcement in India. Interestingly, some of the legal experts have shown their support for prosecuting owners of e-mail addresses and Internet Protocol addresses relying upon “common law principles” not knowing exactly the nature of the Internet.

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2008-08-26 13:20:03 - Legal News and Views
WORKING GROUP ON CYBER LAW

We are in the process of constituting a Working Group on Cyber Law in India headed by Mr. Praveen Dalal, the Leading Techno-Legal ICT, Cyber Law, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Specialist of India. The same would consist of leading Organisations, Institutions, Industrial and Professional Bodies, Members of Civil Society and NGOs, Governmental Representatives, Lawyers, Judges, etc who have sound knowledge and expertise in the field of Information and Communication Technology. The interested persons or institutions are requested to join us and contact us as soon as possible as there would be limited number of members of this group. Kindly contact us at editorlnav at rediffmail dot com and perry4law at yahoo dot com in this regard with relevant particulars and details.

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2008-08-26 07:21:37 - Kunal
The law enforcement machinery is currently struggling hard to deal with hi-tech crimes and modern cyber crimes. Even the traditional crimes, including terrorism, have taken new shapes by using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for perpetuation of these crimes. The problem arises when the law enforcement uses and applies the “tradition investigation and prosecution methods” to these hi-tech crimes in India.

According to Praveen Dalal, the Leading Techno-Legal ICT, Cyber Law, Cyber Security and Cyber Forensics Specialist of India, “The terms like Media Access Control (MAC) address, Service Set Identifier (SSID), etc may be scary for the law enforcement official in India but they must get themselves acquainted with them as soon as possible. This is because hi-tech crimes involving and using integrated circuits and Internet would be the future cyber crimes trend in India. There is inadequate cyber security in India particularly for the wireless networks. This makes “wireless hacking” possible and that is often used for committing cyber crimes and other purposes. Wireless hacking is, generally, a four step process that includes wardriving, victim identification, passwords and encryption keys sniffing and finally hacking. If MAC filtering is in place the offender may go for the MAC address spoofing to trick the authentication process. Even an access point (AP) can be spoofed and a rouge AP may pretend to be a legitimate one by using the same configurations, SSID settings or network name”.

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2008-08-26 07:19:51 - KINDLY SUPPORT US
Dear Readers.

We are in the process of building a “National Consensus” on the vital National Issues like enactment of a sound and safer cyber law in India, establishment and development of effective cyber forensics capabilities in India, giving attention towards cyber security in India, establishment of e-courts in India, etc. All of you are requested to send their views, comments, suggestions, etc to Mr. Praveen Dalal at perry4law@yahoo.com and pd37@rediffmail.com through e-mails. All the contributions would be duly acknowledged and every effort would be made to incorporate the same in the “Final Draft” that would be sent to the Government of India, Department of Information Technology, Department of Science and Technology, Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Office, etc. We respect privacy of our viewers and friends and will not divulge the e-mails and other details, including surnames, of our friends, unless expressly requested by them.

Send Your Valuable Nation Building Suggestions to Mr. Praveen Dalal Now at perry4law@yahoo.com and pd37@rediffmail.com.

Source: http://legalnewsandviews.blogspot.com/2008/08/cyber-forensics-in-india-national.html

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2008-08-26 07:17:30 - Sushant
Working Group on Cyber Law in India By Mr. Praveen Dalal

Mr. Praveen Dalal why cannot you take the lead in forming a "Working Group" on cyber law in India as well? The Government of India is not only lethargic and corrupt but also would take only “dummy experts” to oblige few selected segments. It is surprising that the industrial and professional bodies have not yet taken any step in this direction. We would support you with whatever limited resources we have in terms of money, technical inputs, manpower, etc. At least we would have a body that can take care of interests of Indian citizens. Looking forward for a positive response from your side.

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2008-08-26 07:16:15 - Brijesh
Use Techno-Legal Expertise of Mr. Praveen Dalal, Perry4Law, PTLB and PTLITC

What would Government of India do with hard disks and seized computers if it lacks cyber forensics capabilities? Law enforcement and intelligence in India needs good training. However, providing merely academic coaching would not serve the purpose. They need Techno-Legal training from experts like Mr. Praveen Dalal.

The cyber forensics trends in India-2008 are not very great. Kindly see http://computerforensicsinindia.blogspot.com/2008/08/cyber-forensics-trends-in-india-2008.html . For a general discussion on the topic, kindly see http://computerforensicsinindia.blogspot.com/2008/08/need-of-cyber-forensics-in-india.html

Even if CDAC, Department of Information Technology, Department of Science and Technology, etc are claiming to have sufficient cyber forensics capabilities, in truth they have none. Most of the cyber forensics softwares are freely available on the Internet. But how will you acquire the expertise to use them. Merely saying we have developed “cyber forensics tools” is not sufficient.

After persistent awareness drive by Mr. Dalal the Government finally decided to amend the IT Act, 2000 and allow use of cyber forensics evidence and tools in the courts in India.

Let us hope that a working group on cyber forensics under the chairmanship of Mr. Praveen Dalal would be the next step.

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