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Decoding Russia's 'Missing' Cyberwar Amid War in Ukraine
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… impact of cyber operations is missing ... Russian cyber operations lean towards low-cost disruption efforts that rely on cyber patriots and criminal hackers than their ability to carry out sophisticated degradation campaigns. Cyber is an...

May 17, 2022 Download
Tags: controlled cyber attacks, cyber instigations and apprehensions, Russia-West cyber equation, Russia’s cyber operations, the East-West Hacking game, US-Russia-Ukraine cyber contest, Cyber Security, International Relations and Diplomacy
The Curious Case of Huawei
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF

China’s journey from being an agrarian economy to one of the largest economies with a strong military and cyber capabilities is commendable. However, its military and cyber capabilities are built upon relentless efforts to steal critical military...

February 15, 2021 Download
Tags: Australia, China, espionage, FiveEyes, Huawei, India, New Zealand, Reliance Jio, surveillance, Trojan, United Kingdom, United States, China, Cyber Security, Technological and Scientific Studies
Cyber Enabled Information Warfare: Are Cyber Borders the Solution We Seek?
Snehashree Mukherjee

… 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...

December 23, 2019 Download
Tags: Cyber Borders, Cyber Enabled, Information Warfare, Cyber Security
Cyber Security: Fundamental to India’s Sovereignty
Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.)

… cyber security is the single largest concern for nations and societies today as they move from agro-industrial age to the Information Age … threats are present 24/7 across the full spectrum, from: Cyber-crime to cyber espionage to cyber...

October 9, 2018 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, India’s cyber security, Structure for cyber security, Cyber Security
Cyber Security in India – Present Status
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

Introduction: The Information Technology (IT) Act in India was promulgated as early as 2000. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) was established in 2004 and continues to act. India has undertaken several steps...

October 30, 2017 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, CERT-In, Digital India, Indian Cyber Security, Information Technology, Smart City, Cyber Security
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