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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
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Friday, May 04, 2012
Southern Cyber Appellate Tribunal May be Established in Bangalore
Bangalore is likely to host the southern chapter of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal, said M.N. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary, Department of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science and Technology, here on Thursday.
The Cyber Appellate Tribunal, established under the Information Technology Act, started functioning in 2006.
Speaking at an inaugural session of the third edition of the Bangalore Cyber Security Summit, Mr. Vidyashankar said that the State has taken a lead by establishing the first cyber security laboratory in the country, at Mangalore.
Mr. Vidyashankar said that a recent study of cyber security across the world showed that it costs 2.7 times more to plug "security breaches" after they are found, than investments made in preventive measures.
He cited examples of the breaches in Sony's PlayStation last year and of the data security breaches at the National Health Service in the U.K. to underline the importance of the issue.
Suresh Kumar, Minister for Law, Justice and Human Rights, Parliamentary Affairs, Legislature and Urban Development, pointed out that the first exclusive police station in the country to track cyber crime was established in Bangalore.
Mr. Suresh Kumar said that an "organised underworld" is active, which uses fake email identities.
"Internet and email users are particularly vulnerable," Mr. Suresh Kumar said. "Bangalore," he said, "is ready to become the cyber security capital of India."
"The Internet is a double edged weapon," said K.D. Nayak, Chief Controller, Research and Development, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
A new computer would be compromised in about 2-3 years some years ago; now it takes just eight minutes for a new computer to be compromised, Mr. Nayak observed.
Referring to the problem of ensuring cyber security, he said, "In this field there are no time frames, no boundaries and no laws."
Latha Reddy, Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council Secretariat, called for "a coordinated implementation of security measures."
The two-day event concludes on Friday.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com, 4th May, 2012
Monday, April 30, 2012
Erosion of Internet Privacy Protection
The US House of Representatives, in opposition of President Obama's objections, has approved on Thursday the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA).
The law encourages intelligence agencies and businesses to share information about threats to computer systems, including attacks on American websites by hackers in China and other countries, such as Russia.
The vote was 248 to 168, as 42 Democrats joined 206 Republicans in backing the bill. The "no" votes were defended by 140 Democrats and 28 Republicans.
After more than five hours of debate, Mike Rogers, Republican Representative, said: "this is the last bastion of things we need to do to protect this country."
Some members of both parties also expressed their opinion against the law. Bennie Thompson, Democrat of Mississippi, said: "in an effort to foster information sharing, this bill would erode the privacy protections of every single American using the Internet."
The White House, strongly opposed this measure that now moves to the Senate, saying it could "undermine the public's trust in the government as well as in the Internet by undermining fundamental privacy, confidentiality, civil liberties and consumer protections."
Different organisations and activist have already creating platforms against CISPA, such Electronic Frontiers Foundation (EFF). Its Activism Director, Rainey Reitman, said on the website: "we will not stand idly by as the basic freedoms to read and speak online without the shadows of government surveillance are endangered by such overbroad legislative proposals."
Source: http://www.neurope.eu
Sunday, April 22, 2012
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Thursday, April 12, 2012
Alarming Situation of Legal Education in Few States in India
As per the results of the AIBE (All
India Bar Examination) conducted in January 2012, the pass percentage of the
candidates are reflecting the poor condition of the legal education in few
states. The pass percentage of the three most backward states in legal
education are as follows.
1. Chhattisgarh
(39.53%).
2. Andhra Pradesh
(41.38%)
3. Gujarat (45.7 %,)
came third from the bottom.
This is due to the mushrooming of
Law Colleges, no bar at the entry level, inadequate number of law teachers and
outdated curriculum and teaching methods. In the exam held in January 2011,
Gujarat was second last among rest of the states with a pass percentage of 40%. There are lot many colleges in theses states.
In most of these colleges even attendance is not compulsory. As for exams, more
or less the same questions are repeated every year and so students just mug up
some of these questions. AIBE (All India
Bar Examination) is entirely a different ball game for them as it thoroughly
tests the legal knowledge of a student. Most of the students from these states
are used to an examination system that does not challenge their knowledge; they
find the AIBE exams a tough call. As in the three-and-half hour exam, a
candidate needs to score a minimum of 45 marks out of 100 to clear it.
The Bar Council of India should
take it very seriously and must take serious measures to upgrade the standards
of legal education especially in those states which are backward in legal
education. The concerned Govts should also take it very seriously and provide
basic supports to the colleges which are lacking the basic infrastructure facilities,
like library, faculty, modern class rooms, moot court facilities, computers,
internet, online journal etc.
As per the current BCI norms of
Part IV of the Rules of Legal Education and Inspection Manual December, 2010, now
opening a new law college is very very difficult. Because the startup law
colleges are required to full fill the new norms which are benchmarked with
global standards. That is really something great done by the BCI. We must be
thankful to all the members of the “Legal Education Committee” of the Bar
council of India and specially Prof. N.L. Mitra for this great job.
However the question is that
how the BCI will upgrade the said poor law colleges which do not satisfy the
current BCI norms and still enjoys the BCI accreditation and approval. Now they
have to seriously think about these colleges and find out effective measure to
regulate them. BCI should ask them either to satisfy the new norms or shut
down. Then only we will be able to upgrade the standards of legal education in
India in the real sense and can face the challenges of Globalization and satisfy
the obligation to allow the opening of our legal service market for the member countries
of WTO.
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