Articles

A Tale of two UN Resolutions on Cyber-security

In December 2018, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted two important resolutions: 73/27¹ on ‘Developments in the Field of Information And Telecommunications in The Context of International Security’; and, 73/266² on ‘Adv....

April 24, 2019 Cyber Security , National Security and Strategic Studies , Commentary , UN Resolution on cyber-space , Cyber-security

A Threat Looming Large: India must display Resolve and Unity

Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

India is in transition in many ways: From agricultural to industrial to information age with constantly varying coincidence amongst them. There is transformation to digital economy, new tax regime, infrastructure development and extension of service....

August 23, 2018 National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , ICT and Media , Fake news , Controlling disinformation campaigns , Cyber Security

Overdependence on ZTE in India

Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF Article

In 2008, ZTE, a China based telecom company, set up a research centre in India after starting operations in 2003. The sales revenue of the company at the time in India was 750 million USD compared to 100 million USD in 2004.¹ By 2013, the ....

August 16, 2018 Cyber Security , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Ttelecommunication security , Chinese telecommunication companies

Cyber Warfare in the Indian Context

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

The Cyber Space The contemporary era is characterised by what has been described as the ‘information revolution’. This is a phenomenon in which automated processes are activated to marshal and manipulate huge volumes of digitised inform....

April 28, 2014 Cyber Security , National Security and Strategic Studies

PLA’s Information Warfare Capabilities on an Upward Trajectory

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

In end February this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping formed a new working group at the apex level on cyber security and information security. While this was seen as the political leadership’s renewed efforts in underlining the threats and challe....

April 21, 2014 China , Neighbourhood Studies , Cyber Security , National Security and Strategic Studies

Dimensions of Cyber Security in India

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Preamble This is the information age and therefore like all lucrative assets of the past ages, information assets must be an object of competition and conflict – and in extreme cases, warfare. This conflict is being played out in a new do....

February 07, 2014 Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , National Security and Strategic Studies

Preparing for Cyberwar - A National Perspective

Commander Mukesh Saini (Retd.)

On November 12th, 2011 Maj. Gen. Moghaddam, the "architect" of Iran's missile program, was showing a new type of warhead for nuclear weapon capable missile Sejil 2, to a group of experts for their comments, at a site about 50 Kms from Tehran. Warhead....

July 26, 2012 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security