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China’s Cyber-Influence Operations
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF

… With its growing assertiveness in the international arena, China uses new technologies to achieve its foreign policy goals and project an image of responsible global power … spending billions on influence operations across the world ... fits i....

May 15, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , China , Cyber Security , PLA , Social Media , Intelligence agencies , China Cyber-Influence , Cyber Influence Operations , Non-Intelligence Sources , Digital Media , China’s influence campaign
Defining China’s Intelligentized Warfare and Role of Artificial Intelligence
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF

China feels that U.S. is its main adversary ... China is trying to match U.S. technological capabilities with its own strength in AI as a leap frog technology and a new concept of war ... But there will be lot of problems in implementing this concept....

March 24, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security , China’s adoption of artificial intelligence , AI in information warfare , PLA’s information operations
Cyber DNA of China –Deep, Focussed and Militarised
Dr Gulshan Rai

The strategic goals reconfirmed by the CCP, in late 1970’s, included maintaining domestic stability; sustaining economic growth and development; defending national sovereignty and territorial integrity; safeguarding China’s interest world over. T....

March 23, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , China , Cyber Security
Internet Lockdowns: Is There Any Other Way Out?
Abhinav Pandya Article

India's internet revolution is fast transforming its political, social, cultural, and technological landscape. One of the most critical factors that ensured the landslide victory of PM Modi with his razor-sharp and a straight-forward nationalist dis....

March 23, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , IB , Social Media , OGWs , DGISPR , foreign terrorists
India’s Cyber Deterrence Against China
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak Article

Cyber Threats from China: Chinese Offensive Capabilities and Modus Operandi
China raised cyber war units way back in 20031. Major objectives of these units has been cyber surveillance, manipulating network data, disseminating p....

March 12, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Cyber Security , Article , Cyber Deterrence , Cyber war , Media War , ICT Adaption , Cyber Weapons
Vimarsh on India's Digital Leap by Shri Ram Sewak Sharma, Former Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

India’s economic growth is accelerating at a steady pace with a glimpse of its true potential to become the world’s fastest-growing economy soon. In 2019, India ranked as the second-largest online market, after China. According to data by Stat....

February 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , AADHAAR , Digital , Digi Locker , eKYC , Public Digital Infrastructure , Application Programming Interface
The Curious Case of Huawei

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 a....

February 15, 2021 China , Technological and Scientific Studies , Cyber Security , India , China , Australia , United Kingdom , United States , surveillance , New Zealand , Huawei , espionage , FiveEyes , Trojan , Reliance Jio
International Security: Review of 2020 & Projections for 2021
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

The year 2020 shall be recorded as an unprecedented year in the modern history of humankind. The outbreak of China-origin Coronavirus (also known as COVID-19) has eclipsed the events in global security. On one side, the spread of coronavirus enforced....

January 18, 2021 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Pakistan , Iran , Afghanistan , Islamic State , United States , al-Qaeda , International Security , Counter terrrosim , Review
The New National Security Directive will Strengthen Telecom Security
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

In a landmark decision, the Cabinet Committee on Security has taken steps to strengthen the security of telecom networks in India.1 Henceforth, it will be mandatory for the telecom network providers to use only ‘trusted products’ from....

December 20, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Commentary , National Security Council Secretariat , cybersecurity , Digital Authority , Deputy NSA , National Security Directive
Lockdown Scenario- A Golden Opportunity for Cyber Criminals
Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF Article

“Anyone who thinks that security products alone offer true security is settling for the illusion of security.”1 - Kevin D Mitnick
The emergence of Coronavirus (hereafter COVID-19) and its rapid spread has em....

May 08, 2020 National Security and Strategic Studies , Cyber Security , Article , India , Cyber Security , Cybercrime , lockdown , COVID19 , Cyberspace , Cybercriminals , Ransomware , Phishing , Child Protection
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