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Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… digitisation and connectivity of CII have introduced new vulnerabilities and risks to threaten the resilience of essential services ... requires a comprehensive and coordinated safeguard of such infrastructures against cyber threats by a collecti

July 05, 2024 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Critical Information Infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure
Swami Vivekananda and Sister Nivedita: Pioneers of Indian Scientific Research
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

…. These personalities were intellectual giants in their respective fields … they were willing to accommodate each others, views for the larger goal of India's scientific development … more than 100 years back, foresight of these greats rem

April 20, 2022 Technological and Scientific Studies, Swami Vivekananda’s scientific temper, Vivekananda and IISC, Swamiji and scientific inventions, Sister Nivedita and scientific research, Vivekananda and Jamshedji Tata, Vivekananda and JC Bose, Sister Nivedita and Vigyan Mandir
Russia Ukraine Conundrum
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… Biden said that President Vladimir Putin “has never seen sanctions like the ones I promised will be imposed if he moves”... “If they actually do what they’re capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disa

March 11, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy, US, Russia’s Ukraine scheme, Ukraine invasion, Ukraine geo-politics, NATO & Ukraine, Russia-Ukraine contentions, Putin’s gamble, West’s Ukraine dilemma, Ukraine politics
Deterrence Theory– Is it Applicable in Cyber Domain?
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… effective cyber deterrence policies require regular, sustained disruption of malicious cyber activity. Such disruption can be technical, legal, logistical, financial, diplomatic, and, in some extreme cases, kinetic. Increasing the scope, scale an

September 09, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Deterrence in cyberspace, Ddeterrence theories, Powers in cyber arena, Cyber attack attribution, Principles of cyber deterrence
Cyber Weapons – A Weapon of War?
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… cyber weapons will be used individually and blended simultaneously with conventional kinetic weapons as force multipliers … for both attacker and defender, it is difficult to predict; cyber weapons often achieve things other than their intended

August 24, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Cyber Attack, Cyber Weapons, Methods of cyber operations, Cases of cyber attacks, Effects of cyber operations
Water Security as Part of Non-Traditional Security: Threat - Implications for India
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… it would be important for the Indian government to assess how China could ‘weaponize’ its control over trans-boundary waters and potentially ‘choke’ the Indian economy … there are different opinions about the impact of the proposed dams

June 02, 2021 National Security and Strategic Studies, water security, Asian water scarcity, Water sources and consumption in Asia, The Tibetan water reservoir, China’s water management policy
China’s Cyber-Influence Operations
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… 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
China’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities : An Overview
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… creation of the theatre commands and the PLA’s emphasis on joint operations have catalysed the Rocket Force’s focus on jointness…. integrating Rocket Force units into dual-use missile systems and the possible collocation of conventional an

April 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy, China, China’s nuclear and missile capabilities, PLARF’s nuclear weapons, China’s nuclear force modernization
Defining China’s Intelligentized Warfare and Role of Artificial Intelligence
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

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 Attack on Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant – A Wake Up Call
Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd)

… India is among the top three countries in the world after the U.S. and China when it comes to phishing and malware attacks ... While governments can’t control every aspect of cyber security, they can certainly help shape the future of cyber se

December 18, 2019 National Security and Strategic Studies, Cyber Security, Cyber Attack, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
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