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The Rise of Business-Driven Network Security

 Beyond the IT Department In the era of ubiquitous data and ever-evolving cyber threats, network security can no longer be relegated solely to the IT department. Businesses are witnessing a paradigm shift towards business-driven network security, where leadership actively participates in safeguarding their digital assets. This collaborative approach transcends departmental boundaries, fostering a more robust and holistic security posture. The Evolving Threat Landscape: Today’s cyber adversaries are more sophisticated and targeted than ever before. Ransomware attacks, data breaches, and phishing scams threaten not only sensitive information but also brand reputation and operational stability. These risks extend beyond technical vulnerabilities; they exploit human error and social engineering tactics. Addressing these challenges requires a multifaceted approach that goes beyond technical expertise. Integrating Security with Business Strategy A business-driven approach to network secu...
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Are Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp actually being banned by the Indian Government?

 One of the most trending topics that has the people in India worried, is the talk about social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram being banned by the Government.

Is this in fact true? Is the Indian Government really going to take away the platforms which have proven to be a source of income for some, a source of entertainment and a platform to connect to others?

These are the questions that have the people of India quite worked up and worried.

However, this doesn’t actually seem to be the case. It is true, that these platforms, like WhatsApp, are going up against the Indian Government, but there has been no indication by the Indian Government for banning these platforms.


What actually happened?

About three months back, the Indian Government had issued new digital rules to be followed by platforms like WhatsApp, Twitter, and Facebook. The terms of the new rules were something along the lines of:

  • They are required to appoint a compliance officer in India.
  • They are required to set up a grievance response mechanism.
  • They are required to take down content within 36 hours of a legal order.
  • They are required to use automated processes to take down offensive content.

The government had given these firms till the 26th of May to comply with these rules, failure to do so would take away their protection from lawsuits and prosecutions. According to the Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code, this would mean that these “significant social media intermediaries” or sites that are a host to a number of third-party posts, messages, and information, would not be allowed to claim legal immunity from the content posted on their sites.

In light of these new rules, Google, to ensure the Indian Government of its continuous efforts to comply with the legal formalities, cited their “long history” of content that they have managed in accordance with a number of local laws.

Facebook responded by saying that they “aim to comply” with the rules but at the same time they’ve asked to first discuss a few things that need to be addressed.

Twitter on the other hand hasn’t responded to these new digital rules as it is currently already preoccupied being on the radar of the government and Delhi police for its “congress toolkit” tweet controversy.

Sites like Koo, having around 6 million users, complied with the new rules last week itself.

WhatsApp, the messaging service owned by Facebook, having nearly 400 million users in India filed a petition against the Indian Government on Tuesday. The company said that the new digital laws put forward by the government would compel the company to violate the privacy of its users.

The company made a statement saying, “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single message sent on WhatsApp, which would break end-to-end encryption and fundamentally undermines people’s right to privacy.”

WhatsApp has strongly argued against the traceability of messages, as in order to do so would require them to break their encryption of people sending and receiving messages. Being able to trace messages will force private companies to collect and store the data of billions of messages and posts being shared and received on a daily basis, only for the purpose of turning required messages and posts over to the law at the end of the day.

The petition put forth by the company against the Indian Government asks the high court to acknowledge and declare that one of the new rules which asks for the traceability of messages in finding the ‘originator of information,' is a violation of privacy under the constitution of India.

The petition was put forward in accordance with a ruling by the Supreme Court in 2017 that stated that privacy must be preserved except in cases where “legality, necessity and proportionality all weighed against it”, according to Reuters.

While affecting WhatsApp, this traceability rule will also affect other apps which also have end-to-end encryption, like Signal and Telegram.

The government, in response to this petition by WhatsApp, termed it as an “act of defiance” as they fail to comply with the new IT rules on traceability calling it an “unfortunate attempt”.

The government also explains that they have a good reason behind these newly implemented rules of traceability and that they are “reasonable restrictions”.

The IT minister Ravi Prasad was quoted on the same saying, “the government is committed to ensuring the right of privacy to all its citizens, but at the same time it is also the responsibility of the government to maintain law and order and ensure national security.”




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