Cyber Buddha

The Good
The Bad
The Cyber Buddha

Conversations between 7 strangers at a house party turn into a nail-biting exchange of real-life cyber crime stories. Through the course of the evening, the characters of this book learn how their online and offline habits are leaving them exposed in the digital world.

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About the Book

Imagine leaving your home with the door unlocked, the windows open, the alarm disabled, and the home safe open. Sounds scary, doesn’t it? But, that’s exactly how many of us treat our devices, leaving them vulnerable to hacks and cyber-attacks.

The Good The Bad The Cyber Buddha shines a light on some of our seemingly innocent habits – you’re sure to be guilty of at least one of them – and demonstrates how they can cost you dearly.

Set at a house party in Mumbai, seven people, mostly strangers, discuss stories of love, loss, revenge and jealously – all set against a backdrop of the dark, tangled web of cybercrime. What happened when a journalist took his phone into the washroom? How did a borrowed charging port cause a woman to get fired? Why did a young man get kidnapped by some of his Instagram followers? Who impersonated a DIY blogger and posted sexually explicit content? The book promises answers to all these and more.

And that’s not all. With the help of common stories, the resident Cyber Buddha, Paathik Muni offers clear actions everyone needs to get back control over their devices – before it’s too late.

About the authors

Paathik Muni

Paathik Muni is an Advocate with Masters in IT and a certified Data Auditor with a specialization in Technology Entrepreneurship at Stanford, and Cyber Law from NALSAR. He has lived in the depths of technology for over 2 decades. He is now a practicing Cyber Lawyer, Partner at Adrey Consultancy, a Techno-Legal firm and Chief Innovation Officer for Jagriti Enterprise.

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Kamaljeet Kaur Muni

Kamaljeet Kaur Muni with her two decades of expertise in digitizing processes across corporates like Hutchison, ICICI and Kotak, is a science graduate and Bachelors in Law with MBA from SP Jain. Currently, Sr. Vice President, she has successfully delivered over 500+ projects in her journey.

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Cyber Buddha Classroom

Human factor is the most vulnerable link in cyberspace. Don’t let this weak link cost your company.

Cyber Safety

An engaging and interactive program that makes your people realize their level of vulnerability. Spread over a span of 4 weeks, this program aims to educate employees and induce positive habit changes

2–3-hour sessions every week
Sensitization with the help of real-life examples
Q&As with a cyber expert
Mitigations to safeguard individuals in the cyberworld

Data Privacy

Helping employees navigate through complicated data sharing processes and providing them with practically implementable options for sharing sensitive information. The aim of this workshop is to safeguard organizations against data leaks at employee level.

2–3-hour sessions every week
Sensitization with the help of real-life examples
Q&As with a cyber expert
Mitigations to ensure data protection

Refresher

Technology is constantly evolving, and so are the threats. So, it is only logical to update your knowledge and upgrade your shields often. The Refresher workshop is a quick recap of their learnings in the previous classrooms and a real-time soft assessment of implementation of their learnings along with new upgrades of the cyberworld

10–14-hour session with breaks
Live threat assessment
Insights on the latest cybercrime threats
Free and paid safety software recommendations

Hear from our readers

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“…I recommend this book, not only for laymen but also people who think they know it all, but are still vulnerable !”

Dr Ganesh Natrajan

– Director, Center for AI & Advanced Analytics and Chairman, NASSCOM Foundation

“…very informative for people who are not so tech savvy and have started enjoying putting everything about their life on Facebook and Instagram, the dangers of half knowledge.”

Varsha Taurani

– Owner, TIPS Industries Ltd

“…The beauty of this book, is that it taught me a few great lessons, while keeping me entertained with its narrative…”

Gopal Kulkarni

– Writer, CID

“…What an amazing read, the writer chooses an extremely creative ways to demonstrate our day to day digital practices.”

Harshil Shah

– Dadasaheb Phalke Award winning Writer.

“…This book educates every individual on digitally safeguarding themselves, this book is a go to bible on Cyber safety. Simple, engaging and vastly relatable!”

Ravi Ranjan

- Shark Tank India, Government Advisor (Entrepreneurship)

“…I strongly recommend this book to all of us and our family members. It's filled with insightful examples and helpful nuggets of wisdom. Must-read!”

KK Mookhey

– Founder, NII Consulting

“…In this book, Paathik & Kamal puts a very interesting twist to something which is very technical to understand otherwise, and makes things much more relatable and easy-to-understand.”

Anuraag Gambhir

– Director, Shopclues

“A riveting anecdotal read , keeps you in the story looking for more… The stories are full of examples how we compromise ourselves without thinking.”

Himanshu Asthana

– DGM, SIDBI

“…a perspective of the cyber world that is so different from everything else that’s out there. OUTSTANDING STORY TELLING, CANDID AND INSIGHTFUL.”

Hardik Kapdi

– Managing Partner, Ecosys OOH (Part of Publics Groupe)

“…The writer has smartly woven all the dos and don’ts into a casual-fun conversation which makes it an easy and enjoyable read.’'

Chirag Kakkad

– Writer, Crime Patrol

“A book with relatable cyber crime stories that provide very easy and practical solutions.”

S Hussain Zaidi

Indian author and former investigative journalist

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