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The more ease and dependency the internet slithers into our lives, the more obscure parasites linger on with it, menacing our privacy and data. Among these digital parasites, cyber espionage, hacking, and ransom have never failed to grab the headlines. These hostilities carried out by cyber criminals, corporate juggernauts and several state and non-state actors lend them unlimited access to the customers’ data damaging the digital fabric and wellbeing of netizens. 

As technology continues to evolve, so does the need for robust safety measures. To tackle these emerging challenges, Korea based Samsung Electronics has introduced a cutting-edge security tool called Auto Blocker.  Introduced in the One UI 6 Update, Auto Blocker boasts an array of additional security features, granting users the ability to customize their device's security as per their requirements Also known as ‘advanced sandbox’ or ‘Virtual Quarantine’. Sandboxing is a safety measure for separating running programs to prevent spread of digital vulnerabilities. It prohibits automatic execution of malicious code embedded in images. This shield now extends to third-party apps like WhatsApp and Facebook messenger, providing better resilience against cyber-attacks in all Samsung devices.  

Matter of Choice 

Dr. Seungwon Shin, EVP & Head of Security Team, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics, emphasizes the significance of user safety. He stated “At Samsung, we constantly strive to keep our users safe from security attacks, and with the introduction of Auto Blocker, users can continue to enjoy the benefits of our open ecosystem, knowing that their mobile experience is secured.” 

Auto Blocker is a matter of choice. It's not a cookie cutter solution; instead, its USP is the ability to customize security measures of your device. The Auto Blocker can be accessed through device’s setting, and is activated via toggle. 

Your personal Digital Armor 

One of Auto Blocker's salient features is its ability to prevent bloatware (unnecessary apps) from installing in the devices from unknown sources which is called sideloading. While sideloading provides greater scope of control and better customization, it also exposes users to potential threats, such as malicious file downloads. The proactive approach of Auto Blocker disables sideloading by default.  Auto Blocker serves as an extra line of defense, especially against gruesome social engineering attacks such as voice Phishing (Vhishing).  The app has an essential tool called ‘Message Guard’, engineered to combat Zero Click attacks. These complicated attacks are executed when a message containing an image is viewed. 

The Auto Blocker also offers a wide variety of new controls to enhance device’s safety, including security scans to detect malwares. Additionally, Auto Blocker prevents the installation of malwares via USB cable. This ensures the device's security even when someone gains physical access to it, such as when the device is being charged in a public place.

Raising the Bar for Cyber Security

Auto Blocker testifies Samsung's unwavering commitment to the safety and privacy of its users. It acts an essential part of Samsung's security suite and privacy innovations, improving overall mobile experience within the Galaxy’s ecosystem. It provides a safer mobile experience while allowing user superior control over their device's protection. In comparison. Apple offers a more standardized approach to privacy and security with emphasis on user friendly design and closed ecosystem. Samsung disables sideloading to combat threats, while Apple is more flexible in this regard on macOS.

In this dynamic digital space, the Auto Blocker offers a tool to maintain cyber peace and resilience. It protects from a broad spectrum of digital hostilities while allowing us to embrace the new digital ecosystem crafted by Galaxy. It's a security feature that puts you in control, allowing you to determine how you fortify your digital fort to safeguard your device against digital specters like zero clicks, voice phishing (Vishing) and malware downloads 

Samsung’s new product emerges as impenetrable armor shielding users against cyber hostilities. With its new customizable security feature with Galaxy Ecosystem, it allows users to exercise greater control over their digital space, promoting more secure and peaceful cyberspace. 

Reference:

HT News Desk. (2023, November 1). Samsung unveils new Auto Blocker feature to protect devices. How does it work? Hindustan Times. https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/samsung-unveils-new auto-blocker-feature to-protect-devices-how-does-it-work 101698805574773.html

Introduction
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" सर्वे भवन्तु सुखिनः, सर्वे सन्तु निरामयाः " May all be happy, may all be free from suffering. This timeless invocation reflects a vision of collective well-being, where progress is meaningful only when shared, and protection extends to every individual in society. This very philosophy lies at the heart of Corporate Social Responsibility, which seeks to ensure that growth is not isolated or unequal, but inclusive, ethical, and mindful of the broader social good.  

At its core, Corporate Social Responsibility is not merely a statutory obligation, it is a reflection of a deeper ethical commitment, an acknowledgement that growth must carry with it a sense of duty towards society. In many ways, CSR embodies the idea that progress without responsibility is incomplete, and that corporations, as key actors shaping modern life, must help safeguard the very communities they engage with.
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Reframing Digital Literacy Through Cyber Safety in CSR Frameworks
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In India, this moral vision has been given a legal structure under the Companies Act, 2013, CSR Schedule VII, which mandates certain classes of companies to allocate a portion of their profits towards socially beneficial activities. Section 135 of the Act requires companies meeting specified financial thresholds to undertake CSR initiatives, guided by principles of inclusivity, sustainability, and social welfare. The underlying values are clear, CSR is intended not as charity, but as a strategic and accountable contribution to societal development.

Schedule VII of the Act further outlines the broad areas that qualify as CSR, including “Education and Digital Literacy”, gender equality, rural development, and measures for reducing inequalities. Within this framework, promoting “digital literacy” has increasingly been recognised as a legitimate and necessary CSR activity, especially in the context of a rapidly digitising society like India.

However, the current understanding of digital literacy within CSR remains incomplete. It often emphasises access and usage, teaching individuals how to navigate digital platforms, use devices, and engage with online services. What remains insufficiently addressed is the question of safety. In an environment where cyber fraud, data breaches, online harassment, and identity theft are becoming increasingly common, digital literacy without cyber awareness risks becoming a partial and potentially harmful intervention.

Embedding cyber awareness and capacity building within ‘digital literacy’ in explicit form is therefore not optional, it is essential. This includes equipping individuals with the ability to recognise online threats, protect personal data, understand digital consent, and respond effectively to cyber risks. It also requires recognising that vulnerable populations, including first-time internet users, women, and marginalised communities, often face disproportionate exposure to cyber harm.

“It is pertinent to note that Cybersecurity awareness training is relevant to CSR but is not yet consistently implemented as an explicit CSR activity. It is often included indirectly within digital literacy programs, highlighting the need for a more structured, progressive and integrated approach.”

Given this reality, there is a strong case for explicitly recognising cyber awareness as a distinct and integral component of CSR activities, rather than treating it as an implicit subset of digital literacy. Doing so would not only align CSR with contemporary societal risks but also ensure that corporate interventions move beyond enabling access to actively ensuring safety.

In a digital society, empowerment without protection is incomplete. If CSR is to truly reflect its foundational values, it must evolve to address not just the opportunities of the digital age, but also its risks.
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Why Cyber Safety Must Be Central to CSR
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The current state of digital ecosystems, which used to operate as secondary systems, now functions as essential systems that support government operations, banking systems, educational institutions, and social communication. The digital environment has its vulnerabilities, which create direct dangers for people in society. The elderly, first-time internet users, and rural communities face higher cyber threat risks because they often lack knowledge and protective resources on responsible use. The implementation of CSR initiatives that provide digital access to these groups, along with how to handle risks, will create greater benefit for their safety. Organisations must encourage the implementation of cyber safety training in their CSR programs because doing so will create value while fulfilling their ethical obligations. The empowerment process needs to achieve complete success, which protects people from any potential dangers according to the "do no harm" principle.
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Key Components of CyberPeace-Aligned Digital Literacy
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To make CSR initiatives more effective and future-ready, organisations should incorporate the following elements into their digital literacy programs:

1. Cyber Awareness and Risk Recognition: The training program teaches participants how to recognise typical security threats, which include phishing attacks and scams, deepfake technology and misinformation.
2. Data Protection and Privacy Literacy: The program teaches users how to protect their personal information, together with the process of giving consent and the methods used to handle their online presence. 
3. Responsible Digital Behaviour: The program teaches people how to use the internet responsibly by showing them how to make ethical decisions that require both respect and accountability while understanding the legal consequences of their actions. 
4. Incident Response and Reporting Mechanisms: The program teaches users about cyber incident response, which includes all reporting methods and available support resources. 
5. Inclusion-Focused Design: The program develops specific solutions which protect various demographic groups from their particular vulnerabilities while maintaining accessibility and essential programmatic relevance.

Policy and Institutional Alignment
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The integration of cyber safety into corporate social responsibility lets organisations achieve their national objectives, which include:

• Strengthening digital trust and resilience
• Supporting safe digital inclusion initiatives
• Complementing the efforts of institutions working on cybersecurity awareness and capacity building

The structured approach requires organisations to execute three specific steps, which include:

• Partnering with cybersecurity organisations and civil society
• Developing standardised cyber awareness modules
• The organisation will use behavioural change indicators to evaluate its impact instead of relying on access metrics.

The Way Forward
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Digital-era Corporate Social Responsibility needs to transition from its present state of providing access to digital resources toward establishing secure online platforms for users. The understanding of digital literacy needs to shift from its current status as a technical ability toward its new definition as a social competency that encompasses safety, responsibility and resilience training.

Companies need to understand their digital transformation obligations because their digital transformation efforts require them to handle all associated risks. The implementation of cyber safety within corporate social responsibility frameworks will enable organisations to develop a secure and trustworthy digital environment that includes all users.

Conclusion
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The implementation of corporate social responsibility needs to fulfil its core mission of creating societal benefits through inclusive practices that span all current digital possibilities and their associated security threats. The field of digital literacy requires a new framework that combines digital safety practices with its existing educational materials.

The digital safety practice ensures that people obtain essential knowledge and skills that enable them to use digital resources securely when they access online content. The process of accomplishing shared community prosperity needs to establish a framework that benefits every person through social advancement and the protection of their rights.
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References
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• https://upload.indiacode.nic.in/schedulefile?aid=AC_CEN_22_29_00008_201318_1517807327856&rid=79
• https://www.allresearchjournal.com/archives/2025/vol11issue4/PartF/11-5-60-511.pdf
• https://www.unesco.org/en/dtc-finance-toolkit-factsheets/corporate-social-responsibility-csr
• https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/corp-social-responsibility.asp
• https://digitalmarketinginstitute.com/blog/corporate-16-brands-doing-corporate-social-responsibility-successfully
• https://www.imd.org/blog/sustainability/csr-strategy/

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Introduction:

Digital Forensics, as the term goes, “It is the process of collecting, preserving, identifying, analyzing, and presenting digital evidence in a way that the evidence is legally admitted.”

It is like a detective work in the digital realm, where investigators use various specific methods to find deleted files and to reveal destroyed messages.

The reason why Digital Forensics is an important field is because with the  advancement of technology and the use of digital devices, the role of Digital Forensics in preserving the evidence and protecting our data from cybercrime is becoming more and more crucial.

Digital Forensics is used in various situations such as:

• Criminal Investigations: Digital Forensics enables investigators to trace back cyber threat actors and further identify victims of the crime to  gather evidence needed to punish criminals.

• Legal issues: Digital Forensics might aid in legal  matters involving intellectual property infringement and data breaches etc.

Types of Digital Data in Digital Forensics:

1.Persistent (Non-volatile) Data :-

• This type of Data Remains Intact When The Computer Is Turned Off.
• ex. Hard-disk, Flash-drives

2.  Volatile Data :-

• These types of Data Would Be Lost When The Computer Is Turned Off.
• ex. Temp. Files, Unsaved OpenFiles, etc.

The Digital Forensics Process

The process is as follows

• Evidence Acquisition: This process involves making an exact copy (forensic image) of the storage devices such as hard drives, SSD or mobile devices. The goal is to preserve the original data without changing it.

• Data Recovery: After acquiring the forensic image, the analysts use  tools to recover deleted, hidden or the  encrypted data inside the device . 

• Timeline Analysis: Analysts use timestamp information from files, and system logs to reconstruct the timeline of activities on a device. This helps in understanding how an incident spanned out and who was involved in it.

• Malware Analysis: In cases involving  security breaches, analysts analyze malware samples to understand their behavior, impact, and origins. various reverse engineering techniques are used to analyze the malicious code.

Types of tools:

• Faraday Bags: Faraday bags are generally the first step in digital evidence capture. These bags are generally made of conductive materials, which are used to shield our electronic devices from external waves such as WiFi, Bluetooth, and mobile cellular signals, which in turn protects the digital evidence from external tampering.

• Data recovery : These types of software are generally used for the recovery of deleted files and their associated data.  Ex. Magnet Forensics, Access data, X-Ways

• Disk imaging and analysis :These types of softwares are Generally used to replicate the data storage devices and then perform further analysis on it ex. FTKImager, Autopsy, and, Sleuth Kit

• File carving tools: They are generally used to extract information from the embedded files in the image made. Ex.Foremost, Binwalk, Scalpel

Some common tools:

• EnCase: It is a tool for acquiring, analyzing, and reporting digital evidence.

• Autopsy: It is an open-source platform generally used for analyzing hard drives and smartphones.

• Volatility: It is a framework used generally for memory forensics to analyze volatile memory dumps and extract info.

• Sleuth Kit: It is a package of CLI tools for investigating disk images and its associated file systems.

• Cellebrite UFED: It is a tool generally used for mobile forensics.

Challenges in the Field:

• Encryption: Encryption plays a major challenge as the encrypted data requires specialized techniques and tools for decryption.

• Anti-Forensic Techniques: Anti-Forensics techniques play a major challenge as the criminals often use anti-forensic methods to cover their tracks, making it challenging to get the digital evidence.

• Data Volume and Complexity: The large volume of digital data and the diversity of various devices create challenges in evidence collection and analysis.

The Future of Digital Forensics: A Perspective

‍With the  growth of technology and the vast presence of digital data, the challenges and opportunities in Digital Forensics keep on updating themselves. Due to the onset of new technology and the ever growing  necessity of cloud storage, mobile devices, and the IoT (Internet of Things), investigators will have to develop new strategies and should be ready to adapt and learn from the new shaping of the tech world.

Conclusion:

‍Digital Forensics is an essential field in the recent era for ensuring fairness in the digital era. By collecting, inspecting, and analyzing the digital data, the Digital Forensics investigators can arrive lawfully at  the prosecution of criminals and the settlement of civil disputes. Nowadays with technology on one hand progressing continuously, the discipline of Digital Forensics will certainly become even more pivotal in the case of investigations in the years to come.