Date: October 9, 2026. City: Bengaluru (India).
Venue: Hotel Taj Yeshwantpur, Bengaluru
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An Overview
AI, Privacy & Digital Trust: Securing India's Digital Future
From harnessing AI to embedding privacy and digital trust, we are building the blueprint for India’s secure digital future — while offering unparalleled networking and cutting-edge intelligence.
Connecting India’s Top Cyber, Risk, Data Security Leaders
- Effective and reliable protection
- Website and Email Hack Repar
- Complete data security
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Highlights
Agenda Highlights
CISO & Cyber Defense Trailblazer Awards
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Who Should Attend
AttendThis summit is designed for senior professionals, including:
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Why You Should Join
 Gain direct access to top government officials and industry influencers |
 Engage with the Top 100 CISOs of India |
 Discover emerging trends and policy directions |
 Network with fellow IT decision-makers and cybersecurity experts |
 Celebrate excellence at the CISO Awards and Cyber Hall of Fame |
 Explore the latest in tech innovation through live demos and exhibits |
 The Hackathon |
 Practical Workshops |
Takeaways
Key Takeaways
 Highest level of Cybersecurity Decision Makers
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 IT and Cybersecurity Policy Makers
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 Top 100 CISOs of India
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 Industry / Corporate Speakers
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 CISO
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 Networking with ITDMs
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Premium Brand Exposure in a highly targeted environment
Qualified Lead Generation through curated engagements
Showcase Opportunities for your latest cybersecurity solutions
Influential Relationships that drive business and policy alignment
Speakers
Eminent Leaders
State Government Speakers
Abhinav Verma
CRO
Shell Oil & Gas
Aditya Sarkar
AVP & Cloud Security Architect
Tyl by NatWest
Akilur Rahman
CTO
Hitachi Energy India Limited
Anil Poonia
VP-Business Process Excellence,
LabelFort (Predusk Technology)
Ankit Agarwal
Vice President - Enterprise Architecture
Coforge
Ankur Joshi
Cyber Defence Head
Freshworks
Apoorba Patranabish
Partner
GT Bharat LLP
Ashutosh Pandey
CISO & DPO
Kshema General Insurance Ltd
Bhoopendra Solanki
CIO,
Livasa Hospitals
Chandra Kanth B
Group CIO,
Macho Engineering Systems Pvt. Ltd.
Chirayu Vaidya
Chief Operating Officer,
LabelFort (Predusk Technology)
Devashish Prakash
CISO,
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd
Dinesh Babu K V
CISO,
Veritas Finance
Dr Ramkumari H Iyer
CIO and AI Security Governance Director,
Reliscale
Ganesh Basappa
VP - Web Security Engineering
JP Morgan Chase
Gaurav Mishra
CTO
Bluspring Limited
Gomeet Pant
Group VP -- Global IS Manager - Security Technologies,
ABB
Harish Sah
Executive Director - Cyber Practice,
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Hemanth Kumar Raju
Associate Partner - Cyber, Technology & Transformation,
Deloitte
Jagannath PV
Global DPO & AI Officer
LTIMindtree
Jaice K James
Head - Information Security,
Biocon Limited
Jaipal Deswal
CISO,
MakeMyTrip
Jaspreet Singh
Chief Revenue Officer
GT Bharat LLP
Krishna Kant Mishra
VP & CISO
Edelweiss Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
Krishna Pandey
Group CISO
PropertyGuru Group
Kuldeep Singh
CISO,
Vistaar Finance
Madan M
CISO,
Olvy India (SmartCoin)
Madhavan GG
Senior Vice President – IT Infrastructure Solutions
Access Healthcare Services
Maharajan S
CISO & VP - IT,
Navitas Life Sciences
Malaya Kanta Barik
CISO,
Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd
Manikanta Reddy
Head - IT Services and Security
DTDC Express Limited
Dr. Manoj Shrivastava
Global CISO,
UPL Limited
Mayank Bedi
CIO,
Hical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Mithilesh Singh
Managing Director,
Protiviti India Member Firm
Mohit Gautam
CISO,
Pay10
Mrinmoy Dey
CISO,
InCred Finance
Muneer H KongaWani
DGM & CISO,
J&K Bank Ltd
Mushtaq Ahmad
CIO,
Movate
Nageshwaran Chinnadurai
CISO
TVS Holdings (TVS Motor Group)
Natish Chauhan
Head - Infra & InfoSec,
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise
Nishath Narayanan
Sr Director & BISO,
Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)
Oswald Rajesh
Head of Global IT Infrastructure & Security,
TVS Supply Chain Solutions
Pankaj Sharma
CIO,
Hikal Limited
Paul Raj M
CIO,,
RPJ Holdings Pvt Ltd
Pradipta Patro
CISO & VP - Data Privacy,
Polycab India Limited
Prajeesh KG
CISO,
Muthoot Capital Services Ltd
Pranav Dagay
Cyber Threat Detection Specialist,
BinaryFlux
Priyadarshi Achar
Sales Engineering Leader - India & SAARC,
Proofpoint
Priyaranjan Samal
Director – Global Information Security,
Genpact
Prosenjit Chakraborty
Director - Technology,
Jakson Green
Rajasekhar Chowdary
Head IT & CISO,
Trigyn Technologies Limited
Ranjeet Bellary
Partner,
Ernst & Young
Ravi Prakash A
Partner,
Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Ravi Ponnapati
CISO & DPO,
Toyota Financial Services
Ritika Naik
Security Compliance Specialist,
IBM India
Roshan A
Senior General Manager - IT,
Healthcare Global Enterprise Limited
Rushabh Pinesh Mehta
Leader - Cybersecurity & Data Protection,
ALAB (Astera Labs) Semiconductor India
R S Lakshminarayanan
GM & Regional CISO,
Wipro
Sanjay Singh
CTO,
Econz
Sankalp Pandey
CTO,
BinaryFlux.AI
Saravanan Dhamotharan
CISO & Head-IT,
Fenice Energy
Satish Kumar Dwibhashi
CIO & CISO,
Frontline FinTech
Seevani Peesapati
Director - Cybersecurity Lab,
GE Healthcare
Shankar Venkatesan
CISO & VP-IT,
Violin Technologies
Shivam Gupta
Global CISO & IT Head,
Dabur Group
Sreenivas Vempati
Director - Cybersecurity & Governance,
RR Donnelley
Srinivasan Balraj
Associate Director – Head of Corporate Information Security
Chargebee
Tariq Wani
CISO India
Schneider Electric
Uma Anand
Director - Cybersecurity,
42Gears
Umakant Tripathi
Director - Global Cyber Defense,
Happiest Minds
Varunlal TV
CISO,
Mane Kancor Ingredients Pvt Ltd
Venkat Nippani
Partner - Cybersecurity,
PwC India
Vijay Gurumurthy
Director - IT
Brillio Technology
Vijaykumar Reddy
Director - Global IT Security
BNI Global
Vikram Dua
Head - Enterprise IT & ISC Security,
Philips
Schedule
Schedule & Agenda
Kindly Note: Agenda & Schedule is subject to change without prior notice.
Delegate Registrations / Networking Breakfast / Technology Showcase
Lamp Lighting & Welcome Note
Opening Keynote: Cognitive Battlefield: Invisible Cyber Front in the Age of Digital
Muneer H KongaWani
DGM & CISO, J&K Bank Ltd
Fireside Chat: The AI Arms Race: Securing the Agentic Frontier Against Autonomous Exploits
Rajesh Garg
Group CIO, Yotta Data Services
Dr. Manoj Shrivastava
Global CISO, UPL Limited
Ritika Naik,
Security Compliance Specialist,
IBM India
Panel Discussion: The Modern CISO: Security Leader, Risk Owner, or Business Enabler?
Moderator: Hemanth Kumar Raju,
Associate Partner - Cyber, Technology & Transformation, Deloitte
Pankaj Sharma,
CIO, Hikal Limited
Ramkumar Mohan,
CIO & CISO, Air Works Group
Krishna Pandey,
Group CISO, PropertyGuru
Satish Kumar Dwibhashi,
CIO & CISO, Frontline FinTech
Tariq Wani,
CISO India, Schneider Electric
Managing Data Risk in the AI Era From Copilot to Autonomous AI
Priyadarshi Achar,
Sales Engineering Leader - India & SAARC, Proofpoint
Who Sees Your Data Before Your Model Does? Securing the Human Layer of AI under DPDP
Chirayu Vaidya,
Chief Operating Officer, LabelFort (Predusk Technology)
Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
Panel Discussion: Mastering the DPDP Act in the GenAI Era: Privacy, Consent & Frontier Model Governance
Moderator: Jaspreet Singh,
Chief Revenue Officer, GT Bharat LLP
Jagannath PV,
Global DPO & AI Officer, LTIMindtree
Oswald Rajesh,
Head of Global IT Infrastructure & Security, TVS Supply Chain Solutions
Roshan A,
Senior General Manager - IT, Healthcare Global Enterprise Limited
Sanjay Singh,
CTO, Econz
Anil Poonia,
VP-Business Process Excellence, LabelFort (Predusk Technology)
Panel Discussion: Zero Trust in the AI Era: Identity, Cloud Security & Quantum Readiness
Moderator: Venkat Nippani,
Partner - Cybersecurity, PwC India
Muneer H KongaWani,
DGM & CISO, J&K Bank Ltd
Ashutosh Pandey,
CISO & DPO, Kshema General Insurance Ltd
Dr. Manoj Shrivastava,
Global CISO, UPL Limited
Gomeet Pant,
Group VP - Global IS Manager - Security Technologies, ABB Ltd
Ganesh Basappa,
VP - Web Security Engineering, JP Morgan Chase
Gaurav Mishra,
CTO, Bluspring Limited
Lucky Draw / Networking Lunch / Technology Showcase
CISO & Cyber Defense Trailblazer Awards -- Part - 1
Beyond SIEM: Next-Gen Federated SOC Powered by Deep AI
Pranav Dagay,
Cyber Threat Detection Specialist, BinaryFlux
The AI Attack Surface You're Not Watching: Why Digital Trust Must Travel With the User
Uma Anand,
Director - Cybersecurity, 42Gears
Panel Discussion: AI-Enabled Data Protection: Automated Classification, DLP & Sovereignty
Moderator: Ravi Prakash A,
Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Seevani Peesapati,
Director - Cybersecurity Lab, GE Healthcare
Ankit Agarwal,
Vice President - Enterprise Architecture, Coforge
Priyaranjan Samal,
Director – Global Information Security, Genpact
Nageshwaran C,
CISO, TVS Holdings (TVS Motor Group)
Panel Discussion: AI-Powered Observability & Security: Converging SecOps with ITOps
Moderator: Ranjeet Bellary,
Partner, Ernst & Young
Akilur Rahman,
CTO, Hitachi Energy India Limited
Mayank Bedi,
CIO, Hical Technologies Pvt Ltd
Vijay Gurumurthy,
Director - IT, Brillio Technology
Umakant Tripathi,
Director - Global Cyber Defense, Happiest Minds
Girish Rath,
Head-IT & Digital, Hindalco Industries Limited
Rushabh Pinesh Mehta,
Leader - Cybersecurity & Data Protection, ALAB (Astera Labs) Semiconductor India
Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
Panel Discussion: Autonomous SecOps: Accelerating Triage, XDR, and Modern SOC Response
Moderator: Harish Sah,
Executive Director - Cyber Practice, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Madhavan GG, CISO,
SVP – IT Infrastructure Solutions, Access Healthcare Services
Dr Ramkumari H Iyer,
CIO and AI Security Governance Director, Reliscale
Mithilesh Singh,
Managing Director, Protiviti India Member Firm
Sankalp Pandey, CTO, BinaryFlux
Ankur Joshi,
Head - Cyber Defence, Freshworks
Rajasekhar Chowdary,
Head IT & CISO, Trigyn Technologies Limited
Aditya Sarkar,
AVP & Cloud Security Architect, Tyl by NatWest
Responsible AI adoption and AI Governance
Jagannath PV,
Global Data Privacy Officer & AI Governance, LTIMindtree
CISO & Cyber Defense Trailblazer Awards -- Part - 2
Mega Lucky Draw / Networking with Cocktails & Dinner
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