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Building on the momentum of the inaugural DSCI Cyber GCC Summit, the second edition returns as the DSCI Cyber for Global Summit in 2026, bringing a broader global perspective to Bengaluru on 9 September 2026. This year, the edition will bring together the people defining how the world's enterprises are secured from India. With security and risk leaders from 500+ delegates, 200+ GCCs, 60+ speakers, and 20+ exhibitors expected, delegates can look forward to keynotes, panels, masterclasses, roundtables, and hands-on workshops, all designed around meaningful peer networking.

Key Themes

CXO Conversations: Enterprise capabilities for the next 3 years, parent boardroom discussions, Women in Cyber.

Sectoral Tracks: BFSI, Semiconductor, Automotive, Retail, HealthTech, Engineering R&D, Aerospace and Defence.

Geopolitics & Sovereignty: Regulatory convergence, EU Cyber Resilience Act, Cross-GCC Threat Intelligence Exchange.

Quantum Readiness: Quantum simulation and quantum resiliency in the cloud with hyperscalers.

Future State of SOC: AI for AI, attack path management, resiliency against frontier AI (Mythos-class models).

AI Governance: Insights from agentic AI production deployment, securing the AI stack, red teaming.

Engineering Security & Privacy: Homomorphic encryption, MPC, ZKP, and product security architecture cohort.

Attendee Mix

CXOs
Center Head
CTOs
Product Head
Architects
Privacy Professionals
Chief AI Officer
Innovation Head
CoE Leads
CISOs
Security Engineering Professionals
Automotive
BFSI & Fintech
HealthTech & MedTech
Semiconductor
Manufacturing
Energy & Utilities
Defense & Aerospace
Logistics & Shipping sectors
Telecom & Media
Retail & E-Commerce

Event Schedule

Grand Ball Room
Arabica
Robusta
Co-Meeting 1
Co-Meeting 2
TimeGrand Ball RoomMain StageArabicaTrackRobustaTrackCo-Meeting 1RoundtablesCo-Meeting 2Roundtables
08:00 AM OnwardsRegistration    
09:15 AM - 09:30 AM

Welcome Address

By Prasad Deore, Vice President, Data Security Council of India

    
09:30 AM - 10:15 AM

Inaugural Session

Shri Priyank M Kharge, Cabinet Minister for Home, IT/BT and E-Governance at Government of Karnataka*

    
09:45 AM - 10:00 AM    
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Quantum Resilience and Hyperscalers

By Henry Sukumar, Scientist F, CDAC

   
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

Panel Discussion- Agentic Guardrails, AI Red Team & Shadow AI

Moderator: Vinod Sivaramakrishnan, Regional Head, F5

Speakers:
Vijaya Kadiyala, ED - Enterprise Architecture, DBS Tech India (DBS Bank)

Amlesh Sane, Director - Information Security, Amadeus Labs

 

   
10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

The Quantum Advantage: Algorithms for Real World Impact

By Dr. Anupama Ray, Advisory Research Scientist, IBM Research

   
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM   
11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

Fireside Chat: Cybersecurity in GCCs: Success & Journey Ahead 

By 
Arindam Sen, GCC Sector Leader, EY India & Tiffy Isaac, Cyber Risk Leader, EY India
 

   
11:20 AM - 11:35 AMKeynote Address by SQ1   

Checkmarx RTC -

Application Security Rewritten for the AI Era

11:30 AM - 11:50 AM

Keynote Address- The Enterprise Architecture for Agentic AI: Delivering and Securing AI at Scale

By Vimal Ignatius, Lead - AI Business, F5

Building a Quantum Safe Ecosystem

By Vinayak Gupta - Director, Mizuho Bank

  
11:50 AM - 12:05 PM

Keynote Address- Inside India's GCC Cyber Landscape: Insights from the Secure in India Report

By Pranav Kathale, Partner – Digital Risk & Cyber Security, KPMG in India

  
12:05 PM - 12:20 PM

Keynote Address- Blind Spots & Breakthroughs: Rethinking Risk in the Age of AI

By Avesh Malik, Director - Cloud Security Services, Radware

  
12:20 PM - 12:35 PM

Keynote Address- AI is changing the rules; Are we ready

By Koushik Sivaraman, VP Security Consulting, CloudSEK

 

HealthTech Security Track

Topic- Securing Patient Data, Connected Medical Devices, and Cross-Border Health Data Flows Across Healthcare and Life Sciences GCCs

Moderator: Sukrit Ghosh, Director, DSCI

Panelists:
Sivani Peesapati, Director, Cyber Security Lab, GE Healthcare

Shreekanth Katti LLM., India Head-Legal, Compliance & Data Privacy, Merck Group

Rohan Kanungo, Director GRC – Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance, GSK

 
12:35 PM - 12:50 PM

Keynote Address- Privacy by Intent

By Nasser Prakash, Head of Risk and Information Security, Lloyds Technology Centre India

   
01:00 PM - 01:30 PMLUNCH & NETWORKING   
01:30 PM - 02:00 PM     
02:00 PM - 02:15 PM 

Semicon Sub Summit : 

Topic- Protecting IP, Design Pipelines, and the Semiconductor Supply Chain Across Chip Design and Fab Support GCCs

Moderator: Teja Chintalapati, Principal Manager - Cyber Innovation, DSCI

Panelists:
Anshuma Singh, IT-Head/Site Leader, Applied Materials India

Rajender Singh, Semiconductor Cyber Leader, Marvell

Sumandra Ghosh, Global Dir- Regulatory & Compliance (T&E & DCS), Schneider Electric

Rakesh Pillai, Director, Intel Corporation

Special Address- Cyber Resilience for the Future of Aerospace: From Aircraft to Airspace to Space

By Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla, IAF

  
02:15 PM - 02:30 PM

Panel Discussion- Cyber Competence in a World Where AI Writes the Playbook

Deliberation on shift in skill set, qualifications, Job Description, Human In Loop and Scale

Moderator: Arindam Roy, Country Director, South Asia, SANS Institute 

Speakers:
Kamal Sharma, CISSP, CCSP, President, ISC2 Bangalore Chapter

Arunkumar V R, Director, Cyber Security, Bosch Global Software Technologies

Arun Kohli, MD, Head of Strategy & Business Management, First Citizens India

Abhishek Mitra, Information Security Director, PepsiCo

Special Address- Engineering Trust in the Digital Aerospace Era

By Former Vice Chief of Indian Air Force, Air Marshal Anil Khosla

  
02:30 PM - 02:45 PM

Special Address- Secure by Design: An inescapable imperative for Aviation Software

By AVM Sarabjit Singh - Commandant SDI

SQ1 RTC- Continuous Compliance Across Borders: Automating Audit Readiness for Multi-Jurisdiction GCCs

Host By:
Prabhu K, VP – Engineering & Security, SQ1 Security

EY Roundtable - Beyond the Hype: Securing Enterprise AI

Host By:
Raghavendra BV, Deputy Cybersecurity Leader, EY India,
Mubin E. Shaikh, Partner – Cybersecurity, EY India,

 

02:45 PM - 03:00 PM 

Panel Discussion- Space-Air Systems: Threat Modelling for Integrated Space-Air Systems and Securing Critical Civilian Aviation and Military Communication Nodes

Host By: Former Air Marshal BR Krishna


Panelist:
Dr. Vinod kumar, Director Promotion, InSpace,

Suresh Padmanabhan, Associate Director, Digital Engineering, Collins Aerospace,

Air Cmde Sandeep Sathpathy, Head Business Development (Defense & Security) - Cisco

03:00 PM - 03:45 PM

CXO Panel Discussion- Building Cyber GCCs for 2030

Moderator: Viswanathan K S, GCC Advisor, Data Security Council of India

Speakers:
Sridhar Sidhu, CVP - Cybersecurity, AT&T

Harvinder Gill, Executive VP, Broadridge

Megan McCabe, Chief Security Officer, Vanguard India

Bagya Krishnamoorthi, Head of Technology GCC, ANZ

 
03:15 PM - 03:30 PM
03:30 PM - 03:45 PM

Automotive Sub Summit : 

Topic- Securing Software-Defined Vehicles, OT, and the Automotive Supply Chain: Standards, Resilience, and the Connected Mobility Roadmap.

Moderator: Prasad Deore, Vice President, DSCI

Panelists:
Manoj Desai, Dy. Director, ARAI

Prakash Padariya, Leader – Cyber Security, Daimler Truck

Vishal Gupta, Program Manager- Automotive Cybersecurity, Bosch

Panel Discussion- Hardening the Aviation Software Supply Chain: SBOM, Secure SDLC, Open Source Risk and Certification Challenges

Moderator: Former Air Marshal Vikram Singh Panelists:
Gp. Capt Mukesh Jha, Program Director - Defence & Aerospace, Pinaka Aerospace

Gp. Capt. Thomson George, IAF

M.V Khare - Director - Blue hat solutions Pvt. Ltd. 

  
03:45 PM - 04:00 PM

Keynote Address by ARAI

By Dr. Reji Mathai, Director, ARAI

  
04:00 PM - 04:15 PMTEA BREAK & NETWORKING

Privacy Roundtable - Navigating Global Privacy Regimes: DPDP, GDPR, and Beyond

Moderate By:
Sujay Maskara, Partner – Cybersecurity, EY India

 

Women in Cyber
A strategic dialogue on the evolving role of women in cybersecurity leadership. The discussion will examine how GCCs can create pathways for women to take on senior cyber leadership mandates, while navigating AI-driven transformation, emerging cyber risks and increasingly complex global operating environments. It will also explore how greater diversity in leadership can strengthen cyber resilience, accelerate innovation and shape the future of cybersecurity in GCCs.

Host By:
Neha Mishra, Lead - research and insights, DSCI

Rashmi Iyer, Sr. Global Program Manager – Supplier Security NXP Semiconductors India
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM 
04:30 PM - 04:45 PM 
04:45 PM - 05:00 PM

Panel Discussion- AI for Third-Party Risk Management

Moderator: Aniruddha P., Information Security Director, Consilio India

Speakers:
Visagan Subburayalu, VP Infrastructure & Cybersecurity, Target

Parimala Murthy, CISO Enterprise Risk and Policy, Shell

 
05:00 PM - 05:15 PM    
05:15 PM - 05:30 PM    
05:30 PM - 05:45 PMSpecial Session- Roadmap for PQC Transition and Guidelines regarding AI-Accelerated Vulnerability Protection and Response Requirements for OEMs and Technology Providers

By Sireesha, Scientist ‘E’, CERT-In
    
05:45 PM - 06:00 PM    
06:00 PM - 06:15 PM

Pivoting to AI Native Enterprise Security

By Rajat Pandit, Applied AI Head for India, Anthropic

    
06:15 PM - 06:30 PM    
06:30 PM - 06:45 PMClosing Remarks    
06:45 PM - 07:00 PM    
07:00 PM OnwardsNetworking Dinner & Cocktail    
Chief Guest
 
Shri Priyank Kharge

Shri Priyank Kharge

 

Cabinet Minister for Home, IT/BT and E-Governance

Government of Karnataka*

Speakers

Abdul

Manager – Cybersecurity,

SLB

Abhishek Mitra

Information Security Director,

PepsiCo

Abhipray Mirke

AI Security & Governance Specialist,

Shell

Akshay Vashishtha

Sr Manager, Cyber Security Engineering,

Synopsys

Amlesh Sane

Director - Information Security,

Amadeus Labs

Anil Chopra

CISO,

Optum

Air Marshal Anil Khosla

Former Vice Chief of Air Force,

Indian Air Force

Anil Kumar

Enterprise Security Architect - InfoSec Emerging Security,

Intel Corporation

Animesh Mishra

AI Security Expert - Defensive Architecture,

SAP Labs India

Anindita Basu

Head of Legal,

Vanguard India

Aniruddha P.

Information Security Director,

Consilio India

Anshuma Singh

IT-Head/Site Leader,

Applied Materials India

Dr. Anupama Ray

Advisory Research Scientist,

IBM Research

Arindam Roy

Country Director, South Asia,

SANS Institute

Arindam Sen

GCC Sector Leader,

EY India

Arun Kohli

MD, Head of Strategy & Business Management,

First Citizens India

Arunkumar V R

Director, Cyber Security,

Bosch Global Software Technologies

Arvind Kishor

Head Legal,

First Citizens India

Avesh Malik

Director- Cloud Security Services,

Radware

Azeem Mohammed

Director Information Security,

Magnum Icecream

Bagya Krishnamoorthi

Head of Technology GCC,

ANZ

Balakrishna Vankayalapati

Cybersecurity Principal Architect,

Schneider Electric

Biplab Mukherjee

Senior Director Information Security,

Lowe's Companies, Inc

Air Marshal BR Krishna

Former Air Marshal,

Indian Air Force

Devendra Kumar

CISO,

Persistent

Divya Prakash

ED- Regulatory Management,

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Gp. Capt. Thomson George

IAF

Hari Subramaniam

Head – Security, Safety & Fraud COE India,

Booking Holding

Harvinder Gill

Executive VP,

Broadridge

Henry Sukumar

Scientist F,

CDAC

Jay Mathew

DGM - Cybersecurity,

Mercedes Benz R&D India

Jayashree Naik

India CISO,

Cloudflare

Jyothy Shetty

Senior Director of Software Engineering,

OpenText

Kartheek Kangiti

Corporate Counsel,

Merck Group

Kiran Kumar Kuppili

ED & Head, Institutional Banking Group & Payments

DBS Tech India

Kishor Chandrapalan

Head - Enterprise Application Security,

Pearson

Koushik Sivaraman

VP Security Consulting,

CloudSEK

Lokesh Balu

Technical Staff – Security Architect | Infrastructure Solutions Group,

Dell Technologies

Manickam K

Senior Director Security Engineering,

Verizon

Manoj Desai

Dy. Director,

Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

Manoj Kuruvanthody

CISO & DPO,

Tredence

Manu Puthumana

Cybersecurity Leader,

ABB

Megan McCabe

Chief Security Officer,

Vanguard India

Mugdha Parandekar

Business Information Security Officer,

Shell

Mubin E Shaikh

Partner – Cybersecurity,

EY India

Gp. Capt Mukesh Jha

Program Director - Defence & Aerospace,

Pinaka Aerospace

Nancy Paul M

Principal - Governance, Risk & Compliance,

GSK

Nasser Prakash

Head of Risk and Information Security,

Lloyds Technology Centre India

Navdeep Aggarwal

Product Security Leader,

GE HealthCare

Navaneetharangan Chakravarthy

Sr Director of Cybersecurity Architecture,

JPMorgan Chase

Parul Goyal

Head of Cyber Security,

Fidelity Investments

Parimala Murthy

CISO Enterprise Risk and Policy,

SHELL

Pavithra Shwetha

Sr. Director Information Security,

Bottomline

Pragatheesh B

Deputy General Manager,

Vodafone

Prakash Padariya

Leader – Cyber Security,

Daimler Truck

Pranav Kathale

Partner – Digital Risk & Cyber Security,

KPMG in India

Pranav Raghuram

VP, Cyber Architecture & Engineering,

State Street

Praneeth Srikrishna | CISSP, CCSP

Sr Manager - Product Cybersecurity,

Collins Aerospace

Prasanth Bhat

Cybersecurity, Privacy & AI Governance Leader,

ABB

Praveen N

Security Architect,

Northern Trust

Shri Priyank M Kharge

Hon'ble Minister for Home and Information Technology & Biotechnology, E-Governance,

Government of Karnataka*

Priyaranjan Samal

Director - Global Information Security,

Genpact

Raghavendra BV

Deputy Cybersecurity Leader,

EY India

Rajat Pandit

Applied AI Head for India,

Anthropic

Rajender Singh

Semiconductor Cyber Leader

Rajesh Bhasin

Head of GSCs Global Cybersec Services,

Société Générale Global Solution Centre

Rakesh Pillai

Director,

Intel Corporation

Raman C V

Director of Engineering,

Guidewire India

Ramachandra Kulkarni

Managing Director,

Goldman Sachs

Nantha Ram Ramalaingam

CISO,

Albertsons Companies India

Sai Ranjani

Information Security Specialist,

Unilever

Rashmi Iyer

Sr. Global Program Manager – Supplier Security,

NXP Semiconductors India

Dr. Reji Mathai

Director,

ARAI

Rohan Kanungo

Director GRC – Enterprise AI Governance, Risk & Compliance,

GSK

Sandeep Rao

Sr VP (Executive Manager) - Group Security,

Commonwealth Bank

Air Cmde Sandeep Satpathy VSM (Retd.)

Head BD (Defence & Security), Digital Transformation Office,

Cisco Systems

AVM Sarabjit Singh

Commandant,

SDI

Satish Narayanan

CEO & Co-Founder,

SQ1 Security

Satya Swaroop Panda

Director, Engineering and Technology,

Collins Aerospace

Saurabh Jain

CISO | Legal & Regulatory Manager,

Shell

Shreekanth Katti LLM.

India Head-Legal, Compliance and Data Privacy,

Merck Group

Sireesha

Scientist ‘E’,

CERT-In

Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla

IAF

Sivani Peesapati

Director, Cyber Security Lab,

GE Healthcare

Sridhar Sidhu

CVP - Cybersecurity,

AT&T

Sudha Thirumurugan

Product Owner (Director),

ANZ

Sudaresan Sivasankar

Director, Cyber Risk & Assurance, Cyber Architecture,

GSK

Suhas Gopinath

Founder & CEO,

Globals

Sujay Maskara

Partner – Cybersecurity,

EY India

Sumandra Ghosh

Global Dir - Regulatory & Compliance (T&E & DCS),

Schneider Electric

Sumeet Khokani

CISO,

WNS

Sunanda Lalchandani

Director,

BNY

Suresh Padmanabhan

Associate Director, Digital Engineering,

Collins Aerospace

Sushant Bandhavkar

Cyber Security Assurance Manager,

FloraFoods Group

Swati Biswal

Product Owner,

Shell

Tiffy Isaac

Cyber Risk Leader,

EY India

Umadevi Santhanam

Distinguished Technologist,

OpenText

M.V Khare

Director,

Blue Hat Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Utkarsh Sawant

Global Head of Cyber Strategy & Risk,

Diageo

Vaishnavi Prasad

Country Head - India Operations,

Consilio LLC

Vijaya Kadiyala

ED - Enterprise Architecture,

DBS Tech India (DBS Bank)

Air Marshal Vikram Singh

Former Air Marshal,

Indian Air Force

Vijayan SR

HUB Technology & Technical Lead Grid Automation, HUB India,

Hitachi Energy

Vikrant Shrivastava

Director of Cyber Security,

Visa

Vimal Ignatius

Lead - AI Business & Ecosystem Partnerships,

F5

Vinayak Gupta

Director,

Mizuho Bank

Dr. Vinod Kumar

Director Promotion,

InSpace

Vinod Sivaramakrishnan

Regional Head,

F5

Visagan Subburayalu

VP Infrastructure & Cybersecurity,

Target

Vishal Gupta

Program Manager- Automotive Cybersecurity,

Bosch

Vivasvan Shastri

VP Of Engineering,

GE Healthcare

Vivek Kumar Bisen

Sr. Manager - Enterprise Risk Reporting & Cyber Regulations Compliance,

Shell

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