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.
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.
| Time | Grand Ball RoomMain Stage | ArabicaTrack | RobustaTrack | Co-Meeting 1Roundtables | Co-Meeting 2Roundtables |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 AM Onwards | Registration | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 11:20 AM - 11:35 AM | Keynote 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 | |||
| 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 PM | LUNCH & 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 | 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 | 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: | EY Roundtable - Beyond the Hype: Securing Enterprise AI Host By: | ||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| 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. | Panel Discussion- Hardening the Aviation Software Supply Chain: SBOM, Secure SDLC, Open Source Risk and Certification Challenges Moderator: Former Air Marshal Vikram Singh Panelists: | |||
| 03:45 PM - 04:00 PM | Keynote Address by ARAI By Dr. Reji Mathai, Director, ARAI | ||||
| 04:00 PM - 04:15 PM | TEA BREAK & NETWORKING | Privacy Roundtable - Navigating Global Privacy Regimes: DPDP, GDPR, and Beyond Moderate By: | 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 | ||||
| 05:00 PM - 05:15 PM | |||||
| 05:15 PM - 05:30 PM | |||||
| 05:30 PM - 05:45 PM | Special 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 PM | Closing Remarks | ||||
| 06:45 PM - 07:00 PM | |||||
| 07:00 PM Onwards | Networking Dinner & Cocktail |

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

Manager – Cybersecurity,
SLB

Information Security Director,
PepsiCo

AI Security & Governance Specialist,
Shell

Sr Manager, Cyber Security Engineering,
Synopsys

Director - Information Security,
Amadeus Labs

CISO,
Optum

Former Vice Chief of Air Force,
Indian Air Force

Enterprise Security Architect - InfoSec Emerging Security,
Intel Corporation

AI Security Expert - Defensive Architecture,
SAP Labs India

Head of Legal,
Vanguard India

Information Security Director,
Consilio India

IT-Head/Site Leader,
Applied Materials India

Advisory Research Scientist,
IBM Research

Country Director, South Asia,
SANS Institute

GCC Sector Leader,
EY India

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

Director, Cyber Security,
Bosch Global Software Technologies

Head Legal,
First Citizens India

Director- Cloud Security Services,
Radware

Director Information Security,
Magnum Icecream

Head of Technology GCC,
ANZ

Cybersecurity Principal Architect,
Schneider Electric

Senior Director Information Security,
Lowe's Companies, Inc

Former Air Marshal,
Indian Air Force

CISO,
Persistent

ED- Regulatory Management,
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

IAF

Head – Security, Safety & Fraud COE India,
Booking Holding

Executive VP,
Broadridge

Scientist F,
CDAC

DGM - Cybersecurity,
Mercedes Benz R&D India

India CISO,
Cloudflare

Senior Director of Software Engineering,
OpenText

Corporate Counsel,
Merck Group

ED & Head, Institutional Banking Group & Payments
DBS Tech India

Head - Enterprise Application Security,
Pearson

VP Security Consulting,
CloudSEK

Technical Staff – Security Architect | Infrastructure Solutions Group,
Dell Technologies

Senior Director Security Engineering,
Verizon

Dy. Director,
Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI)

CISO & DPO,
Tredence

Cybersecurity Leader,
ABB

Chief Security Officer,
Vanguard India

Business Information Security Officer,
Shell

Partner – Cybersecurity,
EY India

Program Director - Defence & Aerospace,
Pinaka Aerospace

Principal - Governance, Risk & Compliance,
GSK

Head of Risk and Information Security,
Lloyds Technology Centre India

Product Security Leader,
GE HealthCare

Sr Director of Cybersecurity Architecture,
JPMorgan Chase

Head of Cyber Security,
Fidelity Investments

CISO Enterprise Risk and Policy,
SHELL

Sr. Director Information Security,
Bottomline

Deputy General Manager,
Vodafone

Leader – Cyber Security,
Daimler Truck

Partner – Digital Risk & Cyber Security,
KPMG in India

VP, Cyber Architecture & Engineering,
State Street

Sr Manager - Product Cybersecurity,
Collins Aerospace

Cybersecurity, Privacy & AI Governance Leader,
ABB

Security Architect,
Northern Trust

Hon'ble Minister for Home and Information Technology & Biotechnology, E-Governance,
Government of Karnataka*

Director - Global Information Security,
Genpact

Deputy Cybersecurity Leader,
EY India

Applied AI Head for India,
Anthropic

Semiconductor Cyber Leader

Head of GSCs Global Cybersec Services,
Société Générale Global Solution Centre

Director,
Intel Corporation

Director of Engineering,
Guidewire India

Managing Director,
Goldman Sachs

CISO,
Albertsons Companies India

Information Security Specialist,
Unilever

Sr. Global Program Manager – Supplier Security,
NXP Semiconductors India

Director,
ARAI

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

Sr VP (Executive Manager) - Group Security,
Commonwealth Bank

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

Commandant,
SDI

CEO & Co-Founder,
SQ1 Security

Director, Engineering and Technology,
Collins Aerospace

CISO | Legal & Regulatory Manager,
Shell

India Head-Legal, Compliance and Data Privacy,
Merck Group

Scientist ‘E’,
CERT-In

IAF

Director, Cyber Security Lab,
GE Healthcare

CVP - Cybersecurity,
AT&T

Product Owner (Director),
ANZ

Director, Cyber Risk & Assurance, Cyber Architecture,
GSK

Founder & CEO,
Globals

Partner – Cybersecurity,
EY India

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

CISO,
WNS

Director,
BNY

Associate Director, Digital Engineering,
Collins Aerospace

Cyber Security Assurance Manager,
FloraFoods Group

Product Owner,
Shell

Cyber Risk Leader,
EY India

Distinguished Technologist,
OpenText

Director,
Blue Hat Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Global Head of Cyber Strategy & Risk,
Diageo

Country Head - India Operations,
Consilio LLC

ED - Enterprise Architecture,
DBS Tech India (DBS Bank)

Former Air Marshal,
Indian Air Force

HUB Technology & Technical Lead Grid Automation, HUB India,
Hitachi Energy

Director of Cyber Security,
Visa

Lead - AI Business & Ecosystem Partnerships,
F5

Director,
Mizuho Bank

Director Promotion,
InSpace

Regional Head,
F5

VP Infrastructure & Cybersecurity,
Target

Program Manager- Automotive Cybersecurity,
Bosch

VP Of Engineering,
GE Healthcare

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