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Bikash Barai is the Co-Founder of FireCompass, an AI assistant for IT security decision makers. Earlier he founded iViZ an IDG Ventures backed company which was later acquired by Cigital. Barai has done double B.Tech and master’s from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), in computer science (Hons) as well as Architecture. He is passionate about AI, cognitive hacking and attack simulation. He is credited for several innovations in the domain of IT Security and has multiple patents in USPTO under his name. Barai has received recognition from UC Berkeley, Intel, Nasscom, Red Herring, TiE, Fortune 40-under-40 in India, etc. He actively pursues painting and magic and has spoken at various forums like the University of California, Berkeley, Nasscom, DSCI, CISO Platform, NUS Singapore, TiE, TEDx IIM, TEDx IIT, RSA Conference USA, etc.

Shomiron is a highly experienced Intrusion Analyst, and has been building threat detection systems for more than a decade. He founded NETMONASTERY (NM) at the end of 2002, and set out to deliver quality attack detection products and services to its customers. Today NM serves the largest customers in the financial, telecom, media and e-commerce markets, with its geographical reach and presence spanning the globe. NETMONASTERY has been named Cool Vendor by Gartner in Security for Technology and Service Providers, 2014.

From his early years Shomiron has focussed on NM's core values and continues to be hands-on with his technology. Over the years he has worked intensively on, DDoS mitigation, Traffic Anomaly, Collaborative Detection Systems, Trace Tools, BigData, Real-time FishBowling, Multi-layer Correlation, Reporting Technologies, Audit Systems, Frameworks, Parallel Processing and Measurable Security. Specializations: Intrusion Analysis, Therat Intelligence, SIEM, DDoS Defense Strategies, Intrusion Prevention, Incident Handling, Multi-layer Correlation and BigData

Renju Varghese is currently working as the Director & Global Business Head for

Security, Governance Risk & Compliance and Business Continuity Management

at HCL Technologies. During his career of 20 years, he has been involved in

different aspects of technical, Business development for these areas.

Latha Reddy is the former Deputy National Security Adviser of India. In addition to assisting National Security Adviser Shiv Shankar Menon, Reddy was responsible for cybersecurity and other critical internal and external security issues.
Ms. Reddy served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1975-2011. During her diplomatic career she served in Lisbon, Washington D.C., Kathmandu, Brasilia, Durban, Vienna and Bangkok. She served as Ambassador of India to Portugal (2004-2006) and to Thailand (2007-2009). She was Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs in Delhi (2010-2011) with overall charge of India’s bilateral and regional relations with Asia. She was then appointed as India’s Deputy National Security Advisor in the Prime Minister’s Office from 2011-2013.

Ms. Reddy has extensive experience in foreign policy, and in bilateral, regional and multilateral negotiations. In addition, she has expertise on security and strategic issues and has worked on strategic technology policies, particularly on cyber issues relating to cyber security policy, international cyber cooperation and Internet governance.

Ms. Reddy is currently involved with several organisations and think tanks, both globally and in India and holds the following positions among others:

- Commissioner, Global Commission on Internet Governance (GCIG)
- Distinguished Fellow, East West Institute, New York
- Member, International Advisory Board, Kaspersky Labs, Moscow
- Member, India-Pakistan Water Dialogue, South Asia Centre, Atlantic Council, Washington D.C.
- Director, Deccan Heritage Foundation, London
- Director, Board of Janalakshmi Financial Services, Bangalore
- Member, Bangalore Political Action Committee (B-PAC)
- Trustee, Bangalore Little Theatre (BLT) Foundation, Bangalore
- Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, Delhi

Anand Pande is an astute and accomplished leader with more than 18 years of experience in InfoSec, IT- Governance, Risk Management and Compliance.

He has an expertise in transforming complex compliance requirements into user friendly work processes; and implementing them across the organization to ensure overall governance. Specific areas of expertise include designing, implementation and management of Information Security, IT Infra, IT Security (ISMS), ITSMS,BCMS, EMS, NOC, SOCC Operations, IT Procurement and vendor management. He has worked across different industrial sectors like BFSI, FMCG, IT/ITES, Telecommunication, Financial Institution – Regulators, IT Software Product Development and Technology.

He has acquired professional certifications like CISA, CISM, coBIT, Lead Auditor-ISO27001:2013, ISO20000-1, ISO14001, BS25999 and successfully managed and implemented the international standards such as ISMS, ITSMS, BCMS, PCI DSS, SSAE-16 etc.

A multi-disciplinary IT solutions architect with more than 12 years experience in providing comprehensive Networking, Security and Data Center solutions to enterprises across India. Starting off as an on-site engineer for multiple customers for HCL Infosystems Ltd helped him build a variety of skills ranging from switching, routing to security and Data Center build. He served as Principal Consultant for large turnkey Government projects in TamilNadu, including the TamilNadu State WAN during his decade long stint at HCL Infosystems Ltd. Currently with Palo Alto Networks as a Cyber-Security specialist, architecting security solutions for key customers across South India.

Shri B S Bindhumadhava is presently working as Associate Director, Computer Networks and Internet Engineering Group at C-DAC Bangalore. He had previously worked with Real Time Systems and Smart Grid and has executed a number of projects. Prior to joining CDAC, he had earlier served as Asst. Manager, Systems Engineering, Tata Company, Industrial Automation Bangalore. He has 27 years of experience in R&D planning, system design, development and deployment of Real time technologies.

He is the Chair of IEEE Bangalore Chapter. Earlier he had served as a Chairman of Computer Society of India, Bangalore Chapter. and is also a member of ACM. He has more 30+ publications in International and National conferences.

Lead Manager - Information Security, at Infosys Limited, is an experienced and accomplished Information Security Professional with 11+ years of experience spanning all facets of Information Technology and Security.  His proficiency include Security Testing, Incident response/management & Digital forensics. In his current role, he is responsible for managing Cyber Defense Center for the enterprise along with providing concise reporting & actionable advice to management & leadership. He holds the credential of setting up Cyber Defense Center and a private cloud platform for Enterprise Vulnerability Management for Infosys. Infosys Cyber Defense Center has been deployed with cutting edge technology & State of Art facility. “

Sh. Sarma is working as Director in the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). He is handling computer security incidents reported to CERT-In, and coordinates response and remediation actions for incidents of malicious code infections, Botnets, web intrusions and attacks on SCADA/Industrial Control Systems. He is involved in tracking of cyber threats and issuing security alerts and advisories. He is a CISSP and Certified Ethical Hacker. He is trained in Information  Security  and  incident  handling  at  CERT/CC,    Carnegie

Mellon University. He has overall experience of 23 years in computer communications, broadcasting and cyber security.

Mohit Kumar an internationally recognized leading news platform of hacking and cybersecurity for the technologists and nerds. His editorials always get people thinking and participating in the new and exciting world of cyber security. He is also the Founder of ‘The Hackers Conference,’ an International cybersecurity conference. All his efforts work as a bridge between communities, researchers, technologists, CISOs, and hundreds of thousands of Security professionals worldwide.

Chandra has over 2 decades of experience in Cyber Security domain. He currently working with his  nextGen Core security product which works without any signatures, cloud analytics etc. His invention is well received by companies who are looking for best cyber security solution for their servers and end users.

He did his graduation from BITS, Pilani in 1997-2001. He is currently busy with his new revolutionary startup "Cognore Ltd" , where the goal is to protect systems 100% from all external , internal and Physical attacks.

Anuva Ambastha joined RedHat  in 2013 as a Senior Solution Architect where she is focused on Red Hat key customers and partners and helps them build meaningful solutions for their customers .

In her  career, Anuva has worked extensively with Middleware technologies. At Red Hat she  strives to make open source technology both practical and workable for enterprise users by  balancing her technical expertise, understanding of business processes and IT problems faced at the enterprise level along with her passion for open source.

Sahir Hidayatullah is the CEO of Smokescreen Technologies -- one of India's hottest new cybersecurity companies. Smokescreen’s proprietary technology detects targeted hacker attacks before they cause business impact. Sahir was one of India's first ethical hackers and is a serial entrepreneur. His companies have investigated many of the highest-profile data breaches in the country, with clients that include critical national infrastructure, global financial institutions, and Fortune 500 companies. His work has been a cover feature story in Fortune India magazine, and his thoughts on technology risk management appear regularly in the print and television media.

Mohan Jayaramappais DCPP and heads the Software Product Trustworthy Center of Excellence in Tata Consultancy Services that is responsible for ensuring software products are engineered for achieving High Security, High Performance with optimal infrastructure. He has overall experience of 29 years

Director for CA Single Sign-On and Advanced Authentication products. He has 17+ years of expeience in Security Domain, worked with different aspects of enterprise security & network security”

Based in Singapore. His team oversees a wide suite of solutions that Mastercard offers to Issuers, Acquirers and Merchants to keep the network safe and secure. He has been with Mastercard since Feb 2015. Prior to joining Mastercard, he brings 18 years of banking experience especially in cards and payments with Citibank, Capital One and Standard Chartered Bank. He also brings a diverse geographic experience – having worked in India, USA, Hong Kong, Middle East and Africa markets.

Vibhav Agarwal currently leads a 30 Million $ portfolio of apps in the Cybersecurity, Business continuity and emerging technology space in MetricStream as Director – Product Marketing. Over the past 5 years, he has played a key role in establishing MetricStream as a key player in the IT Governance, risk and compliance domain globally by creating market specific solutions, forging partnerships and influencing analysts and market experts. He has over 14 years of experience in IT Consulting and implementations having worked in companies such as Infosys, InfoEdge and Eka software solutions. He holds an MBA degree from Indian school of business and B.Tech from National institute of Technology, Trichy.

Executive Director of IT for Change, a Bengaluru based NGO working on the intersection of digital technologies and social change. He is associated with various UN committees, global civil society coalitions and field projects in this area.

Having around 22 + years’ vast experience mainly in the banking and telecommunication industry. Prior to NPCI, Bharat has worked for Kotak Mahindra Bank, Citi, Reliance Communications and AVAYA GlobalConnect. He is having BS in IT and CISA, CISM, BCCP certifications. He is very active member of ISACA and renowned speaker at various conferences on Risk Management and Cyber Security in India and also across the globe. He was a keynote speaker at “Payments, Settlements & Remittances Asia 2012” conference held in May, 2012 at Jakarta, Indonesia, “ATM Security 2012” at London in October 2012 and “ATM Middle East 2013” at Dubai in January, 2013. I was also invited by ICT Qatar, in “Fin.InfoSec 2013” to present on Information Risk and mitigation in March 2013 at Doha, Qatar. He was also a speaker at Cape Town, Africa in October 2013 at “ATM Africa” Conference. He was invited as a speaker in “Diners Club Global Fraud & Risk Summit” at Vienna, Austria in April 2014 and “ATM Middle East” at Dubai in December 2014. He was recently invited in SAARC Payment Council conference at Bangladesh in December 2015 to address regional banking regulators on cyber security. Apart from this, in India, he has attended more than 75+ conferences as a keynote speaker or panelist in last 5 years.

He has more than 16+ years of experience in Research and Development in the domains of Information Security, Community Computing, and Applied AI and has executed various sponsored projects.

He is currently leading a national level project for evangelizing the use of Digital Signatures and building a comprehensive knowledge base of Public Key Infrastructure. He is contributing to the development of Internet Standards, and has been jointly leading the Indian Internet Research and Engineering Forum (IIREF). He has also been leading the setup and operations of a Critical Information Infrastructure Protection for a major organization.

Earlier, he had created an Academic Networking portal – first of its kind at its time, for sharing of information about academic courses and events in India.  He had also lead a community computing project initiative as part of a bigger effort to bridge the digital divide. Earlier he had developed AI-based applications such as Trading Agents, and Intelligent Tutoring Systems.

He has published several research papers in International Journals and Conferences. He had been selected for the sponsorship of Internet Next Generation Leadership Program in 2012.  He was also selected by Asia Productivity Organization, Japan for a fully sponsored course on Information Security Management Systems in 2012.

Shivakumar Sriraman is the Chief Risk Officer for India & South Asia covering Srilanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan & Maldives. Shiva joined Visa in Oct 2014 and part of AP Risk Leadership team. He is responsible to develop and execute a comprehensive risk plan that is consistent with local market landscape, country priorities & global risk strategy. In his role, he closely works with issuers, acquirers, merchants, payment processors, service providers, regulators & law enforcement.

Shiva’s professional journey spans 22 years across banks. Prior to joining Visa, Shiva was Vice President, Head of Risk with focus on Fraud Prevention & Detection for all the payment products of the bank. Shiva had been with HDFC Bank for 12 years. Prior to this, he spent 7 years with various banks such as HSBC, Centurion Bank, ANZ Grindlays in various functions covering credit, operations & risk management.

Shiva has played active roles in various industry forums like IPRC (India Payment Risk Council), FIU, RBI & Industry working groups.

Shiva holds an MBA from Great Lakes Institute of Management.

Dr. Sriram holds a PhD in Open Innovation and ICT (Information and Communications Technology) from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade.

He has extensive global experience in the IT/ICT/Telecom/Media industry, including senior leadership and management roles with reputed MNCs like Siemens, Hewlett-Packard, VeriSign and Oracle. He has delivered large, complex, mission critical IT/ICT Enterprise Software for Products, Solutions and Consulting, and has led multi-million dollar global engagements for top tier Telco clients.

Responsible for ensuring Infosys’ compliance to Data Protection Regulations globally, in over 30+ countries.  In his career span of 27 years which includes about 9 years at Tata Steel, he was associated in various capacities with a diverse set of enterprise functions such as Quality Management, Manufacturing, Risk Management and Governance for Information Security, Business Continuity, Intellectual Property and Security Incident Management, apart from Data Privacy.

Srinivas is a member of Asia Advisory Board of IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals), and has been associated with various privacy & security initiatives driven by DSCI (Data Security Council of India). He is a designated expert in ISO’s Privacy Working Group of SC 27 committee, as part of which he actively contributes in the development of Security & Privacy standards. Since May 2014, Srinivas is the DSCI Bangalore Chapter Anchor.

Srinivas is a B.Tech from IIT, Varanasi, and has cleared certification exams relevant to his profession, such as CIPP (US), CIPT, CISM, CSQA, DCPLA, DCPP.

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·         Sri M.D.Sharath completed Masters in Law(Commercial law) from University law college Bangalore.

·         He joined as Detective Sub Inspector in the year 2001 and promoted as :

o   Detective Inspector in the year 2007

o   Deputy Superintendent of Police in 2012

·         He has registered and investigated several criminal cases under Information Technology Act 2000.

·         Mr Sharath is well versed with the Digital forensics tools & is managing the Cyber Forensics Laboratory setup by CID Karnataka for investigation purpose.

·         Mr. Sharath is functioning as nodal officer for CID Karnataka to deal with the service providers.

·         He is a regular speaker in various conferences at state and national level.

Awards & Accomplishments:

·         Awarded as the “ BEST CYBERCRIME INVESTIGATOR ” in 2006-2007

·         Awarded with CHIEF MINISTERS GOLD MEDAL for his extraordinary data analysis skills exhibited in terrorist related cases

Bach of Computing, MBA, CEH, CCNA, JNCIS-SEC, ITIL, TOGAF, iOS & IoT Security Expert, Bitcoin Professional

Regional Head of Security, Risk and Compliance (APJ) – Public Sector

Ankush has over 15 years of proven expertise and several acclaimed certifications in the field of Cyber Security Services and Solution Architecture and is a TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect. He has successfully implemented various security and enterprise architectures, developed and implemented state-of-the-art solutions for various complex security projects, including building a next generation Lawful Interception and warrant management system.

Ankush has built and ran the Cyber Security Architecture and Incident response practice for large Multi national organisations. By building high performing team and establishing a trusted advisor role with its customers Ankush helped grow and establish a successful Cyber Security footprint.

With a strong background in security, Ankush is an experienced technical practitioner and has held positions with global vendors and service providers. He is experienced in several aspects of IT security, Key highlights include

n Advance Persistent Threat Framework development,
nEnterprise security,
nCloud and IoT Security,
n Design & Build Advance Security Operations Centre
n Machine Learning & Security Analytics.
n Blockchain

An Indian entrepreneur, security expert, and white-hat hacker. He is also the Co-founder and CTO of Artificial Intelligence based cyber security company CloudSek. Prior to founding CloudSEK, he was a Sr Engineer at Citrix and iSight(FireEye). 

 He is a recipient of IBM Faculty Award, Google’s Focused Research Award, and Accenture Open Innovation Award. His homepage is at: http://talukdar.net

He brings with him over 20 years of experience in the Information Security Services space with stints in product management, sales, marketing and business development. Prior to joining Cisco , He was the Sr. Regional Director – India & SAARC at FireEye .Vishak was also the Global Head of Content Delivery Network (CDN) & Managed Security Services (MSS) business at Tata communications for 3 years. Prior to joining Tata Communications, Vishak was the Sr. Regional Director for Fortinet (India/SAARC region) and is credited with having built Fortinet’s Unified Threat Management success story in India/SAARC. He was also instrumental in setting up the first-of-its-kind Global Technical Assistance Center at Bangalore for providing support to Fortinet’s customers worldwide. Prior to Fortinet, Vishak has worked at WatchGuard, Sify and HCL Technologies. Vishak holds an engineering degree in Computer Science and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business management (PGDBM) from IIM Ahmedabad

He has worked in building products for last 20+ years in start-up company and large product company. He has experience in running a startup business and managing product development teams. He is a speaker in many security conferences in India. He has been part of incubation teams that have created IP’s and disruptions in the technology space.

A seasoned professional and technical leader with 15+ years of experience helping build technology solutions for multiple industries - financial services, healthcare, telecommunication, government to name a few. Lead projects with SMBs to Fortune 100 organizations ranging from Product Management to Security Architecture and Strategic Consulting to Risk Assessments. Proven track record of working on challenges that require a combination of technical creativity and people engineering to produce better than expected results.

Specialties: Global team management, Product management, Technical Sales, Security Architecture, Information Security Management, Strategic Consulting, and Compliance Readiness-Review-Remediation.

PVS Murthy is an Executive Director with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and has over 20 years of experience in Information security and business continuity risk management and overall experience of 32 years.

Murthy specializes in information security management, Governance, Risk & Compliance, Business continuity management, Security Assessments, Project & Program management, design and development of information security policies and procedures and managed security services. He has managed a number of large projects in these areas.

Murthy’s professional experience encompass working across different countries and broad range of industries including banking, retail, technology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare,  manufacturing, telecom and Governments.

•Murthy currently manages 600 member strong Cyber Security Practice with responsibilities for winning, delivering and supporting Cyber security projects.  Continuous client interaction, delivery supervision, offerings development and maturity. He is an active contributor to forums like Data Security Council of India (DSCI). Has publications to his credit in journals like InfoSecurity

Vinayak Pai is a Program Director with the Big Data Analytics group in Mindtree based in Bangalore. This group comprises of Data Scientists, Statisticians, Big Data Architects, Functional Consultants and Data Analysts. He has worked on multiple Global Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Advanced Analytics projects for leaders in the area of Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Global Money transfer providing solutions in the area of customer behavioral analytics and supply chain analytics. He has worked on the complete Analytics Spectrum starting from Descriptive Analytics to Prescriptive Analytics. He is a continuous learner and speaker on topics related to Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Advanced Analytics and Data Science. On the leadership front he is passionate about shaping the careers of aspiring professionals by mentoring them to realize their strengths and work on building high performance careers.

Rahul Matthan is a partner with Trilegal and heads its TMT practice.
He currently serves on the management committee of the firm.
Rahul has advised on some of the largest technology and telecom
acquisitions in the country. He advises domestic and international
corporations on a wide range of regulatory issues including in
relation to privacy, map regulation, fintech, encryption, spectrum
regulation, e-commerce, sharing economy, biotech, digital content
and streaming media. He has been included in The Mint
newspaper’s list of 25 People who Matter in Indian E-Commerce.
Rahul has been involved in a number of policy initiatives including
assisting the government in preparing the country's privacy law as
well as its Unique ID law. He is currently a member of the Reserve
Bank of India’s Committee on Household Finance.
He is a frequent speaker and has a weekly column on issues at the
intersection of law and technology.

Prayank is a Principal with Accel in India. He has more than a decade of experience across investing, product management, product marketing and engineering. Prayank focuses on investments in commerce (B2C/B2B) and mobile sectors at Accel. Has led investments in MechMocha, Bizongo, Quiklo and Mubble. And, is closely involved with Accel India's investments in TaxiForSure (now merged with Ola Cabs), BookMyShow, MySmartPrice, Power2SME and a number of mobile businesses. He is also currently looking at growth investments from Accel India.

Prior to joining Accel, Prayank worked at Adobe Systems and Standard Chartered Bank. He has an integrated master's degree in Mathematics and Computing from IIT Delhi, and an MBA from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

Keyur Faldu is Chief Data Scientist at Embibe, where he is building an AI platform for improving learning outcomes at scale. Previously, he has worked at McKinsey, Runa, and Veveo. He has a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and extensive experience in the field of AI using data mining and machine learning.

Indrajeet Bhuyan is a  19 year old security researcher from India who previously made the smallest possible code of 2kb which could crash WhatsApp which effected 1 billion + people .He found a flaws in Indian banking system affecting 20,000+ Indian.

He got invited by various international security conferences like, Toorcon California, Andsec Argentina etc. He has contributed security to various companies and organizations like: HTC, Samsung, Photobucket, Reverbnation, TVF etc. He got featured in various national and international news portal like International Business Times, Russia today, Times of India, Digit, Kaspersky, The Independent, India Today, etc. for his work.

Minatee (from Philips HealthTech) leads the Security CoE, which is a responsible for establishing various key aspects in the secure software development lifecycle. She is a Masters from IIT Kharagpur. She holds CISSP, GCIH, CEH certifications.