GovSec 2026 is envisioned as India’s first dedicated conference, to bring together diverse stakeholder from Government to deliberate on evolving cyber security paradigm and strengthen the cyber security posture of the country. The event is intended to bring together policymakers, industry leaders, technology innovators, strategic advisors and cybersecurity practitioners to examine the evolving threat landscape affecting critical infrastructure, digital public services, and defence and strategic systems. The platform will provide an opportunity to deliberate on the development of resilient, adaptive, and forward looking security strategies.
DSCI, as the custodian of cybersecurity within the industry ecosystem will ensure that this platform will embody a sustained commitment to drive engagement, partnership, and confidence, advancing India’s long-term cybersecurity agenda.
Disclaimer: This is an invite only event, and DSCI will share confirmation details with selected registrants.
Delegates will be engaged in structured, multi dimensional deliberations on a carefully curated set of themes, including:
Assess how digital public services are implemented across sectors, focusing on implications for security, resilience, and public trust.
Focus on large-scale digitization of public services, preparedness for coordinated attack campaigns.
Advance strategic adoption of artificial intelligence, define a roadmap for quantum-safe migration, and assess the impact of emerging technologies on cyber defence and digital trust.
Promote adoption of Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and secure data governance frameworks for the public sector.
Design cloud-native security architectures incorporating Zero Trust, and DevSecOps, alongside governance across the API lifecycle.
Strengthen digital supply chain resilience through comprehensive frameworks, policies, and practices.
Bringing together key stakeholders from across the national cybersecurity ecosystem, including:
National Cybersecurity Agencies
State Cybersecurity Agencies
Law Enforcement Agencies
Defence Forces
Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) Protection Machinery
Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Entities
Public Sector Enterprises
Strategic Sector Enterprises (Health, Power, Energy, Transport, Telecom etc)

Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Power

Founder & CEO,
C9 Lab

CEO, QMD Foundation, IIT Delhi


PVSM AVSM VM VSM (Retd.)

Senior Director, IT & HOD, NIC

Country Director, South Asia, SANS Institute

Deputy Director, UIDAI

CEO, I-Hub Foundation for Cobotics (IHFC),
IIT Delhi

CEO,
Arcon

Founder & CEO,
MiniOrange

Founder & CEO,
PrivaSapien

Scientist D, QTC,
DST

CSO, IHUB NTIHAC Foundation (C3iHub),
IIT Kanpur

DG, Navy Cyber Group & CISO,
Indian Navy

Director,
DSCI

Department of Physics,
IIT Delhi

Commandant, WARDEC

Advisor,
DSCI

Scientist–G and Head, FFT Division,
DST

DG,IS

Research Scientist, c3iHub,
IIT Kanpur

Joint Secretary,
NSCS, GoI

Managing Director,
Posidex

Scientist F,
CDAC

DDG, Data Informatics & Innovation Division,
MoSPI

Assistant Director, Aadhaar Usage Division
UIDAI

Head-Quantum Technology Cell,
DST

Founder & CEO,
BluSapphire

Senior Vice President of Product Development and Sales,
MiniOrange

Director General,
NCIIPC

Program Director,
MiniOrange

VP (Machine Learning), BharatGen,
IIT Bombay

Chairperson,
DSCI

DGM,
CSIRT-Power

NMICPS TiHAN
IIT Hyderabad

IAS, Special Secretary,
Administrative Reforms Department, Delhi

Lead PI, Technical Group on Post-Quantum Cryptography,
C-DOT

Deputy Director,
UIDAI

Scientist –G and Head,
DST

Engineering Director,
MiniOrange

Scientist-B, FFT Division,
DST

CISO,
NSE

Outstanding Scientist,
ISRO

COO,
NeGD

CTO & CISO,
Karmayogi Bharat, e-HRMS 2.0, Department of Personnel & Training, MoPPGP

CTO, IHUB NTIHAC Foundation (C3iHub),
IIT Kanpur

Head, Strategy & Policy Division,
Quality Council of India

Secretary,
MeitY, Govt of India

AOC,
MCC

Practice Head, Digital Infrastructure,
NeGD

CTO,
Bloo

Scientist G, Group Coordinator (Cyber Security)
MeitY

Director,
CSIRT-Power

Professional Services Lead,
Bloo

Accreditation Officer,
Quality Council of India

IAS, Secretary IT,
Government of Manipur

MD and VP, India and SAARC,
Palo Alto Networks

Deputy Director,
Income Tax India

Sr. Lead - Solution Consulting,
Accops Systems

Scientist - C, FFT Division,
DST

Associate Director - Sales (APAC),
Appknox

Solution Architect,
Palo Alto Networks

RSM-SASE Business,
Palo Alto Networks

Director,
I4C

Vice-President, Sales,
Accops Systems

c3iHub,
IIT Kanpur

CEO & Co-Founder,
Accops Systems

CEO
DSCI
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