CISO CONNECT Virtual + DEFENDERS 100 Awards
The Covid-19 induced global disruptions coupled with data breaches taking place around the world have forced InfoSec leaders to find new ways to address the cybersecurity challenges in securing the distributed work environment and safeguarding mission-critical services that are in process of moving to the cloud. For organisations to have better visibility and a robust security posture, cybersecurity is no longer an option but a high priority necessity.
Experts believe that as always, the new security challenges will put the InfoSec leaders and CISOs in a critical position as they traverse the unknown path of new security threats and data breaches. As we prepare for the ‘next normal' after a period of unprecedented disruptions, we must consolidate on the latest rapid adoption in cybersecurity technologies and learn from past mistakes.
The InfoSec leaders and CISOs have always embraced the latest cybersecurity technologies and delivered the results. In every situation, whether it is about -- keeping pace with evolving threat landscapes, adopting AI and ML to enhance cybersecurity capabilities, securing cloud infrastructure, fortifying digital transformation strategy for post-Covid operations, prioritising and integration of governance, risk and compliance in the 'new normal', delivering an agile SOC, or adopting zero trust approach to security -- the cyber warriors have always stood against the invisible adversaries and proved their mettle.
BitStream Mediaworks has been holding annual awards ceremony (Defenders 100) for the past two years, honouring the top InfoSec leaders and CISOs by well-known industry luminaries. For this year also, we intend to felicitate 100 elite CISOs and InfoSec leaders of India who have given their best to make their organisations secure and cyber resilient. This year, come October, and we will be holding the award function on a very interactive virtual platform.
As always, the awards will be preceded by a multitude of knowledge-packed sessions (Virtual CISO | Connect Summit) to trigger thought-leading innovations to bring India's 800+ CISOs, CTOs, CROs, CIOs, IT Heads, InfoSec leaders and managers from private, public and govt organizations and global security experts under one roof to discuss various information security threats and best-possible effective intelligent solutions available.
Who Should Attend?
- Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)
- Chief Risk Officers (CROs)
- Chief Information Officers (CIOs)
- Chief Technology Officers (CTOs)
- Chief Data Officers (CDOs)
- General Manger, Asst General Managers - IT
- Data Scientists & Analysts
- Data Center Heads
- Enterprise Architects
- Cybersecurity Consultants
- Data Protection Officers (DPOs)
- VP, AVP – IT / Security
- Risk Officers and Managers
- Head – IT & Security Dept
- Manager - IT / Security
Judging Process for Defenders 100
Submissions for Defenders 100 Awards must align with the category for which they are nominated and are judged based upon completeness and accuracy of the information provided. Nominations are also judged based on the overall influence, effectiveness and success of the nominees’ project, initiative or improvement.
Nominators may be contacted by any member of panel of juries. The panel of 7 judges selected, each represent a different segment of industry and bring to the forum their extensive knowledge and experience. The jury’s judgment will be considered as final one.
- Industry type
- Organization size
- Factors driving organization’s information security spending
- Evaluation of information security spending
- Security measures deployed or to be deployed
- Size and complexity of projects undertaken/delivered
- Security assurance
Agenda & Schedule (Last Year)
Note: Agenda & Schedule is subject to change without prior notice.
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Track 01
October 20, 2021-Wednesday
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Track 02
October 20, 2021 -Wednesday
Opening & Welcome Note
By: Inam Abidi, Consulting Editor - CIO AXIS, BitStream Mediaworks
Keynote: Fearless with Zero Trust
By: Martin Borrett, IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM Security, EMEA
Panel Discussion: Designing Trust for a World of Clouds: Redefining Your Cloud Security and Risk Strategy
Moderator:Burgess Cooper, Partner – Cybersecurity & Deputy Leader, Ernst & Young
Panelists:- Ninad Chavan, CISO, Edelweiss General Insurance Co Ltd
- Navaneethan M, CISO & Sr Vice President, Groww
- Jobin T. Akkara, CISO, Chola MS General Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Bijender Mishra, CISO, Alkem Laboratories Limited
Keynote: Improve Business outcome with SaaS Managed Security Services
By: Ravindra Baviskar, Director - Sales Engineering, Sophos
Fireside Chat: Why Zero Trust? Why Now?
Participants:- Tushar Haralkar, Security Software Technical Sales Leader, IBM Technology Sales, India-South Asia
- Manoj K Shrivastava, CISO, Future Generali India Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Ninad Chavan, CISO, Edelweiss General Insurance Co Ltd
- Priya Kanduri, CTO & Vice President, Cyber Security Services, Happiest Minds
Defending Against the Dangerous Wave of Mobile Threats
By: Satyakam Jyotiprakash, Harmony Security Lead - India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
Panel Discussion: Is Security Automation the Future of Enterprise Defense?
Moderator: Chandra Prakash Suryawanshi, Partner - Cyber Security, KPMG India
Panelists:- Venkata Satish Guttula, Director - Security, Rediff.com India Ltd
- M V J Sastry, AGM - CISO Office, Union Bank of India
- Dhruv Khanna, Co-Founder - Data Resolve, Founder-Desksight.AI, Data Resolve Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Saurabh Gugnani, Head - Information Security, PeopleStrong Technologies Pvt Ltd
- Ravindra Baviskar, Director - Sales Engineering, Sophos
Defenders 100 Awards (Part - 1)
What? Why? And When of SASE
By: Ajay Dubey, Country Head – Mid Market & Channels, Forcepoint
Overcoming Challenges in Safeguarding Financial Institutions from Next-Gen Cyber Threats
Moderator: Prashant Sankhla, Executive Director, KPMG India
Panelists:- T R Venkateswaran, CISO (DGM), Punjab National Bank
- Srihari Kotni, CISO & Vice President, Reliance Payment Solutions Ltd
- Muneer H KongaWani, CISO, The J&K Bank Ltd
- Kalpesh Doshi, CISO - India, FIS Global
- Hitesh Pathak, Lead - Security Engineering, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies
Panel Discussion:
Zero Trust -- Enabling Trust in a Digital, Data-driven World
Moderator: Agnidipta Sarkar, Group CISO, Biocon Ltd
Panelists:- Yogesh Kumar, CISO & Head of IT & Business Applications, Tata Advanced Systems Ltd
- Shaibal Saha, Digital Trust Leader - Asia Pacific, IBM Security, IBM
- Avinash Dharmadhikari, CISO, Persistent Systems
- Gopi Thangavel, VP & Head – Infrastructure & Security Operations, Reliance Industries Limited
Building an Agile Future-Proof Network on (Cloud-Based) SD-WAN
Moderator: Archie Jackson, Sr Director (Head - IT & Security), Incedo Inc.
Participants:- Sanjiv Kumar Jain, Group CIO, Krishna Group
- Dr Rizwan Ahmed, CTO, delaPlex
- Rajeev Khade, Vice President & Global Head - IT, Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp. Pvt. Ltd.
- Sander Teunissen, Director - Channel & Sales EMEA & APAC, Teridion
- Ramkumar Mohan, CIO, Air Works Group
Panel Discussion:
How AI and ML Are “Helping” and “Hurting” Cybersecurity?
Moderator: * Dilip Panjwani, CISO & IT Controller, LTI (A Larsen & Toubro Company)
Panelists:- K M Reddy, CISO, Union Bank of India
- Vinod Bhat, CIO, Tata SIA Airlines Ltd (Vistara)
- Rajeev Khade, Vice President - Global IT, Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp. Pvt. Ltd.
- Shaik J Ahmed, Head - Information Security & DPO, Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre India Pvt Ltd
- Vaisakh Rajeevan, Founder & Chief Architect, Prophaze Technologies
Defenders 100 Awards (Part - 2)
Thank You Note / Closing Remarks
Panel Discussion: Anatomy of Cyberattacks on OT Networks and Overcoming Challenges
Moderator: Kanishk Gaur, Founder, India Future FoundationPanellists:
- Vijaykumar Ramachandran, Associate Vice President - IT, Praj Industries Limited
- Arvind Koul, Head - IT Infra & Security (Group IT), Minda Industries Limited
- Sudeep Kumar Das, Security Engineering Manager - India & APAC, Tenable
Roundtable Panel Discussion: Demystifying Next-Gen Data Protection
Moderator: Archie Jackson, Sr Director (Head - IT & Security), Incedo Inc.Panellists:
- Nick Savvides, Senior Director of Strategic Business -- APAC, Forcepoint
- Malini Rao, Head of Data Security & Cyber Investigations, Wipro Limited
- Ranjeet Rai, Head - Enterprise Cybersecurity, Abbott Laboratories
- Bijender Mishra, CISO, Alkem Laboratories Ltd
- Manish Chandegara, Head - IT & CISO, Aditya Birla Group
- Ameya Sathye, Vice President - Head IT Security and Cyber Defense, IIFL
- Manjunath Prasad, Asst. Vice President - ITS, TVS & Sons Pvt Ltd
- Anis Pankhania, CISO, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Capgemini
- Amrendra Kumar, VP - Security Opertaions, Jio Platforms Limited
Panel Discussion: Boards and Cybersecurity: Robust Oversight ‘Now’ for a Secure ‘Next’
Moderator: Kumar Ravi, CISO, Teleperformance IndiaPanellists:
- Satyanandan Atyam, Chief Risk Officer, Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.
- Neha Taneja, Head - Cybersecurity, Cairn Oil and Gas - Vedanta Ltd
- Dr. Jitendra Mohan, CIO & CISO, Coforge
- Vijay Devnath, CISO, Center for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)
- Dhruv Khanna, Co-Founder - DataResolve, Founder - Desksight.AI
- Satish Kumar Dwibhashi, CISO & Sr Vice President, InMobi Group
Panel Discussion: Advanced Threat Defence -- EDR vs MDR vs XDR? Is XDR Something Bigger or Just Another Acronym?
Moderator: Kapil Mehrotra, CTO, National Commodities Management Services LtdPanellists:
- Satish Kumar Dwibhashi, CISO & Sr Vice President, InMobi Group
- Makesh Chandramohan, Group CISO, Aditya Birla Capital Ltd
- Pradipta Patro, Head - Cyber security & IT, KEC International Ltd (RPG Group)
- Rajendra Pawar, CISO, Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd
Eminent Speakers (Last Year)
Best CISOs deserve the best of breed national and international speakers, experts, analysts from IT Security domain as well as thought leaders. Please visit this section later for update as we are working on shortlisting the most competitive set of speakers for you.
Agnidipta Sarkar
Group CISO , Biocon Ltd
Ajay Dubey
Country Head – Mid Market & Channels , Forcepoint
Ameya-Sathye
Vice President - Head IT Security and Cyber Defense , IIFL
Amrendra Kumar
VP - Security Operations, Jio Platforms Limited
Anis Pankhania
CISO, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Capgemini
Archie Jackson
Sr. Director, Head IT & Security, Incedo Inc
Arvind Koul
Head - IT Infra & Security (Group IT), Minda Industries Limited
Avinash Dharmadhikari
CISO, Persistent Systems
Bijender Mishra
CISO , Alkem Laboratories Limited
Burgess Cooper
Partner – Cyber Security, Ernst & Young
Chandra Prakash Suryawanshi
Partner, Cyber Security , KPMG
Dhruv Khanna
Co-Founder - DataResolve, Founder-Desksight.AI , Data Resolve Technologies Pvt Ltd
Dilip Panjwani
CISO, Larsen & Toubro
Dr Rizwan Ahmed
CTO, delaPlex
Gopi Thangavel
VP & Head – Infrastructure & Security Operations , Reliance Industries Limited
Hitesh Pathak
Lead - Security Engineering, India & SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies
Jitendra Mohan Bhardwaj
CIO & CISO , Coforge
Jobin T.Akkara
CISO , Chola MS General Insurance Co. Ltd.
K M Reddy
CISO , Union Bank of India
Kalpesh Doshi
CISO, India , FIS Global
Kapil Mehrotra
CTO , National Collateral Management Services Limited
Kumar Ravi
CISO, Teleperformance India
M V J Sastry
AGM - CISO Office , Union Bank of India
Makesh Chandramohan
Group CISO , Aditya Birla Capital Ltd
Malini Rao
Head of Data Security & Cyber Investigations , Wipro Limited
Manish Chandegara
Head - IT & CISO , Aditya Birla Group
Manjunath Prasad
Asst. Vice President - ITS , TVS & Sons Pvt Ltd
Manoj K Shrivastava
CISO, Future Generali India Insurance Co. Ltd
Martin Borrett
IBM Distinguished Engineer and CTO, IBM Security EMEA, IBM
Mini Gupta
Partner ,Ernst & Young
Muneer H KongaWani
CISO , The J&K Bank Ltd
Navaneethan M
CISO & Sr Vice President , Groww
Neha Taneja
Head - Cybersecurity , Cairn Oil and Gas - Vedanta Ltd
Nick Savvides
Senior Director of Strategic Business -- APAC , Forcepoint
Ninad Chavan
CISO , Edelweiss General Insurance Company Ltd
Pradipta Patro
Head - Cyber security & IT , KEC international Ltd
Priya Kanduri
CTO & Vice President, Cyber Security services, Happiest Minds
Prashant Sankhla
Executive Director , KPMG
Rajeev Khade
Vice President - Global IT , Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corp. Pvt. Ltd.
Rajendra Pawar
CISO , Fiat India Automobiles Pvt Ltd
Ramkumar Mohan
CIO, Air Works Group
Ranjeet Rai
Head - Enterprise Cybersecurity , Abbott Laboratories
Ravindra Baviskar
Director - Sales Engineering , Sophos
S Srikanth
CISO , TVS Motor Company
Sander Teunissen
Director - Channel & Sales EMEA & APAC, Teridion
Sanjiv Kumar Jain
Group CIO, Krishna Group
Satish Kumar Dwibhashi
CISO & Sr Vice President, InMobi Group
Satyanandan Atyam
CRO (Chief Risk Officer) , Tata AIG General Insurance Co. Ltd.
Saurabh Gugnani
Head - Information Security , PeopleStrong Technologies Pvt Ltd
Shaibal Saha
Digital Trust Leader, Asia Pacific, IBM Security , IBM
Shaik J Ahmed
Head - Information Security, Renault Nissan Technology & Business Centre
Srihari Kotni
CISO & Vice President , Reliance Payment Solutions Ltd
Sudeep Kumar Das
Security Engineering Manager - India & APAC , Tenable
SV Sunder Krishnan
CRO (Chief Risk Officer) , Reliance Nippon Life Insurance Co Ltd
T R Venkateswaran
CISO (DGM) , Punjab National Bank
Tushar Haralkar
Security Software Technical Sales Leader, IBM Technology Sales, India-South Asia
Vaisakh Rajeevan
Founder & Chief Architect, Prophaze Technologies
Venkata Satish Guttula
Director - Security , Rediff.com India Ltd
Vijay Devnath
CISO , Center for Railway Information Systems (CRIS)
Vijaykumar Ramachandran
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Vinod Bhat
CIO , Tata SIA Airlines Ltd (Vistara)
Yogesh Kumar
CISO & Head of IT & Business Applications , Tata Advanced SystemsEvent Partners
Why Partner with Us?
With this initiative, we provide you with the unique opportunity to reach out to 600+ of the most influential CISO's, InfoSec leaders, and other CXOs across the nation, all under one roof. Attendees at this conference also includes from award ceremony who are the winners of most prestigious Defenders 100 awards – normally difficult to reach executives. It’s an excellent platform for companies to influence with brand profiling, networking, and to ensure market position.
Also, sponsors can use this platform to show their support for technology and its leadership. Here are the key benefits of being an event sponsor:
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Networking and Lead Generation.
Gain access to the most targeted, high-profiled influencers and decision-makers from key organizations. It gives you the opportunity for exclusive interaction with influential CXOs throughout the day. -
Visibility for Your Brand.
Be visibly present and seen by InfoSec leaders are partner of choice in delivering the CISO agenda. - Technology Showcase.
Demonstrate cutting edge technologies through virtual exhibition stalls to 600+ security professionals. -
Brand Exposure.
Extensive online exposure during COVID-19 to your brand through pre- and post-event promotions. - Strategic Relationship.
Opportunity to build strategic relationships