Sivarama Krishnan

Sivarama Krishnan heads the APAC cybersecurity & Privacy Practice with over USD 200 Mn revenue spreading across 36 countries in Asiapac apart from leading the Risk consulting business for India market. Being a business evangelist with over 25 Years of experience with PwC India, he has evolved as an organizational leader specialized in developing Cyber Security strategies for organizations.

His professional experience encompasses setting up businesses services in Financial, Risk Assurance, Forensics, E- Governance and Tech Solutions within the firm and across diverse sectors including the Government, BFSI, FMCG, Energy, Oil & Gas, metals & mining, Infrastructure, healthcare etc. driving end to end strategy through execution capabilities of a 600-member team.

In the current portfolio Siva also leads the Global New Ventures & Innovation for Product strategy’s and is also the leader responsible for setting up 5 priority Projects for Advisory 2.0: Platforms, Integrated Solutions, BXT, Go-To-Market (GTM) Teams and Operational Excellence.

Siddarth Razdan

Siddarth Razdan has over 27 years of post-qualification experience as a Chartered Accountant from India. Siddarth has spent 17 years in the Middle East as a entrepreneur and as a Group CFO of a Fortune 500 Mnc and GCC head of a large financial services group from India. His areas of expertise include private equity venture capital strategy and business consulting and has serviced clients across India USA Middle East Europe and South East Asia. Siddarth is a co-founder of a boutique private equity fund in India and also a member of the evaluation committee of DSCI a Nasscom affiliate for cybersecurity startups.

In addition, he is a mentor at India Accelerator Levnet ventures and on advisory board of Athleta Edtech based in L.A, Advisory board member of Ziroh labs- a cutting edge Homomorphic encryption startup.

Dr Rajendra Deshpande

Rajendra Deshpande is an IT industry veteran and the longest serving CIO in BPO sector, having delivered many transformational initiatives during his career. A constant learner, Rajendra is known for Driving Run grow and transformational part of IT. He has extensive experience in IT strategy, information security, enterprise architecture, service delivery and driving change to mobilise transformation.

His digital dream is to keep technology innovations human centric and make use of visual thinking to simplify complex issues and communicate it effectively. He is big proponent of startups. Works on advisory capacity to many startups as well as keen to connect academia to industry.

Ravi Mankikar

Ravikiran Mankikar has a rich experience in the field of banking and implementation of technological and security-based projects spread over nearly 30 years and is now an evangelist and advisor to Banks in Digital Banking and Cyber Security.

He has driven the IT initiatives at the NKGSB Co-Operative Bank, as also at the SVC Co-Operative Bank. He has spearheaded the implementation of in-house developed ‘Genius’ Banking applications that had been implemented in 95 other Co-Operative Banks. He has also functioned as Head – Retail Banking and Head – Training and has driven the Digital Banking initiatives at the Bank. Earlier to this he has had stints with the technology departments of the IndusInd Bank and the Janakalyan Sahakari Bank.

He has had experience in setting up Tier 3 Standard compliant data centre at the SVC Bank and was instrumental in the Bank getting certified for ISO 27001 (Information Security) and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity) practices as well as PCI-DSS.

Arup Chatterjee

Arup Chatterjee is Corporate Vice President, Chief Information Security Officer at WNS. He is responsible for the information and cyber security strategy across the company.

Arup has an esteemed career of over 20+ years bringing in diverse knowledge base and operations expertise that includes, Information security, Data Protection, Privacy, Information Technology. Arup has strong focus in the areas of Security awareness, Enterprise Cyber defence, Incident response, Security monitoring, Data leakage prevention, Digital forensics, and Security for hybrid operating models for business resiliency.

He is well recognized in the Cyber Security space and believes in strong collaboration between the peers in the Industry, industry forums for exchanging best practices and building collective intelligence. Arup is also working as a ‘mentor’ with MeitY and DSCI for the 'Grand Challenge for Cyber Security' program initiative designed to provide impetus towards product innovation in the Cyber Security start-up ecosystem.

Amit Ghodekar

Amit comes with 20+ years of rich corporate experience in Cyber Security, Information Technology and Digital Transformation. Currently working as Global Head of Cyber Security Covermore Insurance Pty Ltd HQ. Sydney Australia based at IT Center of excellence Mumbai, India. Subsidiary of Zurich Insurance Ltd world’s 2nd largest insurance company)

He Possess in-depth knowledge of complex Security and Regulatory requirements of sensitive company data to develop long-range plans for Cyber Security IT / IS strategy, Infrastructure, Compliance, Policies / Procedures, Operations & Allied Technologies & Implementing Digital Risk Management Program etc.

He was instrumental in setting up the Security operation Center (SOC) for small & medium size co-operative Banks in Maharashtra as an advisor.

Presently he is working with EC- Council USA world’s 3rd largest Cyber Security training provider as an Advisor for developing next generation Cyber Security training.

Vikram Mehta

Information security professional with 15+ yrs of experience that spans across ethical hacking, automation, big data, networking, compliance, cloud security and online fraud management; building platforms to solve complex security challenges at scale.

Currently he is leading information security, privacy and fraud control (tech) functions for the go-MMT group (MakeMyTrip and GoIbibo).

Presently he is also the global advisory board member for EC-Council.

In the past Vikram has led the IBM Application Security team for India's largest Telco which included managing client engagements and numerous ethical hacking project deliveries with small / large teams across geographies

Mohan Yelnadu

Mohan Yelnadu is an experienced and curious, Pen tester-turned-DevSecOps Senior Consultant, with AppSec consulting experience in Banking, Insurance, Manufacturing, Telecom and Retail domains with clients located in Australia, US, Germany, France, Netherlands, Singapore and India. He has been associated with IT and IT Security for the past more than 20 years.

He holds OSCP and SABSA SCF certifications, and recently completed training in OAuth, OpenID and Advanced Kubernetes. He has enjoyed various roles, starting from Developing Linux Kernel, Device Drivers, as well as Web & Mobile applications (Builder), Functional Tester/Pen tester (Breaker), to now DevSecOps consultant (Defender). He has performed Secure Architecture Review, Threat Modelling, Penetration Testing of Web, Mobile, & Thick client Applications, IoT Systems, and Infrastructure in multiple industry domains. He has shared his experiences on multiple international platforms, latest at RSA Conference in 2019 & 2020 at Singapore.

He has successfully rolled out 2 innovative DevSecOps Programs with large developer based organiztions in the last 4 years. He is an active Life member of the OWASP.

Suresh Srinivasan

Suresh Srinivasan is a senior security leader with over twenty years of experience in the field of cyber & information security. Suresh is currently the Head of Cyber Defence with Axiata Group Berhad, in Malaysia, and in the past, he has held leadership roles with organizations such as EY, Vodafone etc. Through his rich, diverse & global career, so far, Suresh brings with him experience & expertise in organizational development, product & practice development, account Management, team management & stakeholder management besides to his core domain expertise in cyber & information security.

As a cyber & information security leader, Suresh has over a decade of hands-on experience in setting up cyber security capabilities such as Cyber Defence Centres, on a global scale. Having certifications like Cyber Security Certification from MIT, CISM, CIPR etc., Suresh is also a regular speaker at various cyber security forums & conferences.

Rahul Aggarwal

Rahul Aggarwal is a Partner with PwC India and is responsible for Cyber security services for Government and Public Sector and Enterprise clients in India. He has more than 20 year of experience and has led several engagements for Cyber Security framework design & implementation, cyber security assessment, IT Governance, Data protection and privacy among others.

Rahul has worked with a number of clients in India and abroad for Healthcare, Banking, IT and Government sector.

Rahul holds BE and MBA degree with a number of international certifications in cyber security and program management.

Seema Bangera

Seema has a strong background in handling Cyber Security and brings with her, more than 25 years of experience in Information Technology, Information Security, Security Strategy, Risk Management, Cyber Security, Governance Audit and Compliance.

Her professional journey spans senior leadership positions in various companies including, Chief Information Security Officer for multinationals where she was responsible for Global Delivery of Information Security - analysing cyber risk, ensuring data protection, data privacy, cyber security, and business continuity management.

A graduate in Computer Sciences, she has also a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Seema is a strong believer in the power of data protection and the relevance of Information Security in the digital age. She has written as a guest columnist in several tech magazines like Techgig and other publications.

Ameya Sathye

Ameya Sathye is currently associated with IIFL Group as Vice President & Head IT Security. Ameya has more than 19 years of experience in the IT industry with core expertise in Security Operations. Current Head below mentioned teams and provide guidance to VAPT & GRC team on the technical front.

SecOps - IT-Security-Operations Team – Security device/platform management & operations for products like NGFW/NGAV/Cloud Proxy/DNS Security/PIM etc.
CDC - Cyber Defense Centre Team – Objective of Monitor, Investigate & Respond to Cyber threats.
IT-Sec-SME - IT-Security SME Team – The objective is to Evaluate, Architect, Design & Implement IT Security controls. Act as SME for deployed controls.

In past, he has worked on multiple security tools and technologies across multiple locations and has played a key role in setup many Security Operation Center’s for large organizations. He has handled customers across Government, FMCG, BFSI, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing domains at various location including USA, Australia, Singapore, Middle East, Bangladesh, Malaysia etc. Vast experience in SOC management, which include People, Process (Incident Handling/Response etc.) and Technology (SIEM/VM/ETDR/Analytics).

Smita Yedekar

Smita Yedekar is a serial entrepreneur with over 24 years of international experience in building software products ground up, running global teams and operations, marketing and selling software services and products. 

She is a Mentor and advisor to startups at various stages and also works as an Independent Director. Smita is a Charter Member at TiE Pune. 

Smita founded Smartsourcing Global Inc, US, in 2006 after rich experience of technology at DoubleClick, Inc., acquired by Google. At Smartsourcing Global, a custom software development company, Smita built a diverse portfolio of web and mobile solutions for health & wellness, telecom, logistics, social media, finance, high-tech and ecommerce expanding business in US and SEA. 

Smita co-founded 1Mobility, headquartered in Singapore, in 2014, an Enterprise Mobility Management product with the passion and vision of making a difference for businesses through technology. At 1Mobility, Smita was focused on emerging markets, initial focus being India and Southeast Asia with a strategy to expand in global markets through partners and joint ventures. In April 2018, 1Mobility was acquired by Qualys, Inc. (NASDAQ: QLYS), a Silicon Valley company, a pioneer and leading provider of cloud-based security and compliance solutions. 

Smita holds B.Sc. degree in Physics and Masters in Computer Applications from Mumbai.

Divakar Prayaga

Divakar is a Seasoned Information Security leader with 15 years of experience in efficiently managing Information security for diverse business functions. He is currently heading the Cyber defence for Flipkart, India and in the past he worked as Vice President for Cyber Security at Wells Fargo.

He has built several cyber security practices and teams ground up that are focused on Incident response, security operations, threat hunting, threat intelligence, malware analysis and forensics, DLP, security content development teams leveraging data science and AI/ML for correlation engines [SIEM]. Red & Blue teams.

He had successfully filed for 2 Patents in the field of Cyber Security: 1. Cyber Threat avoidance mechanism; 2. Virtual mobile number app for Cyber privacy

Lakshmi Narayanan Kaliyaperumal

Lakshmi Narayanan Kaliyaperumal is Vice President and Head of Cyber Security Technology & Operations at Infosys. Responsible for establishing and maintaining an org wide Cyber security program, Global Cyber security Strategy, Security Operations, Compliance, Application Security and Effective Operating Model to ensure information assets and related technologies/processes are protected in the digital ecosystem hosted in cloud or on-premise.

Lakshmi Narayanan has 20+ years of Cyber security and Information Technology experience in various leadership roles at Infosys with focus on Cyber Security, Secure Engineering, Risk Management, Security Controls, Enterprise Security Architecture and Cloud Transformation. Lakshmi was former CISO of Versatile Card Technology, multinational payment card manufacturing organisation.

Passionate cyber security professional, innovator and strategic thinker in solving complex cyber security issues with an effective operating model, people, processes and technologies. Lakshmi Narayanan has managed and delivered large Cyber Security transformation programs delivering a step change in organisation's security posture. Lakshmi is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA), Encase Certified Examiner (EnCE), GIAC Certified Network Analyst.

Dhruv Khanna

Experienced Cyber Security Professional with 20 + years in handling multi facets roles in Cyber Security domain ranging from Service consulting, Product development, GTM, Start-up incubation to growth, CEO mentoring, Cyber Security Incubator mentor, in current capacity he is acting as a Founder of Desksight.ai and Co-Founder/CBO at DataResolve.

Dhruv worked with Companies - Network Solutions, IBM India, Aujas Networks prior his stint with DataResolve and lead product incubation, business growth roles and kickstarted product from ground up state and developed a multi-million dollar business in years. He carries a 360 degree experience during his 20 years where he developed 1000 + security architectures for Indian and Global customers, lead project delivery and implementation, and lead ISMS training programs. As a mentor he supports DSCI-COE and mentor with India Accelerator, CIPHER program.

Ankur Ahuja

Ankur Ahuja is based in US and working as Vice President, information Security and CISO for Fareportal Inc., which owns major online travel brands in North America like CheapOair.com and OneTravel.com. Ankur leads a team of of information security and fraud prevention professionals based in US, India, Ukraine and Mexico. In Fareportal, Ankur has implemented global enterprise security program consisting of 7+ online brands, 2 mobile apps, 3500+ employees working across 8 global locations having contact centers, operations, technology, marketing, research and HQ offices. Out of overall experience of 15+ years, Ankur has spend 10+ years with PricewaterhouseCoopers where he managed multiple cyber security projects across 10+ countries and 70+ clients in telecom, fintech, travel and e-commerce industries. As a security leader, Ankur has won more than 5 global leadership awards and an active contributor through community roles which includes:

• Advisory Board Member of Rutgers University, New Jersey (US) for their cyber security program
• Governing body member of Gartner (Evanta), New York & New Jersey CISO Community.
• Globally registered speaker and affiliated member in ISSA (Information System Security Association)

Ankur has more than 10 journal/newspaper publications and held speaker positions in 20+ security conferences including RSA and Blackhat.

Anurana Saluja

Anurana Saluja is a seasoned security leader with international experience in multiple security and risk management disciplines. In his current role, he is responsible for enterprise-wide information security, privacy, compliance and business continuity management for Sutherland Global Services, a US $1.4 Billion multinational technology company. With many years as a cybersecurity leader, he understands the challenges of driving enterprise security, meeting compliance needs while still enabling business agility. He has also led a security startup from concept to market adoption; driven and delivered professional security consulting engagements internationally for corporates and governments including national level cybersecurity projects. His expertise lies in leading global teams, building technology risk, security, privacy and governance programs with specialization in cybersecurity operations, governance, strategy, policy, risk management, and compliance frameworks, backed by leadership skills honed over 15 years as a decorated fighter pilot and Squadron Leader.

Burgess Sam Cooper

Burgess Cooper is a Partner & Heads Cyber Security Market with a team of 600+ professionals. He has 23+ years of experience in securing some of the biggest brands in the world from potential cyber-attacks. Prior to EY he was a CISO with Vodafone and HSBC and responsible for Information Security, Privacy & Compliance across the Telecom and BFSI sector. He is a regular speaker and a jury member at prominent industry events - BCCI, ASSOCHAM, CII, CISO, E-crime and a qualified EC-Council’s CEI Master Trainer for Industry CISO certification course.

Maarten Van Horenbeeck

Maarten Van Horenbeeck is Chief Information Security Officer for Zendesk. He is also a former Board Member and Chairman of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST). He regularly advises cybersecurity startups through VC firms such as Glilot Capital Partners and YL Ventures. Prior to this, he managed the Threat Intelligence team at Amazon and worked on the Security teams at Google and Microsoft. Maarten holds a master’s degree in information security from Edith Cowan University and a master’s degree in international relations from the Freie University at Berlin.

Satya Nayak

Satya is a security practitioner who works for Expedia Group as director of Cyber Security in Seattle, US. He has experience building security functions to solve complex security challenges in modern infrastructure. Satya gets energy from technology and considers himself a hands-on leader.

He is very passionate about building products and solving problems. His specialization includes ideation to product, building a team for execution, hiring & culture, scale operation, and how to be market relevant.

He holds an MS degree in Computer Science

Taslimm Quraishi

Taslimm Quraishi is an accomplished leader in the information security space and has been instrumental in advising several international governments and Fortune 500 organizations.
He has led organizations through various digital disruptions and security landscape changes and has managed teams across a range of security disciplines.
He is currently a board member and has been on several panels. He has also been invited to present at various industry events and forums, like Cisco Live, Mobile World Congress-Barcelona, Secure CISO etc.
In his spare time, Taslimm loves teaching and learning Indian classical music, reading, playing tennis and hiking.

Jaspal Singh Sawhney

Jaspal in his present role as the Chief Information Security Officer for Tata Communications heads Global Information Security Group and is responsible for Information security charter and Cybersecurity strategy for the firm. Jaspal brings with him a rich Global experience within Cyber, Information risk and technology leadership roles for close to 28 years, majority of this tenure, with large financial institutions in Singapore and India.

Prior to joining Tata Communications, Jaspal was working with Deutsche Bank in India and Singapore and held various roles such as CISO for Deutsche franchise in India including Org leadership for CISO services organization set up in the bank's captive centers in India.

Jaspal has held senior leadership roles in Cyber Security and has managed large Global Security services organizations, regulatory programs and design and implementation of multi-year strategic Information Security initiatives. He also held technology partner roles supporting from IT the franchise growth and Greenfields through a period of exponential business growth.

Bhupender Bhardwaj

A Senior leader in Cyber Security Operations, Design and Implementation with experience of Implementation and Operationalization of Cyber Security Centers for CPG, Pharmaceutical and Banking Sector environments.

17 Years of experience in Globally diverse teams in India, Europe, Americas, Israel and Asia pacific.

Has an exemplary track record in Implementing Cyber Defense for Global events. Areas of expertise are; Threat Intel, Application pen-testing and Security, Threat Hunting and Incident Response, Data Loss Protection, Cloud Security Access Broker (CASB), Deception Based Technology, Infrastructure Security NG Firewalls, Cloud Proxy, Endpoint Protection Platforms, SIEM, Sec Ops, Automation and Orchestration, Cloud (Azure) Asset Protection, design and implementation and Security Vendor Management & Project Delivery.

A Shiju Rawther

Shiju is currently spear heading Group IT function, Technology strategies, enterprise-wide IT transformation, Analytics and designing the digital roadmap for at CARE Ratings Limited and its subsidiary business functions and designated as Chief Information & Technology Officer.

Shiju comes with a successful and steady career growth in reputed organizations viz., Poonawalla Finance, IIFL Finance Limited, TransUnion CIBIL Limited, Fullerton India Credit Company Limited, PCS Technology Limited, Gateway Terminals India, Wipro InfoTech and Primus Telecommunications India Limited.

Some of his key achievements in previous stints include setting up of the complete Technology landscape comprising of IT Applications, IT Infrastructure, Building Information Security operations and process automations from the scratch for two start-up MNC business units in India.

He is a prominent speaker at many industry conferences. Shiju has been recognized as one of the Most Innovative CIO’s of India, Top 100 CISO’s consistently over last years by various media groups & forums. He is also associated with Cyberdome, Public Private Partnership initiative started by Kerala Police to combat Cyber Threats. Shiju was recognised as “Security Leader of the Year - Financial Services” in December 2016 by DSCI, NASSCOM.

Raj Kulkarni

Raj has been working in the field of Information Security in various domains like IAM, Network security, Database security, Security architecture, Cloud Security for about 2 decades. His expertise is in Cloud Security, Container Security, Infrastructure and Database Security. He has Helped many financial institutions like Paypal, Bank of America, Citi Bank, HSBC etc. in the process to implement various security solutions. He has also worked in helping some startups in Bay Area California in an independent capacity as an advisor to help build security products.

Shankar Krishnan

Shankar is a strategic information security executive with over 16 years of international leadership experience in various sectors across Middle East, Southeast Asia and India. He is a thought leader in multiple domains of information security and has worked closely with large-sized as well as start-up companies in advisory roles. Shankar has expertise in cloud, application and infrastructure combined with security governance, enterprise risk, regulatory compliance, linking cyber strategy and their execution to businesses.
He Led Cloud Transformation Program to achieve cost optimization and enhanced security as part of Axiata Digital. He Strategized and led Cyber Transformation program for a large conglomerate in Malaysia with 30+ subsidiaries, which included performing maturity reviews and helped them build their Group Target Operating Model (CoE) for an effective security strategy across 1st and 2nd Line of Defence as part of Ernst & Young Advisory.

Raakesh Thayyil

As the Group Head of Security at PropertyGuru Group, a leading online property marketplace in Southeast Asia, Raakesh oversees information security, data privacy, and technology risk management. With 20+ years of global experience spanning Cybersecurity, IT Infrastructure, Program Management, and more, Raakesh excels in team leadership, risk management, cybersecurity strategy, and mentoring. He has had an illustrious career, having worked with Flipkart, PwC India, the Indian Army, and more.

He has been recognized with the Dynamic CISO Excellence Award. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Cybersecurity at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and an Executive Member at CyberEdBoard Community.

Raakesh is passionate about solving complex challenges, ensuring data protection, managing enterprise risks, and optimizing security investments for business growth and innovation. His areas of expertise include Leadership, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy.

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