CSA India Virtual Summit 2020
23-25 September 2020
The Relevance of Cloud Security in Post Pandemic Times
The onset of the pandemic has thrown normalcy out of gear. There is talk of a “new normal”, which continues to be defined and remains as broad as ever. The synapse between the COVID-19 pandemic and cloud security imperatives can be addressed with a call to action that the new cyber & cloud security strategy on the anvil can address. There must be sync with these modern realities and adaptation along with the willingness to innovate for future disruptions which will in turn reinvigorate our trust and boost our digital immunity.
Join leading experts from India with domain proficiency and expertise to discuss the key issues and trends facing cloud security and cybersecurity today at this 3-day virtual Summit organized by CSA APAC & CSA Bangalore, NCR & Hyderabad Chapter on 23-25 September 2020.
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The Relevance of Cloud Security in Post Pandemic Times
The onset of the pandemic has thrown normalcy out of gear. There is talk of a “new normal”, which continues to be defined and remains as broad as ever. The synapse between the COVID-19 pandemic and cloud security imperatives can be addressed with a call to action that the new cyber & cloud security strategy on the anvil can address. There must be sync with these modern realities and adaptation along with the willingness to innovate for future disruptions which will in turn reinvigorate our trust and boost our digital immunity.
Join leading experts from India with domain proficiency and expertise to discuss the key issues and trends facing cloud security and cybersecurity today at this 3-day virtual Summit organized by CSA APAC & CSA Bangalore, NCR & Hyderabad Chapter on 23-25 September 2020.
Earn CPE Credits: To download your viewing certificate, navigate to the “Viewing History” section of your BrightTALK Account. You can find more information about this here: https://support.brighttalk.com/hc/en-us/articles/204280700-Can-I-have-a-list-of-all-the-webinars-I-ve-attended-
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Speakers & Panelists
Madhav CHABLANI
Chairman, CSA NCR Chapter
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He is also a Consulting CIO with TippingEdge Consulting and has more than 30 years of experience in the IT services and consulting industry, with proven success in developing, managing and advising global enterprise clients on IT Governance, Strategy, Audits & Assurance, Compliance & Sustainability, in organizational change management management programs programs & Transformation Transformation initiatives initiatives, enriched enriched outsourced outsourced delivery delivery capabilities , Practice‐level competency requirements , Technology Solutions & Enterprise Information Architectures , that minimize risks in an enterprise and align in creating business value . Previously, he has work de with Protiviti, HP Consulting, NIIT Technologies, Agilent , Xansa ,PCS , WIPRO on both domestic and global offshore projects and consulting assignments.
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Sunil DAVID
Regional
Director ( IOT ) for AT&T India |
Sunil David has 26 years of experience in the IT and Telecom industry and is currently the Regional Director ( IOT ) for AT&T India , and is based in Chennai . He is responsible for building the IOT strategy for the India and the ASEAN regions and working with various internal stakeholders to ensure successful execution , working on building a robust partner ecosystem for AT&T in the entire IOT value chain (Devices, Platforms and Applications ) and also working on a number of Marketing initiatives to help enhance the AT&T brand in the IOT space.
On 7th Feb 2020, Sunil was awarded as “ India’s Fastest Growing Leaders 2019-20- Pride of the Nation ” at the 13th edition of the Asian Business and Social Forum at Bangkok to recognize Asia’s greatest brands and leaders by an International media house Asia One Magazine part of UWG Holdings. Sunil was recognized by the World Marketing Congress in Nov 2017 as one of the 50 Most Influential Digital Marketing Leaders across India . For two years in a row, Sep 2018 and Sep 2019 , Sunil was honored with the “ Eminent Jury Member “ award at the Asian Business and Social Forum -2018 and 2019 : India’s Greatest Brand and Leaders 2017-18 and 2018-19 , Pride of India series organized by Asia One Magazine part of UWG Holdings |
John DIMARIA
Assurance Investigatory Fellow, CSA
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John DiMaria; CSSBB, HISP, MHISP, AMBCI, CERP, is the Assurance Investigatory Fellow and Research Fellow with the Cloud Security Alliance. He has 30 years of successful experience in Standards and management System Development, including Information Systems, Business Continuity and Quality. John was one of the innovators and co-founders of the CSA STAR program for cloud providers, a contributing author of the American Bar Association’s Cybersecurity Handbook, a working group member and key contributor to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. He currently manages all facets of the CSA STAR Program which includes security, privacy, continuous monitoring and development of new solutions.
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Satyavathi DIVADARI
Chairman, CSA Bangalore Chapter
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Satyavathi Divadari is working as Chief Cyber Security Architect at Micro Focus. She is also the Chairman of CSA Bangalore Chapter and a Global Advisory Board Member of CTIA in EC-Council.
Satya has over 22 years of experience in Banking, Telecom, IT/ITES and Media industries and leadership positions at News Corp, Cognizant, Wells Fargo, Capgemini, IBM, and Tata Communications Ltd. She is a cross functional enterprise architect in Cloud security, Security Operations, Application Security, Network Security, Identity Governance and Administration, and Data Security. She has proven her expertise in defining and executing security controls around strategic digital transformations, and built secure environments with improved return of investment through Continuous Improvement and Innovation culture She holds variety of certifications that includes AWS Cloud Solution Architect Associate, CFE, CIPT, TOGAF, PMP and CISSP*. She is a noted speaker in national and international forums. She has been awarded in multiple forums for her contributions to community that includes “Top 20 Indian Women Influencers in Security 2020” by Security India, “CISO Top 100” by CISO Platform, “Women in tech - Chief Mentor” by Kamikaze B2B Media, “Top Technologists -Tech Beacon” award by WEquity. |
Sridhar GOVARDHAN
Senior Director and Head of Information Security at Flipkart
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Sridhar has overall of 20 years in business-critical domain of cyber defense, data protection and regulatory compliance and extensive hands on knowledge of all leading information security technology. Sridhar has acquired 11 industry-recognized certifications in the domains of IT, Information Security, Security Framework and Secure Enterprise Architecture (CFE, CISA, CISM, SABSA, CDPSE).
Have worked as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of Wipro Limited in his previous job and currently Senior Director and Head of Information Security in Flipkart Internet Pvt Limited. I hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering and MTech from BITS Pilani. Have has three patents (pending) in Cognitive Security. Sridhar has co-authored a book on “Insider Threat” published by Forbes Asia and DSCI. |
Dr. Hing-Yan LEE
EVP APAC, CSA
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Hing Yan LEE is Executive Vice President, APAC at the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA). He has over 30 years of ICT working experience in both the public and private sectors. He was global director of the CSA STAR program for 6 months in 2017. Prior to that, he was Director of National Cloud Computing Office at the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) for 9+ years, where he was responsible for the national program for, inter alia, developing the cloud ecosystem, promoting cloud adoption by government agencies and private enterprises, and building a trusted environment (which included developing the Multi-Tier Cloud Security (MTCS) standards and Cloud Outage Incident Response guidelines).
He was previously Deputy Director of National Grid Office at the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), Principal Scientist at the Institute for Infocomm Research, Director of Knowledge Lab and Deputy Director of Japan-Singapore Artificial Intelligence Centre at the Kent Ridge Digital Labs as well as Deputy Director at Information Technology Institute (the applied R&D arm of the National Computer Board). He oversaw and managed industry collaborations and applied R&D in machine language translation, spoken language dialogue, expert systems, knowledge discovery, data mining, data visualization, and other knowledge-driven efforts. Hing Yan co-founded two high-tech companies in 2000 and is a technology advisor to a fintech start-up. He was an adjunct associate professor at the National University of Singapore, served on the School of Digital Media & Infocomm Technology Advisory Committee at the Singapore Polytechnic, Engineering Accreditation Board team member (2014), co-chair of the National Infocomm Competency Framework Technical Committee on Cloud Computing as well as a member of the Cloud Computing Standards Coordinating Task Force of the Singapore Infocomm Standards Committee (ITSC). He was also a member of the NatSteel Corporate R&D Advisory Panel, an advisor/member to the Singapore National Archives Board, and the Australia-Singapore Joint ICT Council. Hing Yan is a Fellow and former VP of the Cloud Chapter in Singapore Computer Society. He is active in the ITSC working group on MTCS revision, and SingAREN Lightwave Internet Exchange (SLIX 2.0) Steering Committee. He has also undertaken consultancy and research reviews for the governments of Finland, Israel, Malaysia and Singapore as well as cloud service providers. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with PhD and MS degrees in Computer Science. He previously studied at Imperial College London in the UK where he obtained a BSc (Eng.) with 1st Class Honours in Computing and MSc in Management Science. |
Ashish MEHTA
Co -chair, CSA Blockchain WG
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Ashish has extensive experience in cybersecurity, blockchain, web development, IT management, financial markets and the energy industry. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Blockchain Working Group & is a part of the IoT &Quantum Safe Security Leadership Teams at the Cloud Security Alliance. In that capacity, he is responsible for pushing their multiple research efforts as well as coordinating with multiple industry participants on cross-pollination of research .
He also serves as an Advisor to the Government of Kerala's Blockchain Initiative (KBA). He serves as an advisor to multiple blockchain startups and is a part of Technology Analyst Panels like Dimensional Research ,IDG and Aberdeen. He has served as an IT management and cybersecurity professional for multiple SMEs across UAE, India and USA for over a decade prior to starting his own cybersecurity consultancy. He was awarded with the Ron Knode Award for Cybersecurity Best practices at Sec-Tor,Toronto,Canada in 2017. He is Co-Author on Books on BPX (SAP) & OCEG RedBook(GRC). He is also an active participant in the research efforts of NIST,ACT-IAC , OWASP & IEEE.He Holds multiple certifications in the fields of IT, cybersecurity, blockchain and IoT. Has a special research interest in quantum computing & IoT defensive techniques. He has been interviewed by Leading Technology Journals like Iot-Inc & has spoken at multiple global events like Metamorphosis 2020,LF Energy 2020 & Planet Blockchain. Ashish completed his B.Tech (Hons) in Electrical Engineering and M.Sc in Cryptography with a Minor in Technology Strategy from Columbia Business School, NY . Alma mater: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Columbia University – Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Sciences. |
Ekta MISHRA
APAC Membership Director & Country Manager - India, CSA
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Ekta has been with CSA for over six years. As APAC Membership Director, she is responsible for customer relations with APAC corporate members, assuring that members understand and utilize their membership benefits. As India Country Manager, she is responsible for managing CSA’s business within India. She also looks after the engagement with members, partners, chapters and other strategic alliances in country. She strengthens CSA influence and presence in APAC through managing over 30 Chapters in the region primarily focusing on providing the various support system and tools for strengthing the Chapters engagement. Ekta also manages the CCSK Training in the APAC region and has been actively leading various regional events in India.
Ekta has completed her MBA in marketing from S.P Jain School of Global Management- Singapore and Dubai. |
Ramesh NARAYANSWAMY
CTO, Aditya Birla Capital Limited
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Ramesh Narayanaswamy is currently the chief Technology officer for the Aditya Birla Capital Limited which is the holding company for the financial services business of the Aditya Birla Group . Ramesh is responsible for Technology , Data and Digital for all the financial services company . Ramesh Has more than 25 years of technology experience delivering transformational programs across various geographies . Prior to this role , He has been in the technology space in CIMB Bank , Standard chartered bank , Singapore Post and Citibank . Ramesh is passionate about technology transformation and innovation and has successfully implemented various programs in his different stints . Ramesh Holds a MBA from Nanyang technological university , Singapore and Bachelors and Masters degree from Birla Institute of Technology and Science , Pilani , India
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Keith PRABHU
Chairman, CSA Mumbai Chapter
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Currently the founder & CEO of Confidis and also the Chairman of CSA Mumbai Chapter. He is a part of the CSA Global Certification Board and helped create CCSK and CCSP certifications, leading global Cloud Security certifications. He has been a contributor to the CSA Cloud Control Matrix and Co-author of the book “Practical Guide to Cloud Computing”
He has over 2 decades of experience Security, Privacy, Business Continuity and has earlier worked with KPMG, Deloitte, HSBC Software, Arthur Andersen and HCL Infosystems He holds Master of Business in Information Systems, CCSK, CCSP, CISSP, CISA, MBCI and ss a volunteer with Center for Social Action an NGO that helps children and women. |
Jim REAVIS
Co-Founder & CEO, CSA
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For many years, Jim Reavis has worked in the information security industry as an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, technologist and business strategist. Jim’s innovative thinking about emerging security trends have been published and presented widely throughout the industry and have influenced many. Jim is helping shape the future of information security and related technology industries as co-founder, CEO and driving force of the Cloud Security Alliance. Jim has been named as one of the Top 10 cloud computing leaders by SearchCloudComputing.com.
Jim is the President of Reavis Consulting Group, LLC, where he advises security companies, governments, large enterprises and other organizations on the implications of new trends such as Cloud, Mobility, Internet of Things and how to take advantage of them. Jim founded SecurityPortal, the Internet’s largest website devoted to information security in 1998, and guided it until a successful exit in 2000. Jim has been an advisor on the launch of many industry ventures that have achieved a successful M&A exit or IPO. Jim is widely quoted in the press and has worked with hundreds of corporations on their information security strategy and technology roadmap. Jim has a background in networking technologies, marketing, product management and systems integration. Jim received a B.A. in Business Administration / Computer Science from Western Washington University in 1987 and formerly served on WWU’s alumni board. Jim was recognized as a WWU Distinguished Alumnus in 2015. In 2016, Jim was inducted into the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) Hall of Fame. |
Dr. Eiji SASAHARA
Executive Director
CSA Japan Chapter |
Dr. Eiji Sasahara, Representative of the Board of Directors at the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Japan Chapter Inc., Partner of Healthcare Cloud Initiative, NPO, and Vice-chair of Digital Health Subcommittee at the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ), is currently focusing on raising awareness and promoting initiatives for utilizing emerging technologies on the Cloud in pharmaceutical and medical industries. He has experience in clinical research regarding team-based care for outpatient chemotherapy utilizing Digital Health, jointly with the St. Luke & International Hospital, Tokyo. He holds a BA from Keio University, an MBA from Boston University Graduate School of Management and a Ph.D. in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences from Chiba University Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. His views on IT utilization issues have often been quoted by major publications such as Asahi Shimbun, Mainichi Shimbun, Nikkei Shimbun, Nikkei BP and Toyo Keizai.
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Vandana VERMA
OWASP Global Board of Directors & President Infosec Girls
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Vandana is a seasoned security professional with experience ranging from application security to infrastructure and now dealing with DevSecOps. She has been Keynote speaker / Speaker / Trainer at various public events ranging from Global OWASP AppSec events to BlackHat events to regional events like BSides events in India. She is part of the OWASP Global board of directors. She also works in various communities towards diversity initiatives InfosecGirls, WoSec and null.
She has been recipient of multiple prestigious awards like Global cybersecurity influencer among IFSEC Global's "Top Influencers inSecurity and Fire" Category for 2019, Cybersecurity Women of the year award by Women Cyberjutsu Society in the Category “Secure Coder”. She has also been listed as one of the top women leaders in this field oftechnology and cybersecurity in India by Instasafe. |
Arun VIVEK
Head of Cloud & Container Security – Cyber Security Services, Standard Chartered Bank
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Arun is an evangelist for a security product and security lines of services in a services company in the areas of application security testing, OWASP Vulnerabilities, App. security assessment. Expertise in IT Penetration Security / ISO Compliance Audit,BCP/DR Audit,Computer Forensics ,App. Security Assessment,Internal Audit ,Vulnerability,Security Operations Management, Enterprise Security Review Continuity,3rd Party Audit. He has been leading the cyber security and risk/compliance conversations with financial institution customers operating in highly regulated environments across APAC. Working with CISOs to define and execute a cloud security strategy to migrate sensitive and critical workloads to AWS/Azure/EKS/AKS. Evangelist for cloud security across the APAC region, performing public speaking at industry events, forums and round tables. Topics include data protection, incident response, identity, logging & monitoring, infrastructure & application security, automating compliance. In 2018 I was a speaker at AWS -RE-Invent Singapore, ISACA and other industry conferences. Proponent of automated compliance & security by design. Former red-teamer, penetration tester, UK Defence CREST/CHECK team leader and exploit developer. Regulations: MAS Outsourcing, MAS TRM, HKMA, RBI Cyber Security, BSP808, APRA, BoT, BNM, etc. ISO27001, ISO27017, ISO27018, NIST Cyber Security Framework, PCI-DSS, CIS Top 20 and CSA CCM.
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Vikas YADAV
CISO, Nykaa.com
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Vikas Singh Yadav is an experienced Information Security and Management professional with 20 years of leadership experience in Telecommunications, Project Management and Cyber Security. He has done his B Tech (Telecom and IT) from JNU and M Tech (Computer Science) from IIT Kharagpur.
He is a regular speaker at number of conferences in India on Cyber Security including BSides Delhi , ET CISO, ISMG, CSO Forum and CISO Platform and has been felicitated as one of India’s Top IT Security Influencer and Community Contributors by CISO Platform. He has written various articles and published research papers in leading journals. Currently he is CISO of Max Life Insurance where he heads Cyber Security ,Privacy Protection and Business Continuity verticals. He has had a chequered career in the Armed Forces where he led a Information Warfare unit and was awarded Chief of Army Staff medal twice for his exceptional contribution in the filed one Information Security. He holds certifications in field of Project Management (PMP), Cyber Security Management (CISM), Information Security frameworks (ISO 27001 LA) and Cloud Security (CCSK). He is a member of various Industry bodies including ISACA, PMI, CCICI and (ISC)2. He is a keen photographer, passionate traveller and avid golfer. |
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Day 1 – 23 September | 12 PM IST
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12:00 pm |
Welcome Message & Opening Keynote -CSA Resources & Trends Jim REAVIS, Co-Founder & CEO, CSA |
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12:45 pm |
Security Implementation Acceleration in the Fast Lane of Digital Transformation Ramesh Narayanaswamy, CTO, Aditya Birla Capital Significant acceleration in digital transformation implementation in the last four months , along with regulatory changes has created a need to change some of the data / cyber security strategies . In this session we will learn about what are the key steps that needs to be taken to course correct the short term and long term needs of the organization from a security point of view. |
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1:30 pm |
Harmonizing Serverless Security - Principles, Patterns and Controls Madhav Chablani, Chairman, CSA NCR Chapter Serverless architecture aims at changing the economic model of cloud computing, with the hope of introducing efficiency and cost savings. Serverless computing means that there are no servers to manage services. Hence in a serverless world, one no longer has to work on an operating system level. With the complexity of this business model, it is imperative that industry best practices are established to provide companies with guidelines to achieve compliance and security, that developers can effortlessly work with and employers are able to evaluate developers' work, and perceive the serverless architectural model at the same time. |
Day 2 – 24 September | 12 PM IST
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12:00 pm |
Welcome Message Dr. Hing-Yan LEE, EVP APAC, CSA Blockchain Use Cases & their Documentation Ashish MEHTA, Co -chair, CSA Blockchain WG This presentation will showcase the optimum way to document & identify a use case and whether deployment in the blockchain makes sense or not. Also,it will be sharing some of the use cases which the CSA Blockchain Working group has worked on and published in a peer-reviewed document available for the wider global cybersecurity community to learn from when they are actually deploying blockchains in their enterprises. |
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1:00 pm |
CCM Addendum - Mapping of ABS Cloud Computing Implementation Guide 2.0 to CCM Arun VIVEK, Head of Cloud & Container Security – Cyber Security Services, Standard Chartered Bank |
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1:45 pm |
Panel Discussion : Impact of COVID-19 on Cloud Adoption & Security The lockdown has been an inflexion point in the adoption of cloud computing; we have observed increased usage and adoption. The increased usage as well as new cloud adoption during the current crisis is a positive outcome of the lockdown. The distinguished panel from APAC & India will offer their views and perspectives. Moderator: Vandana VERMA (Global Board of Directors at OWASP and President at InfosecGirls) Panelists: Satyavathi DIVADRI (Chairman, CSA Bangalore Chapter) Dr. Eiji SASAHARA (ED, CSA Japan Chapter) Dr. Hing-Yan LEE (EVP APAC, CSA) |
Day 3 – 25 September | 12 PM IST
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12:00 pm |
Welcome Message Ekta MISHRA, APAC Membership Director & Country Manager - India Software Eats Security : Zero Trust Software Defined Perimeter Keith PRABHU, Chair, CSA Mumbai Chapter Software is eating the world and information security is no different. The network perimeter no longer exists. Traditional IP based security can be blind-sided to evolving attacks. Software based perimeter enhances authentication capabilities. Benefits of SDP approach to Zero Trust. Components required for implementation |
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1:00 pm |
CSA STAR – The New Paradigm for Measuring Security, Privacy and Governance in the cloud John DIMARIA (Assurance Investigatory Fellow, CSA) When a paradigm shifts, you cannot ignore change and count on past success. New technology can revolutionize a market, creating a tectonic shift in accepted practice. The advent of the Cloud to date has been such an advancement in technology and optimization of its capability the need for flexible access have led to an increase in business demand for cloud computing along with increased security and privacy concerns. How organizations evaluate Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) has become key to providing increased levels of assurance transparency. John DiMaria; CSAs Assurance Investigatory Fellow and one of the key innovators in the evolution of CSA STAR, will discuss the history behind the vison and take you on journey down the road through the three levels of the Open Certification Framework (OCF), but more importantly how it helps organizations optimize processes, reduce costs, decrease risk while meeting the continuing rigorous international demands on cloud services. |
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1:45 pm |
Panel Discussion : Are you Prepared for the Changing Cybersecurity Threat Landscape? Moderator: Satyavathi Divadri (Chairman, CSA Bangalore Chapter) Panelists : Sridhar GOVARDHAN (Senior Director and Head of Information Security at Flipkart) Sunil DAVID (Regional Director, IOT, AT&T) Vikas YADAV (CISO, Nykaa.com) |