The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, hosted its Inaugural CSA Hyderabad Summit on 26 September 2018 at the Lemon Tree Premier Hotel. The Summit attracted over 320 C-levels, government dignitaries, and decision makers and featured a launch of the CSA Hyderabad Chapter. CSA regional chapters are essential to CSA’s mission to promote the secure adoption of cloud computing.
Dr. Lee Hing-Yan, Executive Vice President of CSA APAC, and Dr. Amar Prasad Reddy, Director General National at Cyber Safety & Security Standards opened the Summit addressing both international and local insights on Cloud Security respectively. The event was also attended by high-profile individuals in the tech and IT industry. The Summit delivered a total of 11 presentations from renowned speakers, experts, and thought leaders, addressing hot topics such as Cloud Adoption in Enterprises, DevSecOps approach to Cloud Security, Can Blockchain deliver on IoT and Cloud Security?, Data Privacy in Cloud, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) and Connected Vehicle Security.
Dr. Lee Hing-Yan, Executive Vice President of CSA APAC, and Dr. Amar Prasad Reddy, Director General National at Cyber Safety & Security Standards opened the Summit addressing both international and local insights on Cloud Security respectively. The event was also attended by high-profile individuals in the tech and IT industry. The Summit delivered a total of 11 presentations from renowned speakers, experts, and thought leaders, addressing hot topics such as Cloud Adoption in Enterprises, DevSecOps approach to Cloud Security, Can Blockchain deliver on IoT and Cloud Security?, Data Privacy in Cloud, Cloud Access Security Brokers (CASBs) and Connected Vehicle Security.
Presentations were made by the industry’s notable thought leaders in cloud, who spoke on topics such as:
The Summit was made possible by sponsorship from Trend Micro and Cognizant Technology Solutions. As a part of the Summit, CSA also organized a CXO Dinner for C-suites on the theme of “Cloud Security”. The dinner was sponsored by F5.
For more info about the CSA Hyderabad Summit visit https://www.csaapac.org/hydsummit2018.html
To join the CSA Hyderabad Chapter, please contact: Sreeman Mishra [email protected] or Sanga Venkata Suresh [email protected]
About Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security- specific research, education, certification, events and products. CSA’s activities, knowledge and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud — from providers and customers, to governments, entrepreneurs and the assurance industry — and provide a forum through which diverse parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem.
- Dr. Amar Prasad Reddy (Director General, National Cyber Safety & Security Standards) talked about the importance of Cloud Security in Governance in India.
- “Securing Connected Vehicles” – Satyavathi Divadari (Director – Cyber Security, Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd) talked about the evolution of smart connected vehicles, vulnerabilities in the system and suggested recommendations to secure them. Session also included case studies of attacks on connected vehicles and detailed discussion on the root causes.
- “Can Blockchain deliver on IoT and Cloud Security?” - Inderjith Develur (Group CIO, KIMS Hospitals Pvt Ltd) talked about the rapid proliferation of IoT devices and cloud options for public health records (PHR), asked if blockchain technology has what it takes to provide the much needed security. But can it? Will it? What are the challenges? What will change for Blockchain in the next 5 years? Can PHR and IoT become a viable and safe reality?
- “Data Privacy in Cloud” - The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other privacy laws are leading the evolving regulatory landscape, creating unease across organizations globally in the journey to cloud. Subhajit De (CISO, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories) outlined data privacy and security governance best practices for cloud migrations.
- “Global Digital Health Infrastructure and Future of India-Japan Partnership” - Dr. Eiji Sasahara (Executive Director, CSA Japan Chapter) introduced the landscape of digital health infrastructure and cloud adoption in Japan, and Refer to Business Opportunities of Japan-India Collaboration by utilizing CSA's Cross-Chapter Resources.
The Summit was made possible by sponsorship from Trend Micro and Cognizant Technology Solutions. As a part of the Summit, CSA also organized a CXO Dinner for C-suites on the theme of “Cloud Security”. The dinner was sponsored by F5.
For more info about the CSA Hyderabad Summit visit https://www.csaapac.org/hydsummit2018.html
To join the CSA Hyderabad Chapter, please contact: Sreeman Mishra [email protected] or Sanga Venkata Suresh [email protected]
About Cloud Security Alliance
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining and raising awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment. CSA harnesses the subject matter expertise of industry practitioners, associations, governments, and its corporate and individual members to offer cloud security- specific research, education, certification, events and products. CSA’s activities, knowledge and extensive network benefit the entire community impacted by cloud — from providers and customers, to governments, entrepreneurs and the assurance industry — and provide a forum through which diverse parties can work together to create and maintain a trusted cloud ecosystem.