Agenda -c0c0n @16

October 4-7, 2023
Grand Hyatt, Kochi, India

Day 3  - ( 06 Oct, 2023 )

  • TRACK 01

    Management, GRC,
    Policy, Strategy, Legal

  • TRACK 02

    Technology | Innovation |
    Research

  • TRACK 03

    FinTech

  • TRACK 04

    Activity Villages
    and CTF Competitions

  • TRACK 05

    Law Enforcement Agencies
    (LEA)

  • TRACK CCSE

    Counter Child Sexual
    Exploitation TRACK

08:00 - 10:00 IST

REGISTRATION

10:00 IST

National Anthem

10:00 - 10:06 IST

Manoj Abraham IPS

Addl. Director General of Police, Intelligence , Government of Kerala , India

WELCOME ADDRESS

Manoj Abraham IPS

Manoj Abraham IPS

Addl. Director General of Police, Intelligence

Government of Kerala

India

10:07 - 10:19 IST

T K Rajan

Chief General Manager , Department of Supervision, RBI , India

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 1

T K Rajan

T K Rajan

Chief General Manager

Department of Supervision, RBI

India


Mr T K Rajan currently works as Chief General Manager (CGM) in the Department of Supervision (DoS), in RBI. A career central banker, he completed his academic qualifications as Bachelor of Technology (B Tech) in Civil Engineering and Master of Business Administration (MBA). He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB).
He has over 30 years’ experience in Central Banking covering areas relating to Banking Supervision, Information Technology and Financial Markets.
Mr Rajan has attended training and delivered lectures in the above areas in training institutes and in central banking forums both in India and abroad

10:22 - 10:32 IST

Lt General MU Nair, AVSM, SM

National Cyber Security Coordinator , Government Of India

KEYNOTE ADDRESS 2

Lt General MU Nair, AVSM, SM

Lt General MU Nair, AVSM, SM

National Cyber Security Coordinator

Government Of India


Lt General MU Nair, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal is an internationally recognised Cybersecurity mentor, who has recently tenanted the prestigious appointment of National Cyber Security Coordinator in the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India. In this capacity he was responsible for coordinating all activities across multiple sectors to ensure a secure and resilient cyberspace within the nation.

General Nair was commissioned into the Corps of Signals of the Indian Army on 15 December 1984. He is a graduate of the National Defence Academy, Pune and a post graduate from the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India. He holds a degree in Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the Jawaharlal Nehru University and two Master of Philosophy degrees on Defence and Strategic Studies from Indore University and the Madras University.

He has extensive experience in operational planning at tactical and strategic levels and has attended the Army Higher Command Course from the Army War College, Mhow, and the prestigious National Defence College, New Delhi. He has held multiple command and staff assignments and has served along India’s Northern and Western borders. As a Colonel, he has managed operational logistics for an Infantry Division along the Western borders, and was responsible for planning of operations in Network and Electro Magnetic Spectrum domain as a Director at the Military Operations, Directorate of the Indian Army.

His area of specialisation includes development of information and communication technology, cyber, space, cryptology and intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance applications. He has been the Chief Information Security Officer of the Ministry of Defence and of the Indian Armed Forces, and has been responsible for protection of critical information infrastructure in defence domain, as part of one of his responsibilities. He has represented the Indian Armed Forces at several meetings at National and International levels, and has been part of working groups on Cyber Security and Technology related issues. He was instrumental in raising of the Indian Defence Cyber Agency, and subsequently headed the Signal Intelligence Directorate of the Indian Armed Forces. He has the rare distinction of being a Chief of Staff of an Operation Corps along Indian Northern borders, besides being a Chief of Staff of the Indian Army’s Central Command at Lucknow. He has been the Commandant of the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering at Mhow from December 2020 to June 2022, during which time he was instrumental in establishment of the 5G Test Bed and the Centre of Excellence for AI at the College.

During his last assignment as the Signal Officer in Chief he was responsible for induction of new technologies in ICT domain for the Armed Forces and over saw the fructification of a large number of projects. He was the technical advisor on niche technology domains for Armed Forces and responsible for conduct of Network Centric Operations.

He took over as India’s third National Cyber Security Coordinator, on 01 July 2023.

He has also held the post of Government Director on the Board for M/s ITI Ltd and has been a member of the National Level Apex Committee on Development of 6G Communication constituted by the Government of India.

10:33 - 10:40 IST

K. N. Unnikrishnan

Hon’ble MLA , State of Kerala , India

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS

K. N. Unnikrishnan

K. N. Unnikrishnan

Hon’ble MLA

State of Kerala

India

10:41 - 10:44 IST

INAUGURATION BY Drum Beating when some more guests will come on to stage and all will beat drums together

10:45 - 11:00 IST

Shri. Arif Mohammed Khan

The Hon'ble Governor , Kerala State , India

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

Shri. Arif Mohammed Khan

Shri. Arif Mohammed Khan

The Hon'ble Governor

Kerala State

India





11:00 IST

WITNESS THE JETSUIT DEMO OUTSIDE THE VENUE

Murli Nambiar

Murli Nambiar

CISO

State Bank of India

India





Vishal Salvi

Vishal Salvi

Chief Executive Officer

Quick Heal Technologies Limited

India

Vishal Salvi is the Chief Executive Officer at Quick Heal Technologies Limited. Vishal has donned Cybersecurity and IT leadership roles at premier organizations such as Infosys, HDFC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank for nearly three decades.


Jacxine Fernandez

Jacxine Fernandez

VP - Information Security

Bangalore International Airport Ltd

India





A Shiju Rawther

A Shiju Rawther

Head - Information Technology

SBI MUTUAL FUND

  


A leader with major operating tenets as driving technology transformation through thought leadership, innovation, analytics & delivering value to stakeholders.

Shiju is global technology leader who has been instrumental in driving the technology transformations for business in the range of to multi Billion USD as revenues. He has been key player at Organisations which have been on an average 30% growth year on year.

Currently spearheading the IT function, strategies and designing the digital roadmap for Poonawalla Finance, a group company of Dr Cyrus Poonawalla Group and India’s leading financial services conglomerate and designated as Chief Information Officer.

Key achievements in the earlier stints include setting up of the complete IT Infrastructure, Application deployment and security operations including SOC from the scratch for two start up MNCs in India viz., Gateway Terminals India and Fullerton India. Implemented Virtualisation on Open platform, which was the first of its kind in India. Automated the Business Continuity by building robust DR setup with seamless switch over from Primary site to DR site.

He is also associated with Cyberdome ranked as Commander, Public Private Partnership initiative started by Kerala Police to combat Cyber Threats.

Shiju is also Technology Advisory Board Member for top security OEM’s & few Financial institution in India & abroad.

Shiju was recognised as “Security Leader of the Year - Financial Services” in December 2016 by DSCI, NASSCOM.

He holds a Engineering Degree in Computer Science & Engineering and Management Degree in IT. Certified Ethical Hacker, Prominent Speakers and contributes inputs to many security forums for combating cyber threats. Recognized as Most Innovative CIO’s of India, Top 100 CISO’s & CSO’s consistently over last many years by various media groups.


Sridhar Govardhan

Sridhar Govardhan

Senior Vice President

and Head of Information Security

CoinDCX

I have overall of 22 years in business-critical domain of cyber defence, data protection and regulatory compliance and extensive hands-on knowledge of all leading information security technology.
• Cyber Incident Response
• SIEM Platform
• Product Security
• Risk Management
• Security Process Governance
• Enterprise Security Architecture
• IT Security & Infrastructure Management
• Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Planning
• Security Framework
• Security Compliance
• Strategy Planning
• Information Security Awareness
• Security Solutioning
• Technology & Process Audits
• Cyber Defence
• Vulnerability Management
• Information Privacy
I have acquired 11 industry-recognized certifications in the domains of IT, Information Security, Cyber Security Framework and Secure Enterprise Architecture (CFE, CISA, CISM, SABSA, CDPSE).
I have worked as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of large IT/ITES organization in my previous job and currently Head of Information Security in large Internet technology company. I hold a bachelor’s degree in engineering and MTech from BITS Pilani. I have three patents (pending) in Cognitive Security. Sridhar has co-authored a book on “Insider Threat” published by Forbes Asia and DSCI. I hold numerous awards and accolades from the industry bodies and consortiums.
I am currently associated as industry expert, mentor and faculty in specialized training institutes and university, I am involved from course design, board of studies and being faculty and mentoring students.


11:00 - 12:00 IST

Murli Nambiar

CISO , State Bank of India , India


Vishal Salvi

Chief Executive Officer , Quick Heal Technologies Limited , India

Jacxine Fernandez

VP - Information Security , Bangalore International Airport Ltd , India

A Shiju Rawther

Head - Information Technology , SBI MUTUAL FUND ,   

Sridhar Govardhan

Senior Vice President , and Head of Information Security , CoinDCX

[PANEL DISCUSSION] nGen Cyber Threats - 2024 and Beyond: Embracing Chaos, Taking Charge

Moderator : Murli Nambiar

Vishal Salvi

Jacxine Fernandez

A Shiju Rawther

Sridhar Govardhan

12:00 - 12:30 IST

Suvin Mullaseril

Manager Networks Systems Engineering , South India and Sri Lanka , Palo Alto Networks

Cybersecurity in the Era of AI

Suvin Mullaseril

Suvin Mullaseril

Manager Networks Systems Engineering

South India and Sri Lanka

Palo Alto Networks

An accomplished and recognised Cybersecurity Architect and Evangelist with 19 years of multidisciplinary experience, equipped to guide organisations towards improved security outcomes, with a keen understanding of the business and technical needs that organisations have. I firmly believe that Cybersecurity can function as a business enabler with the right approach across product adoption and services. A skilled collaborator and orator, I now lead the Palo Alto Networks Systems Engineering team for South India and Sri Lanka.


12:30 - 13:00 IST

Kumar Ritesh

Founder, Chairman and CEO , CYFIRMA , India

Time To Choose - Conventional CTI Or NextGen External Threat Landscape Management

Kumar Ritesh

Kumar Ritesh

Founder, Chairman and CEO

CYFIRMA

India




13:00 - 14:00 IST

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:30 IST

Jaydev Joshi

Cyber Threat Researcher , Fortinet , India

Simran Kothari

Sr. Cyber Threat Analyst , Fortinet , India

Russia-Ukraine Warfare – A Shift in Cyber Threat Landscape

Jaydev Joshi

Jaydev Joshi

Jaydev Joshi is currently working as Cyber Threat Researcher at ForƟnet. He specialises in HUMINT and Dark Web Analysis, along with a keen interest in the research of APT groups and their dynamics. He had the honour of being a Senior member at the NaƟonal Cadet Corps (NCC - Army Wing) and has volunteered and judged mulƟple CTFs. He is also an operaƟonal member of the Hackers Meet-up and Null Pune Chapter.

Simran Kothari

Simran Kothari

Sr. Cyber Threat Analyst

Fortinet

India

Simran Kothari is working as Senior Cyber Threat Analyst at ForƟnet. She has a deep passion for understanding and navigaƟng the complex world of geo-poliƟcal issues. With extensive experience and experƟse in this field, she has had the privilege of collaboraƟng with esteemed organizaƟons such as the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), and the Embassy of Afghanistan. Notably, she contributed significantly to the implementaƟon of their 'Neighbourhood First Policy', which aims to foster stronger relaƟonships and promote cooperaƟon among neighbouring naƟons.

14:30 - 15:00 IST

Lt. Cdr. Antony KM (Retd.)

Vice President (Internal Audits - Cyber Security) , NAB Innovation Centre , India

Subduing Adversaries with Information Superiority

Lt. Cdr. Antony KM (Retd.)

Lt. Cdr. Antony KM (Retd.)

Vice President (Internal Audits - Cyber Security)

NAB Innovation Centre

India

Lt Commander Antony KM is a senior Auditor in NAB India looking after cyber security and payments technology Internal Audit. He has over 15 years of varied experience both from corporate and military in Information Security and Cyber Warfare. He is vertically specialized in Cyber Security domains having hands-on experience in Offensive Cyber Operations. He worked as a Director for Cyber Risk Advisory business in PWC India, looking after the Threat and Vulnerability Management portfolio. He has experience in consulting multiple high domestic and international clients in areas like Red Team Operations, Purple Teaming, Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing, and security compliance audits. He has advised CIOs, CISOs, and different stakeholders of many leading IT and non IT corporates on Design, Implementation, and Governance of critical information & cyber assets. Prior to this role, as a Senior Manager of General Electric, Antony has headed the Identity Access Management Operations of India.

He served for over a decade in the Indian Navy, he was a Naval Information Warfare (IW) Expert involved in securing complete spectrum of information and cyber assets of the Navy. He is an almanac of the prestigious Indian Naval academy and specialized in Advanced Information Warfare from the meritorious Signal School of Indian Navy situated in Southern Naval Command, Kochi. He held many operational, technical, managerial and leadership positions covering a wide array of Information and Cyber Operations. He has been part of the erstwhile IW Cell (presently called as the Navy Cyber Group). He has been instrumental in many deterrence operations, red team assessment, and external audits in the Navy.

15:00 - 15:20 IST

Emerging crimes and threat landscape in cyber domain and the need for international cooperation.

Kiran Sivakumar IPS




15:20 - 15:40 IST

TEA BREAK

15:40 - 16:00 IST

Sunil Varkey

Cyber Security Thought Leadership , Former CISO Wipro & Idea , Former CTO Symantec & Forescout

Survivability in the Cyber World

Sunil Varkey

Sunil Varkey

Cyber Security Thought Leadership

Former CISO Wipro & Idea

Former CTO Symantec & Forescout



Over 27 years of leadership experience specialized in Information Cyber Security with large corporates in Banking, Telecom, ITES, software and Manufacturing in Middle East, US & India.

Sunil was Forescout CTO for its EMEA & APJ, prior to this he led Cyber Security Assessment and Testing for HSBC, he also worked with Symantec as CTO and Strategist, Wipro as Global CISO and Fellow, as Head of Security and Privacy at Idea Cellular, and in GE, Barclays and SABB.

Academically, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics engineering with an MBA. He is also CISSP, CIPP/US, GSNA, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, SCF, ABCP, ITIL- V2 manager and Six Sigma GB certified.

He has participated in various advisory forums globally, and published and presented various articles sessions related to the information assurance domain. Multiple patent applications of him, on Information security are currently in consideration with patent offices.


16:00 - 16:30 IST

Dr. Altaf Shaik

Senior Security Researcher , Technische Universität Berlin , Germany

Securing the Future: Addressing Cybersecurity Challenges in the Age of 5G

Dr. Altaf Shaik

Dr. Altaf Shaik

Senior Security Researcher

Technische Universität Berlin

Germany

Dr. Altaf Shaik is a senior research scientist at the Technische Universität Berlin in Germany, and conducts advanced research in telecommunications esp., in 6G security architecture, OpenRAN, and 5G radio access and core network security. He holds more than 11 years of experience in Telecom security and combines a professional background in embedded programming, wireless communications, and offensive network security. Dr. Shaik spent his career as a security engineer and expert at various leading telecommunication companies including Gemalto (currently Thales), Deutsche Telekom (Germany), and Huawei Technologies (Sweden).

His PhD research assisted in improving the 3GPP 4G security standards and also exposed several vulnerabilities in commercial mobile networks affecting millions of base stations, networks, and handsets worldwide.

His post-doctoral research exposed vulnerable API designs in latest 5G networks and slicing vulnerabilities in the 5G security specifications leading to serious attacks.

Dr. Shaik is a frequent speaker at various prestigious international security conferences such as Blackhat USA & Europe, T2, SECT, Nullcon, Hardware.io and HITB, and many others. His accomplishments landed him in the hall of fame of organizations like Google, Qualcomm, Huawei, and GSMA. He is also the founder of Kaitiaki labs and FastIoT that trains internationally various companies and governmental organizations in exploit development and also building secure mobile and IoT networks including their testing and security assessment.

16:30 - 17:00 IST

Dr. Mahesh Kalyanaraman

Associate Vice President - Risk and Compliance , HCL Technologies , India

Influence of Artificial Intelligence in GRC Space

Dr. Mahesh Kalyanaraman

Dr. Mahesh Kalyanaraman

Associate Vice President - Risk and Compliance

HCL Technologies

India



Adv. D. Prem Kamath

Adv. D. Prem Kamath

Advocate & Techno-Legal Consultant

High Court of Kerala

A Lawyer practicing in the High Court of Kerala, with 25 years standing at the Bar. He is passionate about cybercrimes, cyber security, data privacy, e-commerce, social media, digital marketing and the allied.
Clearly, information technology law is a niche practice and he has made an immense impact as an expert with International exposure, in providing Workshops/Training/Lectures contrived based on the targeted audience.
He is a frequent lecturer to Academic Institutions, Law Enforcement Agencies, the IT Industry and Corporates. He has been an invited speaker at various National & International conferences, seminars and workshops related to CYBER LAW and other allied subjects. His experience also includes drafting policies, frameworks and regulations in various aspects of IT Law mainly for the Government and Private sectors.

K Kamaneesh

K Kamaneesh

Special Judge NIA Cases

Ernakulam

India

I entered into the judicial service as a (Munsiff-Magistrate) in 2000. Right now functioning as a special judge for NIA Cases in Ernakulam.

I am also Trainer of trainers under the eCourt project for the state of kerala, and have conducted almost more than 50 training sessions for Judicial officesrs in Kerala, and for judicial officers in the states of chathisgarh, as well as Tamilnadu. Apart from that, many academic sessions have been conducted by me on various topics for advocates, topics ranging from the e initiatives of the the supreme court, the disciplines of digital evidence, gender legislations and other regular legal aspects from the functional area point of view. classes have been conducted by me for various organizations including the bar Council, UGC programs, many academic institutions, statutory organizations, judicial Academies etc.

Dr. Swapnil Bangali

Dr. Swapnil Bangali

President & Founder Trustee, Vishwaguru Foundation, Vadodara

Honorary Director, Centre for Information Communication Technology and Law, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai

 

Dr. Swapnil Bangali completed his LL.B. from Symbiosis Law School, Pune and enrolled himself as an Advocate in Bar Council of Maharashtra & Goa in 2004. He completed his LL.M. in Constitutional Law and Legal Order in 2006 from Symbiosis Law School, Pune. Simultaneously, he completed his DLL&LW, DTL and DIPL. In 2005, he cleared the examination of Judicial Magistrate in the State of Maharashtra. Dr. Swapnil has a keen interest in academics and research. He is a former Associate Professor from School of Law, Auro University, Surat and also worked as a faculty in Symbiosis Law School, Pune. In 2006, he passed UGC-NET. He completed the Winter School Certificate Program on Cyber Security and Cyber Law at Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar and was awarded as the Best Participant for the same in 2012. He was invited in Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin (Germany) in 2015 to deliver sessions on Police Law and Constitutional Law. He was awarded with a Doctorate by Symbiosis International University in the field of Information Technology Law in 2016. He has achieved a fit of delivering more than 150 guest lectures and sessions on various platforms in various institutions and universities of high repute in India and abroad.

He authored a book on “Law Relating to Contraventions under the Information Technology Act, 2000” which is forwarded by Adv. Ujjwal Nikam, Special Public Prosecutor, Government of Maharashtra. He had presented many papers on contemporary issues in law in various national and international seminars and conferences. He is Invitee Reviewer for the International Journal for Public Policy which is a scopus journal published by Inderscience and the Editorial Board Member for Journal of Army Law College and External Peer Reviewer for Alliance Journal of Corporate and Commercial Laws. Dr. Swapnil has published numerous articles in various refereed and reputed National and International Journals.

He is currently Honorary Director, Centre for Information Communication Technology and Law, Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai. He is also Member of General Council, Standing Committee, Executive Council, Finance Committee, Research Council and Academic Council for Maharashtra National University Mumbai. He is member of Centre for Post Graduate Legal Studies in Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai.

Adv. (Dr.) Swapnil Bangali is instrumental in training the accredited agencies such as IRS Officers, Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate in National Academy of Direct Taxes, Nagpur for the Digital Evidence and legal issues for last one decade. He was involved in training IDAS officers in National Academy for Defense Financial Management, Pune. He has trained various stock market experts, Grievance Redressal Committees of Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange in National Institute of Securities Management. He is involved in the training of CGST, Customs and police officers in the Police Training Centre at Khandala, National Academy of Customs, Indirect Tax and Narcotics Zonal Campus Vadodara and the Police Officers and Public Prosecutors in State of Maharashtra in Maharashtra Police Academy, Nashik.


Rahul Sharma

Rahul Sharma

Founder

The Perspective & Grade Ace

India

Rahul is founder – The PerspectiveTM & Grade AceTM with more than fourteen years experience working in Technology, Public Policy, Cyber Security & Privacy space, engaging with a range of stakeholder locally and globally to address the challenges in the evolving cyber ecosystem & value add as a Trusted Advisor. He recently worked as Cyber Security Liaison – Partner in International Business, Hague Security Delta, Netherlands in India & as Country Leader- India for International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Rahul also worked as ‘Senior non key Expert’ on 'International Digital Cooperation-Enhanced Data Protection and Data Flows' project with Directorate – General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) European Commission.

Rahul is member of Working Group (WG) on “Anonymization of Data" set forth by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India and member of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) WG that developed Indian Standard on Data Privacy (IS 17428). In his past role, Rahul has worked with Data Security Council of India (DSCI) anchored its policy, privacy, standards, government and international relations functions. Rahul undertakes various sessions for corporates and govt agencies such as iCISA (CAG of India), NLU and NLIU, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, CBI Academy on Cyber Security, Data Protection, Cyber Laws, Internet Governance etc. He has authored various articles and talks frequently on the subject.

Previously, he worked as a senior security analyst with HCL Technologies and as a telecom engineer with Nokia Siemens Network. He holds Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from Indraprastha University in New Delhi.

Rahul has been fellow:
a) International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)- Dept. of State, US Govt, 2018
b) Global Governance Futures - Data Governance (GGF 2027) – Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), Berlin, Germany, 2017
c) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) – 2013 and 2014


Dinesh O Bareja

Dinesh O Bareja

Cybersecurity GRC Specialist

V-CISO. ISMS. Certified CISA, CISM, IRCA Internal Auditor

India



17:00 - 17:40 IST

Adv. D. Prem Kamath

Advocate & Techno-Legal Consultant , High Court of Kerala


K Kamaneesh

Special Judge NIA Cases , Ernakulam , India

Dr. Swapnil Bangali

President & Founder Trustee, Vishwaguru Foundation, Vadodara , Honorary Director, Centre for Information Communication Technology and Law, Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai ,  

Rahul Sharma

Founder , The Perspective & Grade Ace , India

Dinesh O Bareja

Cybersecurity GRC Specialist , V-CISO. ISMS. Certified CISA, CISM, IRCA Internal Auditor , India

[PANEL DISCUSSION] Power of Control: Navigating the PDP Act

Moderator : Adv. D. Prem Kamath

K Kamaneesh

Dr. Swapnil Bangali

Rahul Sharma

Dinesh O Bareja

10:45 - 11:00 IST

TEA BREAK

11:00 - 11:45 IST

Abhijith B R [Abx]

Founder at Adversary Village , Professional Hacker and Offensive Security Specialist , India

Playing cat and mouse with the Adversary: Sometimes a breach is inevitable

Abhijith B R [Abx]

Abhijith B R [Abx]

Founder at Adversary Village

Professional Hacker and Offensive Security Specialist

India

Abhijith B R also known by the pseudonym Abx, has more than a decade of experience in the offensive cyber security industry. He is a professional hacker and offensive cyber security specialist, security researcher, trainer and public speaker.
Currently, he is involved with multiple companies as an independent consultant, helping them with improving their current security posture and help bridge the gap between business leadership and cyber security professionals.
He was responsible for building and managing offensive security operations and adversary simulation for a prominent FinTech company called Envestnet, Inc. In the past, he held the position of Deputy Manager - Cyber Security at Nissan Motor Corporation, and prior to that, he worked as a Senior Security Analyst at EY.
As the founder of Adversary Village he spearheads a community-driven initiative exclusively focused on adversary simulation, adversary tactics, purple teaming, threat actor/ransomware research-emulation, and offensive-adversary tradecraft. Adversary Village actively organizes villages at prominent events such as the DEF CON Hacking Conference, RSA Conference etc.
Abhijith act as the Lead Organizer of an official DEF CON Group, DC0471. He is actively involved in leading the Tactical Adversary project an initiative that centers around adversary attack simulation and red teaming tradecraft.

11:45 - 12:15 IST

Anshu Kumar

Senior MTS in Security Product Engineering team , VMware , India

Pavan Sorab

Senior MTS in Security Product Engineering team , VMware , India

Taking a Closer Look at CI/CD Pipeline Logs: Extracting Security-Related Information with Build Inspector

Anshu Kumar

Anshu Kumar

Anshu Kumar Senior Member of Technical Staff, VMware Anshu Kumar is a Senior Information Security Engineer in the security product team at VMware. She has over a decade of experience in the industry . Currently working in security domain with previous international work experience with infrastructure and mobile development teams as software developer. At VMware she develops and maintain security products that enhance the effectiveness of existing tools, enable integrations, and provide frameworks for other teams to access critical security and compliance information.


Pavan Sorab

Pavan Sorab

Senior MTS in Security Product Engineering team

VMware

India

Pavan Sorab is a Senior Information Security Engineer with over 10 years of experience in software development and information security. He has a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Visvesvaraya Technological University. Pavan is currently working in VMware where he focuses on VMware's SaaS transformation by driving automation and optimization throughout the Security community at VMware and producing scalable, reusable components to standardize tools and platforms making security more accessible for all. In the course of experience he has worked on developing various security management tools such as vulnerability management tool, compliance management tool and attack surface framework.


12:15 - 13:00 IST

Ayush Priya

Lead Cloud & Data Security Engineer , CRED , India

Mitigating SSRF at scale the right way with IMDSv2!

Ayush Priya

Ayush Priya

Lead Cloud & Data Security Engineer

CRED

India

Ayush is a Cyber Security Engineer specialising in Cloud and Data Security, and DevSecOps practices. He loves to develop automation for security controls and processes. He has delivered talks at various conferences and security communities like GrayHat'20, and Cyber Security Global Summit to name a few. He also contributes to the OWASP Ranchi chapter as the Chapter Lead. He currently works at CRED as a cloud & data security engineer.

13:00 - 14:00 IST

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:30 IST

Sakshi Bhutani

Cloud Architect , Google Cloud , India

The new way to be secure

Sakshi Bhutani

Sakshi Bhutani

Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

India



14:30 - 15:15 IST

Finding gadgets to take control of your computer

MAILLARD Pierre-François

MAILLARD Pierre-François

TCG CREST

Pierre-François Maillard is a French engineer specialized in the field of cyber security who is currently doing a PhD at TCG CREST in India. During his education, he actively collaborated with the CVO laboratory (Operational Cryptology and Virology) with a particular focus on the UEFI systems. Furthermore, he has gained experience in industrial cybersecurity while working in various companies. As a result of his research, he has written a series of three articles in MISC, a top French cybersecurity magazine, about the UEFI. He has also led several workshops and conferences regarding network and operating systems at C0c0n.

15:15 - 15:30 IST

TEA BREAK

15:30 - 16:00 IST

Kumar Ashwin

Security Engineer , DeepSource , India

Surviving In Dependency Hell

Kumar Ashwin

Kumar Ashwin

Security Engineer

DeepSource

India

Kumar Ashwin is a skilled information security professional with a focus on web security, cloud security, and DevSecOps. He actively participates in various security communities, including The Open Security Community, Winja, and DEFCON Cloud Village, by speaking at meetups and creating CTFs. Ashwin has also spoken at conferences such as x33fcon, BSides and c0c0n. As an offensive security specialist, Ashwin excels in identifying vulnerabilities and preventing attacks. His expertise has helped numerous organizations improve their security posture and protect their assets.


16:00 - 16:30 IST

Dr. Panchami V

Head of the Department , CSE- Cyber Security , Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam , India

Mahima Mary Mathews

Research Scholar, CSE Department, IIIT , Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam , India

A Secure Privacy-Preserving Lightweight Authentication Scheme for Internet of Medical Things

Dr. Panchami V

Dr. Panchami V

Dr. Panchami.V, HoD, CSE-Cyber Security Department, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam. She is the founder and faculty incharge of CyberLabs IIIT Kottayam. Her research area includes Lightweight Cryptography, Authentication Schemes, Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Cryptanalysis using Quantum Algorithms and Network Security.
She has co-authored over 30 research publications that have been published in prestigious international journals and standard conferences. Dr. Panchami V is also an IEEE member, a member of ACM and a member of the editorial boards of various international journals and the technical program committees of several IEEE conferences. She serves as a reviewer and speaker for several reputed international conferences and IEEE journals. He is the Principal Investigator and a Co-Principal Investigator of many researchShe is the principal investigator for MeitY sponsored Quantum Computing Applications Lab (QCAL) and received the grant credits as well. She also obtained a research grant to access time to IonQ Trapped Ion Quantum Computer for the research proposal as part of IonQ research Credits Programme. She got NASSCOM award for the ‘Ladies Safety App’ and received best research paper award in various conferences. She also received the Young Woman Researcher in Cryptography, Awarded by Centre for Advanced Research and Design, Venus International Foundation, 2022.


Mahima Mary Mathews

Mahima Mary Mathews

Research Scholar, CSE Department, IIIT

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam

India

Mahima Mary Mathews received her B.Tech degree in Computer science and Engineering in 2011 and M.Tech degree in Computer science and Engineering with specialization in Data Security in 2016 with university first rank, both from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Ernaku lam, Kerala, India. She is currently pursuing her PhD in the area of Cryptography and Network Security, Quantum resistant Cryptography at IIIT Kottayam, Kerala, India. She worked as a Techno-Functional Consultant with Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. India from 2011 to 2014. From 2017 she is part of academia in teaching, research and development. Her research areas include Post-Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Cryptography, Quantum Communication, Quantum Computing, Quantum Cryptanalysis, Network Security, Forensics, Delay Tolerant Networks and Blockchain. Ms. Mathews is also the Research Coordinator and Consultant, CyberLabs IIIT Kottayam and is associated with multiple industry projects in the cyber security domain. She is the principal investigator of Quantum Computing research projects supported by the IonQ Research Credits Programme. She has published many papers and has received best paper awards.


16:30 - 17:00 IST

Anant Shrivastava

Information Scurity Professional , India

Expanding capability horizons : Homelabs and beyond

Anant Shrivastava

Anant Shrivastava

Information Scurity Professional

India

Anant Shrivastava is an information security professional with 15+ yrs of corporate experience in Network, Mobile, Application and Linux Security. Anant is an avid opensource supporter and runs multiple opensource projects prominent of them being TamerPlatform and CodeVigilant.

He contributes to multiple Open communities like null and Garage4Hackers. He has also helped establishing local chapter in his hometown null Bhopal

He has been a speaker and a trainer at a multitude of conferences such as Black Hat -USA/ASIA/EU, Defcon, Nullcon, c0c0n, Rootconf and many more).

He also participates in various communities as a cfp reviewer. Notable of them being Blackhat EU, nullcon, Rootconf by Hasgeek, recon village @ Defcon , cloud village @ defcon, Adversary Village @ defcon

His code contributions can be found on Github. He is active on Twitter and Fediverse and his talks and presentations can be found here. He writes about his experiments at his blog.

17:00 - 17:30 IST

David Baptiste

IT-Security Analyst & Researcher , ERNW - Ennor Rey Netzwerke GmbH , Germany

Beyond the Surface: A Comprehensive Look at Windows Driver Security Analysis

David Baptiste

David Baptiste

IT-Security Analyst & Researcher

ERNW - Ennor Rey Netzwerke GmbH

Germany

Dr. BapƟste David is an IT security specialist at ERNW, specialized in Windows operaƟng system. His research is mainly focused on malware analysis, reverse engineering, security of the Windows operaƟng system plaƞorm, kernel development and vulnerabiliƟes research. He also worked for couple of anƟvirus compagnies. He has given special courses and trainings in different universiƟes in Europe. Also, he gives regularly talks on different conferences including Black Hat USA, Defcon, Troopers, Zero Night, Cocon, EICAR, ECCWS…

11:00 - 11:45 IST

Prashant Chowdhary

Partner Technology Consulting , EY , India

Digital Personal Data Protection - Impact and Roadmap for Banking & Financial Sector

Prashant Chowdhary

Prashant Chowdhary

Partner Technology Consulting

EY

India



11:45 - 12:30 IST

Philip Varughese Vayarakunnil

Global Lead - Platforms, Architecture, Engineering, Automation, Analytics , DXC Security , India

Intelligent Defense and Autonomous Security - AI for Cyber & Cyber for AI

Philip Varughese Vayarakunnil

Philip Varughese Vayarakunnil

Global Lead - Platforms, Architecture, Engineering, Automation, Analytics

DXC Security

India



12:30 - 13:00 IST

Suresh Sharma

CISO - Head of Security , Payu Payments , India

Disruption in Fintech using Generative AI

Suresh Sharma

Suresh Sharma

CISO - Head of Security

Payu Payments

India



13:00 - 14:00 IST

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 14:30 IST

Georgie Kurien

CSO and Head of Assurance Services , SecnSure , India

Insider Threats - Best Practices and Common Pitfalls

Georgie Kurien

Georgie Kurien

CSO and Head of Assurance Services

SecnSure

India



Georgie Kurien

Georgie Kurien

CSO and Head of Assurance Services

SecnSure

India



Sreekumar Balachandran

Sreekumar Balachandran

Global IT Head

SunTec Group

India



V V Jacob

V V Jacob

Senior General Manager Systems

Malayala Manorama co pvt ltd

India



Balakrishnan A

Balakrishnan A

Executive Director

Geojit Financial Services Ltd

India



Sony A

Sony A

Senior General Manager & CIO

South Indian Bank

India



14:30 - 15:15 IST

Georgie Kurien

CSO and Head of Assurance Services , SecnSure , India

Sreekumar Balachandran

Global IT Head , SunTec Group , India

V V Jacob

Senior General Manager Systems , Malayala Manorama co pvt ltd , India

Balakrishnan A

Executive Director , Geojit Financial Services Ltd , India

Sony A

Senior General Manager & CIO , South Indian Bank , India

[PANEL DISCUSSION] Generative AI - An Industry Perspective

Moderator : Georgie Kurien

Sreekumar Balachandran

V V Jacob

Balakrishnan A

Sony A

15:30 - 15:45 IST

TEA BREAK

15:45 - 16:30 IST

Sunil Raveendran

Head Enterprise Architecture and Blockchain CoC; President India Blockchain Forum, Kerala Chapter , Allianz Technology , India

CBDC and future of Finance

Sunil Raveendran

Sunil Raveendran

Head Enterprise Architecture and Blockchain CoC; President India Blockchain Forum, Kerala Chapter

Allianz Technology

India

In his 21+ years of industry experience, he offered technical leadership on large-scale enterprise implementations in Fortune 100 companies across the globe. He is also responsible for evangelizing innovation and digital transformation in his current organization.

His most recent assignment was to lead the India team of one of the largest Blockchain Implementations in the Insurance industry, worldwide. His team is now listed in Forbes 50 Blockchain team, an elite list of Blockchain teams across the world.

He is also a speaker at national and international conferences on various topics including Blockchain, The Future of Work, and Central Bank digital currencies(CBDC).

Sunil is also an expert panel member of the Kerala Police CyberDome Capability upskilling program in the Crypto Currency domain. He conducted several sessions for officers across Kerala to bring awareness to the topic. He is currently the president of Kerala Chapter of India Blockchain Forum.

His regional expertise includes Japan, Europe, US, and India. Prior to joining Allianz Technology, he worked with Wipro Technologies and Cognizant Technology Solutions.

Mr. Raveendran holds his masters in Computer Applications from the College of Engineering, Trivandrum(CET) Kerala, India. He is an Open Group TOGAF certified architect and member of the Associate of Enterprise Architects (AEA).

16:30 - 17:00 IST

Navaneethan M

VP- Group CISO & DPO , TATA Play , India

Digital Innovation and its Impact on CIOs, CISOs and DPOs

11:00 - 17:00 IST

ADVERSARY VILLAGE

Venue: Grand Ballroom 3

11:00 - 17:00 -Hands-on activities: Adversary Simulation and Offensive Security

Adversary Simulator / Purple teaming hands-on Booth
Scavenger Hunt
Choose-Your-Own Adversary Adventure - Interactive game
Hands-on Physical Security Simulation and Lockpicking

12:00 - 13:00 - Hands-on interactive workshop

Flipper Zero: Introduction to Hardware Hacking and Emulation

15:00 - 16:00 -Hands-on interactive talk

for more details, visit Adversary Village page
11:00 - 17:00 IST

CAREER VILLAGE

Venue: Nattika 2

What is the Career Village?

The CareerVillage is a vibrant and interactive space within c0c0n that is dedicated to empowering individuals of all ages and backgrounds to explore, discover, and achieve their dream careers. It serves as a valuable resource hub where attendees can connect with industry experts, gain valuable insights, and receive personalized guidance on their career aspirations.

for more details, visit Career Village page
11:00 - 17:30 IST

IoT-Hacking-and-Security-Village

Venue: Nattika 1

11:00 - 11:30 - Introduction Talk on IoT Security 101

11:30 - 13:00 - IoT Devices Penetration Testing - Practical Demonstrations

14:00 - 17:00 - Practical Experience of Using Tools with IoT-PT OS v3

17:00 - 17:30 - One-on-One Discussion / Mentorship Sessions

for more details, visit IoT Hacking and Security Village page
11:00 - 17:30 IST

RF Village

Venue: Grand Ballroom 3

11:00 - 12:00 - CEMA

12:15 - 13:00 - Introduction to GNU Radio

14:00 - 14:15 - Fuzzing workshop using AFL Framework

15:30 - 16:15 - Wireless channels GNU radio companion

for more details, visit RF Village page
11:00 - 12:00 IST

Bhushan Gulabrao Borase

Deputy Director (I.T.) , Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy , Hyderabad, India

Cryptocurrencies and challenges to Law Enforcement Agencies

With more than 9250 Cryptocurrencies, 670 crypto exchanges and total market capitalization of 1 trillion USD, cryptocurrencies have marked their presence in every conventional crime that had component of fiat currencies. According to many surveys, our country figures among the countries with highest number of cryptocurrency users. This talk covers the types of cryptocurrency frauds that are happening in the country, various tools for detection of crypto crimes and need for capacity building in this area. Talk will also cover the issues like need of wallets and crypto repositories for government organizations and need of general awareness among public to safeguard them from crypto frauds. This talk will highlight the most prominent cryptocurrencies and exchanges that are getting used in the crimes in our country. Talk will also cover about the wallets and challenges in their use.

Bhushan Gulabrao Borase

Bhushan Gulabrao Borase

Deputy Director (I.T.)

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy

Hyderabad, India

Batch – 2009, Karnataka Cadre


Education – BE, M Tech, Masters Degree in Police Management

Experience

  • Served as - SP of two districts in Karnataka
  • SP Cyber Crime, CID Karnataka
  • DCP, Bengaluru City Police.

Awards & Recognitions –
  • Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Police Training – 2021
  • Director's Commendation and Insignia (Gold Plated)) – 2021 at SVP NPA
  • National Award for e-Governance in 2015 for Citizen Centric Services.
  • Best Probationer in co-curricular activities in SVP NPA in 2009 Batch

Interests - He is a keen learner in the field of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies
Publications -He has published five papers in various journals on topics of cryptocurrency, effective database management and other policing issues.
Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminars – He has delivered talks in two international and six national level workshops / Conferences on the topic of cryptocurrency Investigation.



12:00 - 12:30 IST

Amit Lokhande

Associate Director , Cybel , India

Dark web for investigations

Amit Lokhande

Amit Lokhande

Associate Director

Cybel

India

Three decades of experience with Government, Industry Associations and Startups.

Varied exposure in Mobile Technology, Telecom networks, Information Security Management Systems, Cyber security, GIS, and Drone technology.

Experience in aligning security plans, policies and procedures with Information Security standards and operational goals.

Project leader with proven experience of conceiving and directing complex projects while managing, motivating, and mentoring team members.

National Awardee by President of India in 2015 for excellence in AeroSports and active athlete participating in World Championships representing India.

12:30 - 13:15 IST

Vishal Salvi

Chief Executive Officer , Quick Heal Technologies Limited , India

AI in Cyber Security and Crime Prevention

Vishal Salvi

Vishal Salvi

Chief Executive Officer

Quick Heal Technologies Limited

India

Vishal Salvi is the Chief Executive Officer at Quick Heal Technologies Limited. Vishal has donned Cybersecurity and IT leadership roles at premier organizations such as Infosys, HDFC Bank and Standard Chartered Bank for nearly three decades.


13:15 - 14:00 IST

LUNCH BREAK

14:00 - 15:00 IST

Tapas Saini

Joint Director , Centre for Development of Advanced Computing , Hyderabad, India

Developments in Deep Fake detection

Tapas Saini

Tapas Saini

Joint Director

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing

Hyderabad, India



15:00 - 16:00 IST

Akhilesh Warrier IPS

, NTRO , India

Critical Infrastructure Information Security

Akhilesh Warrier IPS

NTRO

India



16:00 - 16:15 IST

TEA BREAK

16:15 - 17:00 IST

Nisheeth Dixit

Founder , ND Cyberlaw (Law Firm) , India

Cybercrimes Victim Compensation : Legal Remedies and Process

Nisheeth Dixit

Nisheeth Dixit

Founder

ND Cyberlaw (Law Firm)

India


  • Qualification
    • Pursuing Ph.D. (Part Time -Final stage), IIT Delhi
    • MSc. -Cyber Forensics and Information Security
    • LL.M - Cyber Law & Cyber Crime
    • MBA-(HR)
    • LL. B
    • BSc. -(Hon’s)

    • Certificate-Artificial Intelligence and Rule of Law -UNESCO
    • Certificate in Legal Regulation of ICTs-IIT Kharagpur
    • Certificate –Ethical Hacking and Cyber Security-IIT Roorkee
    • Certificate-Criminal Justice Data Analysis-IIT Kanpur
    • Certificate in Cyber Law, Cyber Forensics-National Law School of
    • India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru
    • Certificate in Cyber Law-Indian Law Institute (ILI), New Delhi

  • Profession
    • Practicing as an Advocate since 2001 and also taking sessions at various Judicial, Police Academies, Universities and Educational Institutes.

  • Specialization
    • Specialized in Cyber Laws & Cyber Crimes, handling matters mainly related to Information Technology, Telecom, Corporate Law, Infrastructure and Real Estate, Banking frauds, Electricity Laws, Media and Advertising Laws, Intellectual Property Rights, Money Laundering and others.

  • Professional Membership
    • Supreme Court Bar Association, New Delhi [2007]
    • Rajasthan High Court Bar Association, Jaipur [2001]
    • Bar Council of Rajasthan, Jodhpur [2001]

  • Cases Handled
    • Civil and Criminal Writs, Injunction Suits, Money recovery suits, NI Acts cases, Telecom Radiation matters, Matrimonial, Energy Laws, Arbitration, Consumer, Labor matters, Criminal-Trial, Bail and appeal and other matters.

  • Cybercrime Cases
    • Data theft/Source Code theft cases, Corporate Espionage, Cyber Defamation, Social Media crimes, Online Banking Frauds, SIM Swap cases, Man in the Middle Attack, Hacking, Ransomware Attack and other Cybercrimes cases.

  • Guest Faculty
    • National Police Academy, Hyderabad-Senior IPS officers and Probationer -Trainee IPS officers (including Foreign Trainees from Bhutan, Maldives, Mauritius, Nepal), TOT -Judicial officers -Supreme Court E-Committee and I4C
    • Central Bureau of Investigation Academy (CBI)Ghaziabad -CBI Officers, Law Enforcement officers of different States, Intelligence officers
    • BPRD-Central Detective Training Institute, Jaipur, Ghaziabad, Chandigarh- Judicial, Prosecution, Police officer of different States and Sri Lankan officers
    • North East Police Academy, Shillong -Judicial, Prosecution, Police officers of North Eastern States including Bangladesh Police officers
    • Rajasthan State Judicial Academy, Jodhpur -Judicial and Prosecution officers
    • Delhi Judicial Academy -Judicial and Prosecution officers
    • Jammu & Kashmir Judicial Academy-Judicial, Prosecution and Police officers
    • Uttarakhand State Judicial Academy-Judicial officers
    • Chandigarh Judicial Academy-Judicial officers
    • Tripura Judicial Academy-Judicial Officers
    • LNJN National Institute of Criminology and Forensics Science, New Delhi (NFSU)-Judicial, Prosecution and Police officers of different States
    • Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi -All India Judicial officers and Uttar Pradesh Judicial Academy (Judicial Officers)
    • Rajasthan Police Academy, Jaipur-Judicial, Prosecution and Police officers
    • Madhya Pradesh Police-Cyber HQ-Bhopal-Prosecution and Police officers
    • Delhi-Police Training Center, New Delhi-Police officers
    • Uttarakhand Police –STF-Cyber Cell -Prosecution and Police officers
    • Mumbai Cyber Cell-BKC-Police officers of Special Crime Branch, Mumbai Cyber Cell
    • Chandigarh Police –Police officers of Cyber Cell and others
    • Punjab Police Academy, Phillaur-Judicial, Prosecution and Police officers
    • Haryana Police, Panchkula- All IG ranges Police officers and CP -Faridabad, Gurugram
    • Jharkhand Police-Judicial and Police officers

  • Sessions on
    • Cyber Laws, Cybercrimes, Cybercrimes Investigation, Digital Forensics, Cyber Terrorism, Cryptocurrency, Online Frauds, Social Media Frauds, PMLA & Economic offences, Legal and Technical Challenges in Cybercrime Investigation, IT Compliances, Data Protection and Privacy issues, Handling Digital Evidence and Admissibility of Electronic Evidence, International investigation Challenges and others.

  • Publication
    • Data Protection Framework for India (Telecom Business Review), Volume 13 Issue 1 ,2020 (www.publishinginndia.com)

  • Book (Co-author)
    • Cybercrimes and Cyber Hygiene-Awareness for Netizens

  • Founder
    • ND Cyberlaw (Law Firm)-www. ndcyberlaw.com



17:00 - 18:00 IST

Hardeep Singh

IIT Kanpur , India

Vinayak

IIT Kanpur , India

A tool to capture and investigate cyber-crime in a tactic, technique and procedure (TTP) framework (Cybercrime Navigator).

Hardeep Singh

Hardeep Singh



Vinayak

Vinayak

IIT Kanpur

India



URGENT NEED TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND EXPLOITATION ONLINE
11:00 - 11:10 IST

P. Prakash IPS

Inspector General of Police , Human rights commission , Kerala State, India

Welcome Remarks

P. Prakash IPS

P. Prakash IPS

Inspector General of Police

Human rights commission

Kerala State, India




11:10 - 11:30 IST

Dr. John Climax

Founder Human Dignity Foundation , Co-founder ICON , US

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Dr. John Climax

Dr. John Climax

Founder Human Dignity Foundation

Co-founder ICON

US


John co-founded ICON plc in 1990, the world leading clinical research organisation. In 2004 he founded Human Dignity Foundation to protect and promote children’s rights. He remains Chair of HDF’s Board; as well as serving as non-executive director on ICON’s board, and as Executive Chair and CEO respectively of biotech companies DS Biopharma and Afimmune. John is a founding member of Science Gallery International, Adjunct Professor of Pharmaceutics at the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland and Honorary Professor of Pharmacology and Pharmacy at National University of Singapore. He is also an honorary fellow of St Hilda’s, University of Oxford.

Guillermo Galarza Abizaid

Guillermo Galarza Abizaid

Vice President

Partnerships & Law Enforcement Training

International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children ( ICMEC)


Guillermo Galarza is the Vice President, Partnerships & Law Enforcement Training at the International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children (ICMEC) in Alexandria, VA, USA. In this position, Guillermo is responsible for the law enforcement and criminal justice training program delivered worldwide, including identifying child safety technology platforms offered to law enforcement. ICMEC promotes the safety and well-being of children through activism, policy development, and multinational coordination and provides programs and initiatives base on national response plans.

For the past 27 years, Guillermo has managed international law enforcement training to investigate online child sexual exploitation. The training initiatives provide law enforcement, justice officials, and other experts around the world tools and techniques needed to investigate online child sexual exploitation. To date, more than 350,000 experts have attended courses around the world and have attended several courses online.

In addition to the oversight of the training programs as part of national strategies, Guillermo oversees ICMEC’s strategic partnerships with industry, governments, and international alliances. Before joining ICMEC, Guillermo started his career in 1996 at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as a global resource coordinator working on international child abduction cases.

Guillermo has received numerous honors and awards from organizations including:
- FBI National Academy
- Department of Justice
- Interpol Specialist group on crimes against children
- Order of Police Merit Spain
- 2021 Lifetime achievement hero award

Shrinkhala Thapa

Shrinkhala Thapa

Regional Coordinator for South Asia

ECPAT International

Bangkok, Thailand


Shrinkhala Thapa has more than 17 years of experience in Program design, M&E, Research, Training, Coordination, Networking, Policy Advocacy, Financial management (national, regional, inter-governmental and global), Staff management and engagement with stakeholders at different levels (national, regional, inter-governmental and global). Her core technical expertise is on child protection, trafficking, migration, gender, child labour, health, WASH and emergency.
Currently she works as Regional Coordinator for South Asia for ECPAT International Global Secretariat providing technical leadership in South Asia for network development, advocacy, program management and partnership. She has extensive experience of working and collaborating with Governments of South Asia as well as with the UN, INGO, NGO and research organizations in the region on the issue of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation.
She is a professional with CERAHGENEVE: Certificate of Advance Studies, CAS-HDL focused in Designing Strategies and Projects for Humanitarian Action from University of Geneva and Masters in Anthropology from Tribhuvan University. She is also an International Visitor Leadership Program fellow.


Shailey Hingorani

Shailey Hingorani

Head of Policy

Advocacy and Research

WeProtect Global Alliance

Shailey is a human rights professional who has spent over 13 years advocating for the rights of the most marginalised women and children in South Asia, the United States and Southeast Asia. She has worked with the Association of Women for Advocacy and Research (AWARE), Open Society Foundations, and Save the Children.

Shailey was a Fulbright scholar at Harvard University where she received a Master’s in Public Administration.


Paul Stanfield

Paul Stanfield

Chief Executive Officer

Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute

UK


Before establishing Childlight Paul spent over 30 years working as a senior law enforcement officer in the UK and overseas. As Regional Director for the UK’s National Crime Agency in Africa, and later as the Director for Interpol’s Global Organised Crime programme, Paul was responsible for developing a cohesive approach with heads of state, governments, agencies and key partners across the world to mitigate serious global criminality.
Paul sits on a number of strategic governance boards and has been responsible for establishing bespoke capability to tackle child sexual exploitation and abuse globally.
He has successfully completed the UK International Senior Command Course for policing and has been recognised on multiple occasions for his exceptional leadership, professionalism and integrity.


11:30 - 12:45 IST

Guillermo Galarza Abizaid

Vice President , Partnerships & Law Enforcement Training , International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children ( ICMEC)

Shrinkhala Thapa

Regional Coordinator for South Asia , ECPAT International , Bangkok, Thailand

Shailey Hingorani

Head of Policy , Advocacy and Research , WeProtect Global Alliance

Paul Stanfield

Chief Executive Officer , Childlight - Global Child Safety Institute , UK

[SESSION 1] - Defining the problem of Online Facilitated Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

Moderator : Guillermo Galarza Abizaid

Shrinkhala Thapa -Online Protection of Children   (20 min)

Shailey Hingorani -Global Threat Assessment of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Online (2023)  (20 min)

Paul Stanfield -Data for Change  (20 min)

Q&A   (15 min)

12:45 - 13:45 IST

LUNCH BREAK

Shailey Hingorani

Shailey Hingorani

Head of Policy

Advocacy and Research

WeProtect Global Alliance

Shailey is a human rights professional who has spent over 13 years advocating for the rights of the most marginalised women and children in South Asia, the United States and Southeast Asia. She has worked with the Association of Women for Advocacy and Research (AWARE), Open Society Foundations, and Save the Children.

Shailey was a Fulbright scholar at Harvard University where she received a Master’s in Public Administration.


Samantha Woolfe

Samantha Woolfe

Head of Network Expansion and Global Partnerships

INHOPE

UK


Samantha is persistent, resilient and fierce in her drive to enable countries, companies and organisations to achieve a culture of responsibility in keeping young people safe and secure online. Her contagious passion for productivity-for-good and safer-by-design for young people and marginalised sectors of society, is what drives her.

Today Samantha leads INHOPE’s network expansion and partnership team. For 20 years she has been dedicated to improving online safety and online child protection of children, encouraging governments, tech companies and international institutions to do better for future generations.

After a second degree training as a lawyer, Samantha started her career as a lobbyist in the UK. Her background in engaging government, law enforcement, CSOs and industry to work in close concert has contributed to her successful efforts establishing national internet hotlines around the globe, one country at a time. Following lobbying in London, for the transatlantic feather in her cap, Samantha spent five years working for the tech industry on the Hill in Washington DC. Working in London, Brussels and Amsterdam for a few years when she first returned to Europe, Samantha is nomadic. She now resides in Paris with her two children.


Ricardo Valadas

Ricardo Valadas

President

European Council of Police Unions (CESP)




Maria Eira

Maria Eira

Information and Technology Fellow

Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute




13:45 - 14:45 IST

Shailey Hingorani

Head of Policy , Advocacy and Research , WeProtect Global Alliance

Samantha Woolfe

Head of Network Expansion and Global Partnerships , INHOPE , UK

Ricardo Valadas

President , European Council of Police Unions (CESP)

Maria Eira

Information and Technology Fellow , Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics , United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute

[SESSION 2] - Impact on Survivors and Emerging Trends

Moderator : Shailey Hingorani

Samantha Woolfe - The Impact on Victims   (15 min)

Ricardo Valadas - The Need to create reporting Mechanisms  (15 min)

Maria Eira - The role of Artificial intelligence  (15 min)

Q&A  (15 min)

Shireen Vakil Miller

Shireen Vakil Miller

Head of Child Opportunity Fund

British Asian Trust


Shireen Vakil has over 25 years' of experience in social development and is an authority on child protection and child development. Most recently, Shireen was Head of Safety policy for the Asia Pacific region at Meta providing expertise in the areas of online child protection; women’s safety and youth mental health and well-being. Her previous roles include the Head of Policy and Advocacy at the Tata Trusts, and the Director of Advocacy, Campaigns, and Communications at Save the Children. Shireen comes with strong experience in strategy development, building multi-stakeholder partnerships, and addressing national and global issues with governments, donors, civil society, and the private sector. She has appeared and written on a spectrum of child rights and gender issues in national and international media.

Uma Subramanian

Uma Subramanian

Co-Founder & Director

Rati Foundation


Uma is a social worker and has over 15 years of experience of working with the children at risk. Uma conceptualized and co-founded the RATI Foundation & it’s initiative – Aarambh India. At RATI, Uma leads the fundraising activities, strategic planning and implementation of on-ground interventions and advocacy with central systems. She is the primary master trainer who has been trained in both the International Break the Silence Module and the KNH Child Protection Module and has trained more than 5000 individuals. In 2017, the Ministry of Women and Child Development India honored her as an ‘Agent of Change’ in India. Besides her Masters in Social Work, she has completed a one month fellowship at the Oslo University College and an executive education program in Social Entrepreneurship from INSEAD School of Business, Singapore.

Chitra Iyer

Chitra Iyer

Co-Founder and CEO

Space2Grow


Award winning, Social Entrepreneur with 20 years experience in the fields of Education, Child Protection, Antihuman Trafficking and Inclusive Skill-development & Livelihoods. Worked across geographies and eco-systems encompassing Indian and International agencies, Corporates, CSR organizations, and various Central and State Government agencies. She has co-founded two non profits, and continues to mentor and advice organisation on the thematics of expertise.


Recognized as a thought leader in the Antihuman Trafficking and Inclusive skilling sector and a Change Maker 2021, by Thomson Reuters Foundation.


Alumna of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) with a specialization in Urban and Rural Community Development. Holds an undergraduate degree in Economics (Hons) from Miranda House, Delhi University.

14:45 - 15:45 IST

Shireen Vakil Miller

Head of Child Opportunity Fund , British Asian Trust

Uma Subramanian

Co-Founder & Director , Rati Foundation

Chitra Iyer

Co-Founder and CEO , Space2Grow

[SESSION 3] - Prevention Response

Moderator : Shireen Vakil Miller

Uma Subramanian   (20 min)

Chitra Iyer   (20 min)

Q&A   (20 min)

15:45 - 16:00 IST

TEA BREAK

Shailey Hingorani

Shailey Hingorani

Head of Policy

Advocacy and Research

WeProtect Global Alliance

Shailey is a human rights professional who has spent over 13 years advocating for the rights of the most marginalised women and children in South Asia, the United States and Southeast Asia. She has worked with the Association of Women for Advocacy and Research (AWARE), Open Society Foundations, and Save the Children.

Shailey was a Fulbright scholar at Harvard University where she received a Master’s in Public Administration.


K. L. Rao

K. L. Rao

Chief, Social Policy

UNICEF Office of Tamil Nadu and Kerala


Chief (Social Policy) Chennai Office for Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Experienced Public Finance Management Specialist. Worked across 15 State Governments in India and Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Also worked for Ministry of Finance in Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Ghana. Has experience of working with International Funding Agencies - World Bank, ADB and DFID. Skilled in building teams, General Management, Public Financial Management Systems, Government Process Improvement, Treasury / Budgeting Systems, Medium Term Expenditure Frameworks, Commitment Control Policy and System for Government, Debt Procedure Manual and FRS for Debt Management System, Business Process Improvement and Business Strategy.

Lovjit M. Curran

Lovjit M. Curran

Assistant Legal Attaché

U.S. Embassy New Delhi

India




16:00 - 17:15 IST

Moderator: Shailey Hingorani

Head of Policy , Advocacy and Research , WeProtect Global Alliance

K. L. Rao

Chief, Social Policy , UNICEF Office of Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Lovjit M. Curran

Assistant Legal Attaché , U.S. Embassy New Delhi , India

[SESSION 4] - Emerging issues in India

Moderator : Shailey Hingorani

K. L. Rao   (20 min)

Lovjit M. Curran   (20 min)

Q&A   (15 min)

ORGANIZED BY

Information Security Research Association Kerala Police

ORGANIZING PARTNERS

UNICEF UNICRI Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children WeProtect Global Alliance CESP | Conseil Européen des Syndicats de Police Kerala IT Mission

PLATINUM SPONSORS

Federal Bank Synthite RP GRPUP

GOLD SPONSORS

Keyzotrick Intelligence Pvt. Ltd National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre Bharat Petroleum Palo Alto Networks Cyble - Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Platform & Solutions Seqrite

SILVER SPONSORS

Cochin Shipyard ICICI Bank State Bank of India SBI Life Geojit SFS Homes Cochin International Airport Manage Engine Resecurity: Cybersecurity Solutions and Services Fortinet Technologies India Pvt Ltd &

BRONZE SPONSORS

GAIL (india) LIMITED Canara Bank Elite Foods CSB Bank Petronet LNG Luker India Trend Micro AVT Natural CYFIRMA Indian Oil Corporation Cochin Port Trust Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation ESAF Bank The Kerala Minerals and Metals Limited

EXHIBITORS

PureID Cyble - Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence Platform & Solutions Resecurity: Cybersecurity Solutions and Services Prophaze Manage Engine Darwis Fortinet Technologies India Pvt Ltd & Alibi Global Private Limited eSec Forte Technologies Palo Alto Networks Seqrite Innspark Enterprise Security C-DAC: Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India ECS Biztech State Bank of India Kratikal Tech Pvt. Ltd. CYFIRMA TerraEagle Netskope Geojit

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

EliteCISOs GTech - Group of Technology Companies - Technopark, Infopark, Cyberpark BSides Odisha

NETWORKING PARTNER

WTC Kochi

MEDIA PARTNERS

Information Security Media Group The 420

STRATEGIC PARTNER

CXOCywayz

Jet Suit demo partner

Synthite

c0c0n @16

c0c0n is a 15 years old platform that is aimed at providing opportunities to showcase, educate, understand and spread awareness on Information Security, data protection, and privacy...

Where & When?

Oct 04th to 07th 2023
Grand Hyatt, Kochi, India

Reach us @

(+91) 974-690-6654
m@is-ra.org