Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 4: Tackling evolving cyber threats in BFSI

Bio :
Holding a role with 15+ years of Information security management system experience and 8+ Years of experience in leading InfoSec, Compliance and Privacy function as a CISO in various IT, Telecommunication, Healthcare, BFSI (Banking), Outsourcing, Cloud Software Development and Manufacturing Industry. leverages leadership and people management skills developed from various industries including Information Technology, Telecommunication, Healthcare, BFSI, Outsourcing and Manufacturing organizational experience to serve stakeholders and manage IT governance and Information security Risk. Served in both leadership and support roles within numerous Organizations.

Agenda Topic : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Manoj is a multi-disciplinary executive with 23+ years of diverse experience in design, development, implementation and leading of solutions and services for global corporates in Cyber Security Strategy, Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC), Cyber Security Audits, Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Cyber Security, ESG Cyber Security, Cyber Security Metrics Programs and Board Reporting, IT Security and Security Architecture, Product Strategy, Privacy, Cyber Resilience, Third Party Risk Management, Program management, Service Delivery Management and Thought Leadership. He passionately blends People, Processes and Technology, while helping build and maintain Secure Enterprises.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 1: Building a cyber resilient workforce

Speaker in various conferences like Fintech, Exito, CISO Platforms, Cyberfrat etc. Jury member in Digital Transformation Summit and Awards 2020 by TekQ, Co-Authored book on “Automation for Future”. Winner of Industry Recognized Awards like CIO100 Award by IDG, CSO100 by IDG, CXO Tech Excellence Award, Super CIO Award from TekQ Global CIO Forum, CIO 500 from Enterprises IT World, CISO 100 Award from InfoSec Maestros, Innovative CIO Awards from CIO Axis, Change Agent Award from Enterprise World, CISO 100 from CISO Platform and many more.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

CISA, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, COBIT5(F), ITILv4(F), ISO 27001 Lead Auditor & Implementer, CBCI, BCMS, CVA and PRINCE2 Practitioner with over 24 years of IT & Information Security. Proven leader and subject matter expert (SME) in Cyber Security, Information Security, Information Technology (IT), Governance, Risk Management and Compliance (GRC). Highly effective in providing consulting and managing engagements in the area of Information Security, GRC, BCM (BCP/DR), System Certifications, Audits & Design, Developing Security Policies, Standards and Procedures, Systems and Network Security technologies, IT Infrastructure, Application Security, Data Security & Privacy.
Have a thorough understanding of Information Security Standards/Frameworks like ISO-27001/27002, ISO 31000 (ERM), PCI-DSS, HIPAA/HITECH, ITIL/ISO 20000, and COBIT 5 and worked in various industry verticals such as IT/ITES, BFSI, Retail, Manufacturing and Health Care.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 1: Building a cyber resilient workforce

Information security professional with over 18 years of experience in areas like Risk advisory , Governance , Cyber security risk management , supplier risk assurance GRC automation , architecture and compliance management.

Experienced risk management, information security and business continuity professional with progressive experience managing risk and security operations and business continuity within complex working environments in the Middle East and Africa; security strategic planning, integrated security architectures and technologies, compliance, crisis management, program management and risk management strategies.
Also experienced in IT Operations with a successful track record leading business process improvement, delivering bottom-line results. Creative problem-solver working with IT Directors across 17 countries to deliver immediate and long term results.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Seasoned IT professional with 27 years global expertise in information security & privacy, cyber laws & contracts, governance & compliance, 3rd party sourcing risk management, technology leadership, IT strategy and IT service delivery. CISM and CEH certified with hands-on experience across entire cybersecurity spectrum from security strategy, governance, risk & compliance, and cyber-legal contracts to VAPT, threat hunting and secure coding. Worked extensively at and with CxO level stakeholders to protect IT systems, ensure compliance, reduce cost, and achieve business benefits.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 3: Ransomware Management

Versatile Associate Director with 14+ years of experience managing diverse business functions with efficiency and quality. Proven experience in strategic planning, transformational leadership, development of scalable, Pre-sales and agile technology solutions with a very strong focus on CYBER SECURITY. Excellent team leader and analytical problem solver. He is a seasoned professional who has worn many hats in his career, which resulted in a unique ability to manage cross-functional projects and navigate complex challenges. Although has wide expertise in BFSI, Manufacturing, and Healthcare markets here is a brief overview of his specialties: Cyber security Optimization / Cyber Defense /Cyber Incident Response & Management / Digital Forensic/ Cyber Transformation / Program management/ Product management

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

To take up challenging projects in a reputed group for Cyber security/Business continuity, Data Privacy/ GDPR, Cloud security, Threat Management, Risk Management and SOC where my skills can be effectively utilize & getting opportunity to show my skill and pursue a successful career by constantly upgrading General, Management Skill and seek a Multi-dimensional growth.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Joined Assetlink as Software Engineer in 2001. Joined YASU Technologies and worked for 8 months on World first .NET Business Rule Started my own first venture SysTools Software with friend Anurag Singh. focusses on providing Digital Forensics solution. for Digital Forensics product. While other Digital Forensics companies work on SysTools digital forensics product mailXaminer is the leading tool for email forensics. Some of its customers includes CBI, CFSL from India, Netherland Police, Ireland Police Debasish Pramanik has great interest in Cloud and started SysTools sister concern SysTools also is a technology partner of Guidance Software the maker of Encase.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

Ameen Sait received his Bachelor of Arts in Data Processing from the Central London College in the UK and then spent the next 15 years working in cybersecurity delivery in India, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. He has spent the last 14 years with IBM Canada in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure vertical before becoming the CRO at Cydef. He also serves on the BOD of a mining exploration company in Canada.

Agenda : Key note 1 - The State of Cyber security in Canada

Dr. Ikjot Saini is the co-founder and co-director of SHIELD automotive cybersecurity Centre of Excellence and an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Windsor. She is an automotive cybersecurity professional, and her research is focused on the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles covering the security and privacy aspects of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology. Her research interests include wireless communication networks, privacy preserving techniques, anonymous authentication, simulation modelling, detecting security and privacy vulnerabilities, and cryptography. She has published many research papers and journal articles, including V2X privacy schemes, engineering privacy attacks for equitable assessment, DSRC network congestion and routing protocols. At SHIELD Centre of Excellence, she is engaged in development of education and training framework for automotive cybersecurity that aims for reskilling and upskilling the current and upcoming workforce with the interdisciplinary competencies.

Agenda : Chairman /Leadership remarks

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Patrick Hébert: (BA [Political Science], Laval University, 1994; MA [Political Science], Laval University, 1996) joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1998. At Headquarters, he was acting director of the Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Response Group; he was deputy director in this unit from 2010 to 2011, when it was coordinating Canada’s responses to the earthquake in Haiti in 2010 and the tsunami in Japan in 2011. He worked in the Defence and Security Relations Division from 2003 to 2006 and was responsible for Asia and the Americas. He first served abroad at the Embassy to France from 2000 to 2003. He served as political counsellor at the Embassy to Serbia from 2006 to 2009 and at the Embassy to Sweden from 2011 to 2016. Most recently, Mr. Hébert served as political, economic and public affairs counsellor at the Embassy to South Korea.

Agenda : Welcome Note

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Kenneth joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1999 (as it was then called) as a career Foreign Service Officer and Trade Commissioner. He has had overseas assignments in Johannesburg, Los Angeles and Beijing where he has managed files varying from the promotion of Canadian exports of agricultural products, cultural industries, engineering services, education and tourism, to the attraction of foreign direct investment to Canada. His headquarters assignments between overseas postings have included responsibility for various Law of the Sea and Arctic issues. Currently, he is responsible for Canada's trade, investment and science, technology and innovation (STI) engagement with South India, managing a team of Canadian and locally based Trade Commissioners working out of the Consulate General in Bengaluru as well as trade offices in Hyderabad and Chennai.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

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Amit Prasad currently heads the channel operation for SAARC in BlackBerry and drives the cybersecurity channel ecosystem with his immense 17+ yr. sales experience in SDWAN, SaaS, HCI, Cloud, application, network, and endpoint security domain. Previously he has been associated with organization likes of Aryaka Networks, Quickheal, Ingram Micro, Arrow ECS, HCL to mention few. He played a very instrumental role in setup up operations and grew business to many folds in SAARC market

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

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Sumit Chouhan is working with BlackBerry as the Principal Sales Engineer for the SAARC Region. A CyberSecurity Professional with over 20 years of experience in endpoint security, IT security Audits, data communication, crises communication and mobile enterprise solutions. He is also a Technical Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), a Certified Information Security Manager from ISACA, an ISO 27001 Certified Lead Implementer Professional (CLIP) by BSI, a PRINCE 2 Practitioner and ITIL by Alxelos.

Agenda : Presentation CyberSecurity Laws and Regulations

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Today we see convergence of information, technology, business, and law with internet. This blend is evolving at swift pace and it touches our lives daily. Information technology law or internet law or cyber law is a term that encapsulates the legal issues related to internet, information, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, e-commerce, software, intellectual property, media, communications, privacy and ultimately includes the entire computer resource. What distinguishes me most from other lawyers is that I understand this convergence and coevolution. Speaking the language of internet technologies and quick comprehension of emerging, multidisciplinary, complex business scenarios require special set of skills. These skills empower me to undertake highly sophisticated legal analysis and to provide well-reasoned, understandable legal advice on innovative questions of privacy and Cyber Law.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

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Alternate CISO at NTPC Ltd., Leading the IT Cyber Security team at NTPC Ltd. with extensive focus on Security Governance, Operations, CSOC, Compliance and New technologies and coordination with Government regulatory agencies to ensure adequate security posture for the enterprise . Extensive experience in design and implementation of various security solutions, Security operations, Audit, ISO certifications and Compliance.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Global Chief Information Security Officer / Head of Information and Cyber Security / Data Protection Officer with 19 years of work experience in Global Cyber Security Program Management, Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, IT Security, Cloud Security, Data Privacy, Security Automation, Client Interfacing & Onboarding, Business Continuity, Business Development and Supplier Management. Highly motivated, Solution driven, forward-looking and detail-oriented cyber security leader with excellent program management and communication skills. Currently Heading the overall information and cyber security program for a software solutions organization for their 16 locations globally having 6000 employees.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

PMP , Six Sigma black belt, ITIL, Iso27001 implementor certified with over 22 years of rich experience in Information Security, Risk management, Business Operations, Business Analysis and Program Management. Experienced in leadership, accountable for overall project implementation; a change agent - passionate, high energy, and results-oriented with a creative and analytical mind. Integrates self into the environment in order to effectively lead project teams while building positive professional relationships with clients from Canada, Germany, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Thailand and UK.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

20 years of experience in IT operations, IT Strategy formation, IT security, Managing new hotel builds, Hotel Applications, Compliance and governance, Managing Internal and external customers. Managing new Technology initiatives and IT Security for the group (over 32 locations) globally Keen strategist with expertise in devising strategies aimed at enhancing overall organizational growth, sustained profitability of operations and improved business performance. Primary leadership role/style is 'SHAPER' as per Dr. Meredith Belbin's model (well known management theorist). Other key traits are Company worker and Chairman.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Bio :Professional with experience in Regulatory & Compliance Management, Policy Advocacy and Strategic Planning. Strengths include Policy Research and Analysis. Key interest areas include Data Privacy, Cyber Security, Skill & Capacity Building, Internet Safety, Education, Technology and Business Innovations

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

CISO/Head of Information Security, with 19+ years of hands on technical expertise in majority of networks, systems and security domains Holding CISSP, CISM, CISA, PMP, ISO 27001 LA, and various product specific accreditations

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Joined Assetlink as Software Engineer in 2001. Joined YASU Technologies and worked for 8 months on World first .NET Business Rule Started my own first venture SysTools Software with friend Anurag Singh. focusses on providing Digital Forensics solution. for Digital Forensics product. While other Digital Forensics companies work on SysTools digital forensics product mailXaminer is the leading tool for email forensics. Some of its customers includes CBI, CFSL from India, Netherland Police, Ireland Police Debasish Pramanik has great interest in Cloud and started SysTools sister concern SysTools also is a technology partner of Guidance Software the maker of Encase.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

Ameen Sait received his Bachelor of Arts in Data Processing from the Central London College in the UK and then spent the next 15 years working in cybersecurity delivery in India, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. He has spent the last 14 years with IBM Canada in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure vertical before becoming the CRO at Cydef. He also serves on the BOD of a mining exploration company in Canada.

Agenda : Key note 1 - The State of Cyber security in Canada

Dr. Ikjot Saini is the co-founder and co-director of SHIELD automotive cybersecurity Centre of Excellence and an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Windsor. She is an automotive cybersecurity professional, and her research is focused on the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles covering the security and privacy aspects of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology. Her research interests include wireless communication networks, privacy preserving techniques, anonymous authentication, simulation modelling, detecting security and privacy vulnerabilities, and cryptography. She has published many research papers and journal articles, including V2X privacy schemes, engineering privacy attacks for equitable assessment, DSRC network congestion and routing protocols. At SHIELD Centre of Excellence, she is engaged in development of education and training framework for automotive cybersecurity that aims for reskilling and upskilling the current and upcoming workforce with the interdisciplinary competencies.

Agenda : Welcome Note

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Jennifer Daubeny took up her position as Minister (Commercial Affairs) at the Canadian High Commission to India in October 2022. In this role she is responsible for Canada’s commercial relations with India, Nepal and Bhutan. Ms. Daubeny previously served as Canada’s Consul General for south India from 2016-2018, based in Bengaluru. Other overseas assignments include serving as Senior Trade Commissioner at Canada’s High Commission in London, as Consul and Senior Trade Commissioner in Guadalajara, Mexico, and as Trade Commissioner at the Canadian Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic. She has also held a range of management positions at Global Affairs Canada headquarters in Ottawa involving: attraction of foreign direct investment; bilateral science, technology and innovation relations; international education; commercial relations with the Middle East and Africa; and trade policy. Ms. Daubeny has a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of British Columbia, and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Victoria.

Agenda : Chairman /Leadership remarks

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Cameron MacKay is a career diplomat with foreign policy and trade negotiations experience in Asia, Europe and the Americas. Before his assignment to India he was Canada's Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Prior to that he served as Director of Operations at the Foreign and Defence Policy Secretariat of Canada's Privy Council Office, providing non-partisan policy advice to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet. In previous roles at Canada's foreign ministry he was Director General for Trade Sectors, Director General for Trade Negotiations and Director General for China Trade Policy. He also served as Chief Negotiator for Canada's free trade agreement negotiations with Panama; with El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua; and with Ukraine. Abroad, from 2010-2012 he was Ambassador to Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua. From 2001-2006 he served at Canada's Permanent Mission to the United Nations and the World Trade Organization in Geneva. He joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 1995, and spent his early years in the Department working on Canada's relations with the United States.

Agenda : CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to cyber resilience

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Experienced Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Currently having additional responsibility of building cyber security business globally and managing US Geo delivery as Global Delivery Head. Skilled in Digital transformation , large program management , Sales Management , Global Delivery, Practice Management, Pre-sales and Business Relationship Management. Strong information technology professional with a Doctor of Philosophy - PhD focused in Business Management.

Agenda : Key note 1 - The State of Cyber security in Canada

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Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

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Agenda : Knowledge Round Table - 2 Automating Cybersecurity: Applying AI Internally

Anuj is a leader with proven experience in Risk and Compliance frameworks across the industries. Deft in leading Risk and Compliance Committees with participation from business leaders. Steward adherence, instilling confidence in our stakeholders – especially customers, investors, analysts and media. Anuj has served as the expert advisor to our many enterprise and industries in the design and deployment of Enterprise Risk, Regulatory Affairs, Information Security, Cyber Security, Privacy and Data Protection, Business Continuity, and Compliance programs.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO's Journey from Cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

Global Cybersecurity Delivery Head with a demonstrated history of working in the IT services industry and helping organizations to provide the best customer services. Spearheaded transformation of the existing services and helped improve overall CSAT, Revenue and Gross Margins in a number of engagements. Skilled in Business Processes, IT Service Management, Automation, 24x7 Security operations. Extensive experience across Banking, Insurance, Travel, Telecom and Hospitality Industries. Architected and developed a number of bespoke connectors/agents for SIEM tools, developed CIO Dashboards by integrating with multiple ITSM and NOC tools.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table - 2 Ransomware Management

More than 20 years of Innovative leadership & professional experience. Have a track record of success in different domains. Helped companies to multifold its turnover. Started up profitable e-commerce portals in India and established one of the most sought-after online stores delivering the rich Indian craftsmanship to 100+ countries around the world. Co-Founded an IT company in 2005 and with a clear vision, tremendous work ethic and strategic direction, achieved million-dollar mark within its first few years. Worked with International and cross-cultural environments and handled various key roles in the past.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

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A seasoned and accomplished professional in Information & Cyber Security domain, aligning information security program with enterprise vision making it business enabler, building a vigorous, reliable, and resilient tech-centric environment. Working in BFSI sector leading various strategies and initiatives for organization's, ensuring business critical / confidential assets are identified and adequately protected by developing and implementing appropriate policies, procedures, controls for protection.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

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I have been a Business Executive and a Controls & Compliance enthusiast with a successful track record in developing and leading a wide array of functional capabilities across cross sectoral enterprises, spread across Mortgage Banking, Collections and Recovery, GIS product development and support, various IT support services and Contact Centre Services. Having led functional teams spread across Operations and Program Management, Operational Risk and Controls Management, Quality Assurance and Solution Engineering & Process Excellence, I have developed key capabilities for my premier clients and organizations - many times from ground zero, and significantly contributed to my organization's growth.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

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Dilip is a hardcore IT professional with 2 decades of varied experience in the IT & IS domains. A seasoned hands-on manager with expertise and proven record of developing and implementing Information Technology Systems and Information Security controls based on global best practices that improve and contribute to the organization's efficiency & data security. Dilip's experience encompasses various industry verticals, both in Indian corporate as well as multinationals.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 1 CISO’s Journey from cybersecurity to Cyber Resilience

A self-driven, highly motivated security professional and a leader with experience in developing goals and strategies to ensure that the organizational technology risks are appropriately addressed Experienced in directing and establishing Security programs, selecting and implementing appropriate technology, build processes, customizing technological systems and platforms, implementing new systems and build high impact teams

Agenda : Cybersecurity Breakout Round Table Session

Bio : A multifaceted technical leader with over 2 decades of extensive experience in designing & delivering effective corporate, information security & business continuity programs mapped to global compliance standards; defining and evolving the direction of the Cyber services to ensure delivery of security solutions and enabling their adoption across Product & Application landscape. Leveraging a strong background in formulating the overall approach to organization's technology direction; facilitate strategic conversations with technical audiences while building confidence with business stakeholders; successfully formulated strategic Cyber Security transformation plans for large enterprises.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 4: Tackling evolving cyber threats in BFSI

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Agenda : Fire Side Session 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

Bio : Experienced Chief Information Security Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the Banking and IT/ITeS industry. Skilled in Risk, Computer Forensics, Information Security, Security, Project Planning, and Team Management. Strong information technology professional with a PGP focused in Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning from The University of Texas at Austin.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 1: Building a cyber resilient workforce

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

Ameen Sait received his Bachelor of Arts in Data Processing from the Central London College in the UK and then spent the next 15 years working in cybersecurity delivery in India, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Kingdom. He has spent the last 14 years with IBM Canada in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure vertical before becoming the CRO at Cydef. He also serves on the BOD of a mining exploration company in Canada.

Agenda : Key note 1 - The State of Cyber security in Canada

Dr. Ikjot Saini is the co-founder and co-director of SHIELD automotive cybersecurity Centre of Excellence and an assistant professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of Windsor. She is an automotive cybersecurity professional, and her research is focused on the Connected and Autonomous Vehicles covering the security and privacy aspects of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) technology. Her research interests include wireless communication networks, privacy preserving techniques, anonymous authentication, simulation modelling, detecting security and privacy vulnerabilities, and cryptography. She has published many research papers and journal articles, including V2X privacy schemes, engineering privacy attacks for equitable assessment, DSRC network congestion and routing protocols. At SHIELD Centre of Excellence, she is engaged in development of education and training framework for automotive cybersecurity that aims for reskilling and upskilling the current and upcoming workforce with the interdisciplinary competencies.

Agenda : Chairman /Leadership remarks and Welcome Note

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Diedrah Kelly (BA Hons [Political Science and Central, Eastern European and Russian Area Studies], Carleton University, 2001), joined the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade in 2001. In Ottawa, she has worked as head of the Policy and Programming Unit in the Threat Assessment and Intelligence Services Division, as senior nuclear adviser and program manager in the Global Partnership Program and as chief of staff to the assistant deputy minister for international security and global affairs. She has served abroad in various positions, including, from 2004 to 2007, consul and political counsellor at the Embassy to Bosnia and Herzegovina and, from 2007 to 2010, as head of the embassy office in Astana. From 2011 to 2014, she was the political counsellor at the High Commission in Ghana. Ms. Kelly served as the Ambassador of Canada to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations between 2018-2021.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 : Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience
Knowledge Round Table 3: Ransomware Management

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I am a Cyber Security Professional with deep expertise in Sales, Revenue Management, Cyber Security and Risk Advisory, Techno-Commercial Deal closures, Management Consulting, Strategic Alliances etc.
Currently, I am Director - Cyber Security at Accolite Software where I am running the Security practice globally which includes Cyber Risk Management, Identity & Access Management, Management Consulting, DevSecOps, Security Engineering, Threat Hunting, GRC, Data Security & Privacy, OT/IOT Security etc. My scope ranges across the globe including US, Europe, India, APAC etc.
I am also the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Accolite Digital wherein I am responsible for global ISO 27001 roll out along with SOC2, Cloud security implementation including CASB and CNAPP, Endpoint protection, Identity Management, DevSecOps, VAPT, Red Teaming and other security initiatives including Training/Awareness across the board.

Agenda : Presentation Cybersecurity Laws and Regulations

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The only distinguished Cyber Security, Cyber Law & Privacy Expert Lawyer in India to have Masters in Computer Science, Masters in Law & Ph.D. in International Cyber Law & Cyberwarfare with prior working experience in the field of S/W, Networking & IT security. More than 25 Yrs. of all-round IT & Law(Litigation & Consulting)). He is Indias Top Cyber & Privacy Lawyer with many landmark cases to his credit. He has been awarded as Best Cybersecurity Lawyer in 2017 and with National Cyber defence Award in 2019. He has been interviewed by leading channels and quoted by leading new papers across the world. He is a well applauded International Keynote Speaker in conferences, seminars & summits.

Agenda : The State of Cybersecurity in India

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Agenda : Knowledge Round Table - 1 Building a Cyber-Resilient Workforce

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Meheriar has helped several global organizations to transform their business by delivering multi-channel retail, travel industry solutions, banking, financial, eCommerce and Pharma agile architectures and building Agile, Customer enabled Digital Solutions for Supply Chain and Logistics.

Agenda : Knowledge Round Table 3: Ransomware Management

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IT leader with two decades of multi-industry experience. Advisor to Stake holder in the areas of Information Security, Risk assessment and mitigation, Business Continuity, Scalable and Resilient IT infrastructure. Techno-Commercial acumen with right blend of hands-on knowledge of cutting edge technology and Managerial skills.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

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Founder and CEO of Scriptics Technologies Inc., an IT product and services company based in Toronto, Mr. Harsh Macwan, while helping young entrepreneurs to develop their business , provides solutions to large businesses in designing and delivering enterprise-grade software applications using the best of niche technologies.

Agenda : Fireside Chat 2 Cybersecurity Tech Stack: CyberSecurity Organization Design and building Cyber-Resilience

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Ashish Upreti currently heads up the commercial portfolio for India-SAARC at Magnet Forensics. His background in Digital Forensics hails from exposure to real forensic cases with Law Enforcement, Investigation agencies and State Forensic Science Labs in the region. In addition, Ashish had prior working experience with global OEMs and developers in the establishment of several digital forensic labs across India. In his current position, Ashish is focused on helping his clients transform their approach to digital investigations and incident response.