In a world where every workload, device, and employee relies on identity to function, a single compromised credential can unravel the entire security fabric. This open-house session unpacks the anatomy of modern identity failures through live, evolving scenarios and the tough decisions enterprises must make under pressure.

• Scenario 1: A trusted user’s session token is silently hijacked, giving an attacker legitimate access. No alarms. No anomalies. Just a legitimate identity doing illegitimate things.

Venugopal Parameswara
Head - IT Security Transformation
CSB Bank

Anup Tongaonkar
Group CISO
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail

Rajesh Thapar
CISO
NSE India

Sandesh Jadhav
Global Data Privacy Officer
Wipro

Moderator
Abhijit Chakravarty
EVP - Networks & Cyber Security
Kotak Mahindra Bank

In today’s interconnected world, third-party vendors and partners are integral to your business, but they also introduce significant cybersecurity risks. Let’s delves into the essential elements for building a robust Third-Party Risk Management program that safeguards your organization. Risk Assessment: How to assess the 3rd parties? What due diligence is needed?

• Continuous Monitoring: Criteria consideration for the same frequency?
• Regulatory Compliance: Dealing with Internal and external regulations?
• Incident Response: Key areas of consideration for robust plan?“

Mayank Sharma
Global Privacy Officer and DPO
Crisil

Parvesh Chahal
CISO & DPO
Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas

Anbu David
Vice President & CISO
Holcim

Moderator
Santanu Ganguly
CEO
StrategINK

As enterprises adopt AI for efficiency, threat actors are adopting it for speed. This panel explores how the battlefield evolves when adversaries operate with machine-like precision, scale, and autonomy—far beyond traditional human attacks.

⚠An attacker deploys an autonomous AI agent that learns your environment in real time, mimicking user behaviour, bypassing MFA, poisoning models, and triggering deepfake enabled fraud. Traditional detection tools see “normal activity.”

Nothing looks malicious, yet everything is compromised.

Shailendra Kothavale
Chief Risk & Compliance officer
Aditya Birla Sun life Insurance

Shabir Bhat
Regional Director
India, Middle East & Africa
Checkmarx

Vamsi Ithamraju
CTO
Axis Mutual Fund

Kalpesh Doshi
CISO
HDFC Life

Amit Joshi
CISO
Hindalco

Moderator
Prateek Tokas
Chief Knowledge Officer
StrategINK

Ransomware has evolved beyond blasted files and ransom notes. Today’s attackers focus on extortion without encryption—targeting identities, admin consoles, backups, and critical workflows to freeze business operations without locking a single file.

• Scenario: A core payment system slows to a crawl, then suddenly halts.
• Instead of encrypted data, attackers claim to have stolen customer records, and present undeniable proof.
• They lock your admin accounts, leaving systems intact but unusable.
• Backups exist, but recovery is impossible without privileges.
• Regulators require reporting. Insurance coverage becomes questionable. Customers panic.

Jimit Shah
CISO
Aditya Birla Housing Finance

Anilkumar Varma
CTO
Multi Commodity Exchange Clearing Corporation

Atul Garg
CTO
SIDBI

Dr. Sriranga Narasimha Gandhi Aryavalli
VP & Head - Information Security
Jio Platforms

Akhil Wadhavkar
CISO
Central Depository Services India

Pradipta Patro
Head - Cyber Security & IT
RPG Group

Moderator
Ambarish Kumar Singh
CISO
Godrej Enterprises Group