The dynamicCISO Summit 7th Annual CISO Summit & Excellence Awards 2020 were held in Mumbai during 27-28 Feb 2020 at Hotel Leela. The summit was attended by over 220 senior #CISOs and other #cybersecurity professionals from across the country. In total there were 20 sessions held across two days and there were over 55 eminent experts and speakers who delivered the sessions.

1. CHECKMATE!
7th DynamicCISO Summit & Excellence
Awards
27th – 28th Feb 2020
POST-EVENT REPORT

2. About CISO Summit
• The theme for this year’s 7th Annual dynamicCISO Summit 2020 was Checkmate!
• It’s entire focus on applying intelligence, strategy and technology for better cyber-
defense
• The conference deliberated on how CISOs and Cybersecurity professionals can create a
robust “Defense Mechanism” for a stronger, better, cybersecurity posture
• The event had 20+ sessions, 55+ speakers, and approximately 210 senior security pros
from across India.

3. Editor’s Welcome
7th edition of the summit got off to a flying start
with an incisive introduction from Rahul Neel
Mani, Editor, dynamicCISO.com. He emphasized
on the need for a deeper, and more
comprehensive understanding of the threat
landscape and called for an intense coordination
among key stakeholders to thwart the emerging
cyber threats.

4. DYNAMICCISO Mindmap: Applying Intelligence, Strategy
& Technology for Better Cyber Defense
Aligned with the theme of this year’s Summit, the inaugural
session was a Live on “Applying Intelligence, Strategy &
Technology for Better Cyber Defense.”
The crux of the discussion was that cybersecurity strategy,
threat intel, and technology are the key arsenals in a CISO’s
chest. Moderated by Burgess Cooper, Partner, EY India, the
other panelists were Durga Prasad Dube, Sr. VP, Reliance;
Na. Vijayashankar, Chairman, Foundation of Data Protection
Professionals in India; Uday Deshpande, Group CISO, L&T;
Hitesh Mulani, Group CISO & VP - IT Partner Collaboration &
Process Excellence, Mahindra Rise and Sunil Varkey,
Cybersecurity Expert.

5. Summit Keynote 1: The Elephant in the Room
In line with the theme of the Summit 2020, Capt.
Felix Mohan, CEO, CISO Cybersecurity delivered
the first keynote on the topic: The Elephant in the
Room. He spoke on how a CISO may sometime
ignore the big problems that are right in front of
their eyes, causing momentary inconvenience or
disruption. He argued that such ignored areas can
later develop into really troublesome areas. It's
time the elephant in the room is addressed as
soon as noticed. “You should know yourself and
your enemies well to win the war. Threat and
vulnerability assessments are the key to it,” he
said.

6. Title Partner Keynote: Intelligent Cybersecurity 2020 &
Beyond
Aligned with theme, the Title Partner Keynote was
spot on. Titled as Intelligent Cybersecurity: 2020 &
Beyond it threw light on how it is imperative for
organizations to deploy a structured approach to
security and risk management with a clear
roadmap for at least the next five years. The
speakers of this session were Balaji Subramaniam,
Head - Intelligent Security Business Unit, NTT Ltd.;
Rishikesh Kamat, Product Head - Managed
Security & IMS, NTT Ltd. and Sanjivan S Shirke,
Head - Information Security & SVP (IT), UTI Asset
Management Co. Ltd.

7. Presenting Partner Keynote: Combating Modern Threats
with Intrinsic Security
The Presenting Partner Keynote on “Combating
Modern Threats with Intrinsic Security” was
delivered by Ashish Chalke, Specialist Systems
Engineer, Dell Technologies. He spoke about
how cybersecurity is no longer a technology
problem, but a business-wide challenge. This
requires businesses to move up the security
maturity model - from being 'guarded', moving
through being 'informed' and 'integrated' to
finally becoming 'resilient' where security is
embedded within each business function.

8. CISO Face Off: Man Versus Machine - Follow the Basic
Instincts Or A Machine-Driven Approach
In this face off session on Man Vs. Machine: Follow the
Basic Instincts Or A Machine-Driven Approach an
interesting and intriguing discussion followed with active
participation of two senior cyber security experts namely
Sanjay Tiwari, CISO, IIFL and Amit Dhawan, CISO, Birlasoft.
The face off was moderated by Keyur Desai, CIO, Essar
Ports & Shipping. The speakers argued how the limitation in
human intelligence has paved the way for applying Artificial
Intelligence (AI) to strengthen cyber defense. While AI is
helping organizations take cybersecurity to the next level, it
cannot render the human aspect redundant. The argument
went on…

9. Power Session: Changing Cyber Landscape - The Battle
of Algorithms
Apurva Jain, Territory Sales Manager, Dark Trace
presented the session on an interesting topic “Changing
Cyber Landscape: The Battle of Algorithms.” She spoke
about how AI is doing the heavy lifting for the attackers,
making the attacks faster and more effective. Defending
against such advanced threats and attack vector requires
an immune system approach that focuses on understanding
the entire organization’s DNA using advanced AI algorithms.

10. CISO Brainstorm: Building Successful Cyber Defence
Programs: Checks & Balances
The topic of the first CISO Brainstorm “Building
Successful Cyber Defense Programs: Checks & Balances.”
The panelists felt that in a perimeterless world, there
has to be a judicious mix of people, process and
technology to create a robust security structure. Of all
these, the people component is particularly critical and
often remains neglected. The panelists included Vijay
Devnath, CISO, CRIS; Ravi Burlagadda, VP, Reliance Jio;
Manu Bhatia, Director Cyber Security, HCL Technologies;
Ajay Dubey, Country Head NetSec and Channels,
Forcepoint. The panel was moderated by Dinesh Bareja,
COO, Open Security Alliance

11. Summit Keynote 2: Cyber Immunity: Mimicking the
Human Immune System - A New Perspective
The second Keynote of the day was by eminent
cybersecurity specialist Durga Prasad Dubey who is
CISO & Sr. VP at Reliance Industries Ltd. He started
his session by an interesting case of about how the
human body reacts to infections. It creates a
coordinated response. Can cybersecurity also be
such that it has prevention and detection together
with self-help built into it? “Modern cybersecurity
strategies need to incorporate these elements and
learn from the natural world”, he argued.

12. Power Session: Cross Generation Detection & Response
This Power Session was presented by Vijendra
Katiyar, Director - Enterprise Non-named
Business, India & SAARC, Trend Micro on the topic
“Cross Generation Detection & Response.” Vijendra
explained how the definition of detection has
changed over a period of time and that today the
idea of detection is preempting the threat, and the
first thing that comes to mind is endpoint
detection response which is EDR. It will becomes
easier for the CISOs to take actions if EDR is in
place.

13. Hackers’ Live: Securing the Future
The first Hackers’ Live session was focused on the
topic: Securing the Future. It was presented by
Aseem Jakhar, Co-Founder & Director Research
and Development, Payatu. Aseem is a seasoned
professional who specializes in Internet of Things
(IoT) security; Embedded/Hardware security;
Mobile security; Security Software development;
and Security Training.

14. DynamicCISO Research: “Being of a CISO”
DynamicCISO, for the first time in seven years, has
commissioned a research "Being of a CISO." The
Research Report was unveiled by Dr. Kapil Dev Singh,
CEO, Coeus Age. The report was a joint effort between
dynamicCISO and Coeus Age. The findings of the
research report were highlighted at the CISO
Summit. The research is a result of qualitative
interviews with CISOs and CIOs and a quantitative
survey of 80+ CISOs and 60+ CIOs which was
administered during Dec 2019 - Jan 2020. The
session by Dr. Singh was intense and full of self-
discovery.

15. CISO Brainstorm: Digital Risk Management: Defence In
Depth with Agility in Mind
The CISO Brainstorm on Digital Risk Management:
Defense-in-Depth with Agility in Mind was attended
by seasoned panelists including Sreeshankar
Gurujalam, Director - Information Security, Ocwen
Financial Solutions; Ravindranath Hirolikar, CISO,
HighRadius, Kanishk Gaur, Director, EY, Aman
Chhikara, CISO, Aristi Ninja. The discussion was
moderated by Bharat Panchal, CRO, FIS Global. The
panelists were on the opinion that CISOs must evolve
and not be restricted to their silos. A multi-layered
approach is needed for a thorough digital risk
management strategy.

16. Fireside Chat with Lux Rao, NTT
Prior to the DynamicCISO Excellence Awards 2020 a
Fireside Chat was conducted between Lux Rao,
Solutions Director & Leader - Digital Transformation,
NTT Ltd. and Rahul Neel Mani, Editor,
dynamicCISO.com. The talked revolved around how
organizations should pursue a resilient security
posture such as the Zero Trust framework as part of
their overall digital transformation strategy. They also
felt that looking at Cybersecurity holistically is critical
to ensure that a business will stay in business and
does not become a victim to increasingly hostile
attack vectors and rampant rise of malafide actors.

17. 7th Annual DynamicCISO Excellence Awards
Like every year for past 7 years, dynamicCISO
recognized and felicitated “Bold CISO” for their
exceptional work in the field of cybersecurity. The
jury for this year’s awards adjudication consisted of
Durga Dubey, Sr. VP, Reliance Industries Ltd.; Bharat
Panchal, CRO, FIS Global; Uday Deshpande, Group
CISO, L&T; Kapil Dev Singh, CEO, Coeus Age; Suhas
Mhaskar, CEO, Accent Technovation; and Shubhendu
Dutta, CISO, Aujas. The awards were given in the
presence of Rahul Neel Mani, Editor, dynamicCISO.
This year’s attraction was Women Cybersecurity
Leaders 2020 Awards to promote diversity and
inclusion.

18. DAY 2: CISO Face Off: Threat Hunting – The Only Saviour
in Defending Business
This CISO Face Off on the second day revolved around the
topic “Threat Hunting – The Only Savior in Defending
Business.” Threat hunting is one of the most critical
components in cybersecurity and is increasingly being used
for identifying net new threats faced by organizations. The
speakers in this session were Mathan Babu Kasilingam,
CISO, NPCI; Subhajit Deb, CISO, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories;
and Amit Pradhan, EVP - Technology Security, CTSO & Chief
Privacy Officer, Vodafone Idea. The Face Off was moderated
by Rishi Rajpal, Director - Global Security, Concentrix. The
participants agreed that threat hunting needs to look
beyond conventional sources of gathering intel.

19. Cloud Security: Secure Cloud Transformation
The Cloud Security session was delivered by Mrinal
Pal, Head IT, Tata Steel. He made a case that cloud
transformation for enterprises must have clear
strategies including ease of provisioning,
availability, scale, disaster recovery, external sage
and ease of management.

20. CISO Brainstorm: Cloud-based Business - An
Inescapable Evil for CISOs
Cloud-based Business: An Inescapable Evil for
CISOs was the topic of this CISO Brainstorm. The
panelists included Akhil Verma, CISO, Airtel
Payments Bank; Satish Kumar Dwibhashi, VP &
CISO, Wibmo; Rajiv Nandwani, Physical and IT
Security Continuity Senior Manager, Boston
Consulting Group, Sapan Talwar, Sr. VP - Global
Information Security, Tower Research Capital, and
Vinit Sinha, Head - Information Security, Cyber
Security and Data Privacy, Pine Labs. The session
was moderated was Bhavuk Arora, Interim CISO,
Virtual CISO, Think Act Consulting.

21. Data Privacy Masterclass: Implementing Privacy:
Frameworks & Best Practices
For the first time we organized a Data Privacy
Masterclass on the second day of the summit. This
was delivered by Data Privacy expert Shivangi
Nadkarni, CEO, Arrka Consulting. The topic of this
masterclass was “Implementing Privacy : Frameworks
& Best Practices.” It focused on how data security and
privacy are often used interchangeably. Shivangi
explained that this is however not the case. Privacy is
not just security. Privacy has personal data at the
core. We should use that as a foundation, then overlay
the laws and compliance and then identify the gaps.

22. Legal Inputs: Cybersecurity Laws and What CISOs and
Organizations Should Know About Them
The Legal Inputs session was well received and was on
a very pertinent topic “Cybersecurity Laws and What
CISOs and Organizations Should Know About Them.”
The panelists were Brijesh Singh, Inspector General of
Police, Cyber, Government of Maharashtra; Himanshu
Gaur, Principal Consultant - Cyber Security, Tata
Communications; Kalpesh Doshi, CISO, FIS Global;
Anil Chiplunkar, Cyber Fraud Investigator; and Shruti
Bist, Advocate, Supreme Court of India. The panel was
moderated by Khushbu Jain, Advocate, Supreme Court
of India.

23. CISO Face Off: Outsourcing Vs. In-house: What's the Best
Model that Works?
The last CISO Faceoff of the 7th Annual Summit was on a
topic “Outsourcing Vs. In-house: What's the Best Model
that Works?” The speakers were A Shiju Rawther, EVP,
IIFL Sridhar Sidhu, Senior VP & Head of Information
Security Services Group, Wells Fargo; Rajesh Nadkarni,
CISO, CDSL and R Vijay, CISO, Cams Ltd. Moderated by Fal
Ghancha, CISO, DSP Mutual Fund, the house was divided
between those who believed in an in-house security
model versus those who were in favour of outsourcing a
majority, operational part of it.

24. Hackers’ Live 2
The second Hackers’ Live session was presented
by Sunny Vaghela, Founder & CEO, Techdefence
Labs. Vaghela spoke at length about the recent
data breaches and lessons learned and
demonstrated certain Zero Day vulnerabilities as
well as IOT /IIOT hacking using applications level
vulnerability exploitations.

25. Hackers’ Live 3
The 3rd Hackers’ Live session was delivered by
Nitesh Surana, Independent Security Researcher.
He elaborated on the State of OSINT in 2020.
Nitesh spoke about the various tools, techniques,
and procedures to carry out effective OSINT. He
made his point through the use of example
scenarios and also explained how to use OSINT
techniques to conduct security assessments
within an organization.

26. CyberSec Demo
This was the last but one of the most exciting
sessions of the 7th Annual DynamicCISO Summit.
The topic of this session was “Big Data &
Cybersecurity.” Rahul Sasi, Founder & CTO,
CloudSek showcased a live drone which was well
received by the audience. The session brought
down curtains on the the 7th Edition of the
Summit.

28. Twitter
#CISOSummit2020
Total Tweets: 1075+
Impressions: 2.2
Million
Contribution: 118
Original Tweets: 345+
LinkedIn
#CISOSummit2020
Total Posts: 214+
Videos: 16 (40000+
views)
Social Cards:118
Images: 135++
#CISOSummit2020 was one of the Trending hashtags on twitter on 27th
February 2020

30. CHECKMATE!
7th DynamicCISO Summit & Excellence
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27th – 28th Feb 2020