This document summarizes SACON, India's first security architecture conference. It discusses the need for more security architects to address issues like the halting problem and building secure systems. The CISO Platform is introduced as the world's largest collaboration platform for CISOs, with over 3000 members. It has created several decision tools to help with security technology buying, including the CPSMM benchmarking model, security taxonomy, CISO Platform Index for product ratings, and community RFP checklists. The agenda for SACON includes learning various security models in the first half and applying them through group activities and a wargame in the second half.

1. SACON
India’s 1st Security
Architecture Conference

2. At a Metro in Paris…

3. How to prevent the “2 Potato”
moments?

4. Halting Problem and Impossibility
General Algorithm to solve the halting problem
for all possible program-input pairs cannot exist

5. It Is Easier To Break Than To Build

6. Security & Happiness Problem

7. Why SACON?
• There are many breakers…but too few
architects !
• Industry has a big gap for security architects
• Pen Testing is getting commoditized
…Architecture is the future !

8. About CISO Platform
• World’s 1st and Largest Collaboration Platform
Exclusively for CISOs and Senior IT Security Decision
Makers
• 3000+ members on CISO Platform; 60,000+ subscribers
globally
• 300+ Security Checklists, Guidelines & Articles online
• 500 + Product Reviews
• 18 Technology Taxonomies

9. Key Initiatives…..
• CISO Platform has created 4 powerful decision tools for
IT security technology buying decisions. These 4 tools
are available for around 20 IT Security domains like
DLP, SIEM etc
– CISO Platform Security Maturity Model (CPSMM)
• Data Driven Benchmarking Model for organizations to measure
their IT Security posture against their peers
– Security Taxonomy
• Complete break down of IT Security technologies with the
mapping of the vendor landscape and capability mapping
– CISO Platform Index (CPI)
• User satisfaction based rating framework for security products
– Community RFP and Technology Evaluation Checklists
• Checklists to evaluate security product vendors

10. 2. Security Taxonomy
3. CISO Platform Index –
Customer based rating for products
4. Community RPF
1. CPSMM- Benchmarking tool to
compare your security against peers

11. Plan for the Day
• First Half
– Understanding various models
• Second Half
– Apply (Group Activity, Wargame)

12. Thank You
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