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    INFOSEC MAESTROS Awards 2015


    GIVING GREAT CISOs THE

    RECOGNITION THEY DESERVES

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    REDEFINING

    SECURITY EXCELLENCE,

    INNOVATION

    & LEADERSHIP!

     

    Program Agenda
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    ~ CISO AWARDS

    ~ THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

    ~ CONFERENCE

    ~ TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

    ~ P2P EXCHANGES

     

    ALL UNDER ONE ROOF…

    MOST PROLIFIC SECURITY EVENT OF INDIA!

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    HEARTIEST

    CONGRATULATIONS!

    ALL WINNERS OF 2016

    INFOSEC MAESTROS AWARDS

     

    Program Agenda

Date & Venue

DATE: April 15-17, 2016
Leonia Holistic Destination - Hotels & Resorts,
Hyderabad (INDIA).
Bommaraspet, Shameerpet,
Ranga Reddy District,
Hyderabad 500078 (INDIA)

Leonia Holistic Destination, Hyderabad

EVENT AT A GLANCE

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    INFOSEC MAESTROS AWARDS

    ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards is the best ever initiative to inspire the innovative, talented and hard working information security professionals across the verticals,...

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    TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

    Global security vendors, consultants, domestic security players and security auditing farms are cordially invited to showcase their industry leadership, product strength...

  • • panel-discussion

    THE CONFERENCE

    The Conference at INFOSEC MAESTROS Awards in day time aims to bring India’s most respected & renowned CISOs from private, public and govt organizations and...

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    CAMP WITH CHAMPS

    Apart from the award ceremony, technology showcase, insightful debates and peer-to-peer exchange as part of business agenda, number of entertainment and break-out...

  • • thought-leadership

    THOUGHT LEADERSHIPS

    Listen and connect with informed opinion leaders and the go-to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who move and inspire people with innovative...

  • • P2P

    P2P EXCHANGE

    Witness a grand gathering of industry renowned CISOs, Analysts, Risk Managers, Consultants, Security Professionals and Auditors and explore the networking opportunity to...

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Judging Process

 

Submissions for ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards must align with the category for which they are nominated and are judged based upon completeness and accuracy of the information provided. Nominations are also judged based on the overall influence, effectiveness and success of the nominees’ project, initiative or improvement. Nominators may be contacted by any member of panel of juries. The panel of judges selected, each represent a different segment of industry and bring to the forum their extensive knowledge and experience. The jury’s judgment will be considered as final one.
Judgment in these criteria will be based on:

 

    • Industry type
    • Organization size
    • Factors driving organization’s information security spending
    • Evaluation of information security spending
    • Security measures deployed or to be deployed
    • Size and complexity of projects undertaken/delivered
    • Security assurance

FAQ’s

Q. Why ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards?

The ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards will felicitate organizations (and the people within them) that are using information security technology in innovative ways to secure their business and mission critical information in the most effective manner and deliver business value, by creating competitive advantage, optimizing business processes, enabling growth or improving relationships with customers.

Information security is vital for protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computer systems, resources, and data; it is important for business continuity, for profits, for the economy and for national security. Yet, though every year we load accolades on business heads for their successes and other side, the country has stayed silent to the monumental contribution of the security professionals.

The ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards is an attempt to recognize the contributions that these extremely talented executives make that has such a huge impact on our businesses. This is the most prolific information security honour that is being conceptualized, and organized by ‘INFOSECURITYLIVE.COM’

Q. What is the Impact of ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards?

This award aims to bring to the centre stage the contribution security officers make in the shaping and securing the integrity of our businesses. We hope that this award will inspire the young talented information security professionals and researchers to come forward with path breaking technological innovations to keep organizations ahead and secure.

Q. What is the Judging Process?

The 150 INFOSEC MAESTROS will be chosen by the expert panel of 5 jury members and will be based on the information submitted by the nominees vide online form submission or through email. The panel of judges selected, each represent a different segments of industry and bring to the forum their extensive knowledge and experience. The jury’s judgment will be considered as final one. Entrants are encouraged to include any information about their projects or initiatives that they would like the judges to consider in their answers to the questions on the application. Please note that finalists of this award are not ranked. For more details, please refer Judging Process section.

Q. Tell us something about methodology used for selecting ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’?

A brief on the methodology adopted for selection process (only to present a neutral picture of the initiative):

Step 1: Open nominations – publicize via personal contact, print ads, online ads, links on websites.

Step 2: Receive nomination entries from individuals and organisations. Parameters of selection include:

~ Industry type
~ Organisation size
~ Factors driving organization’s information security spending
~ Evaluation of information security spending
~ Security measures deployed or to be deployed
~ Size and complexity of projects undertaken/delivered
~ Security assurance

Step 3: Nominations to be short listed based on predefined minimum criteria.

Step 4: Jury panel consisting of pioneers and stalwarts of the security industry to qualify finalists.

Step 5: INFOSEC MAESTROS selected. Special Achievement awards, if any to be decided by Jury panel

Q. How will the information provided for nominations are used?

The information you provide in your nomination forms will be primarily used by ‘INFOSECURITY LIVE’ for judging the awards. Additionally, the information provided may be used by our editorial team for editorial purpose and/or in other publicity materials related to the ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards. If there is any information that you do not want publicized, please mention the same in the form submitted with an “ * ” marked against it.

Q. What is the deadline for nomination submission?

The deadline for submitting an application for the 2016 edition of ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS’ Awards is January 15, 2016 (Extended Deadline). . You can download the application form here or you can send us a request. Winners will be notified by e-mail and in a letter by the 2nd Week of February 2016.

Q. If I need more information on nominations, whom should I contact?

For any queries regarding nomination, please write to:
~ Jitendra Srivastava: jeetu@infosecuritylive.com
~ B D Roy: roy@infosecuritylive.com

Nominate Yourself

Nominations for ‘INFOSEC MAESTROS' Awards are open nationwide to all Security Leaders from private or public companies. You can choose any of the methods to submit your nomination for InfoSec Maestros Awards 2016.

Who Should Apply?

*  CISO  *  CIO  *  CTO  *  CRO  *  CSO  *  Head–IS  *  Head–IT  *  VP–IT  *  Director–IT  *  GM–IT etc… NOMINATION CLOSED.

  • Submit Your Nomination (Online)

    Out of Office? At Home? Traveling? You can still submit your nomination for “INFOSEC MAESTROS Awards 2016”. Submit your nomination Online today. Who knows, you could be the next winner

  • Download Nomination Form (PDF Version)

    Download PDF version of Nomination Form for sending your nomination. Send back the thoroughly filled-up Nomination Form to tanu@infosecuritylive.com.

  • Download Nomination Form (DOC Version)

    Download DOC version of Nomination Form for sending your nomination. Send back the thoroughly filled-up Nomination Form to tanu@infosecuritylive.com

Meet the Speakers

Best CISOs deserve the best of breed national and international speakers, experts, analysts from IT Security domain as well as thought leaders. Please visit this section later for update as we are working on shortlisting the most competitive set of speakers for you. Thanks!

  • Saurabh Airi

    Saurabh Airi

    Technical Sales Consultant -
    South Asia, Entrust Datacard

  • Kaustubh P Aradhye

    Kaustubh P Aradhye

    Country Manager - India,
    Tufin Technologies

  • Trishneet Arora

    Trishneet Arora

    Cyber Security Expert, Founder & CEO, TAC Cyber Security Group

  • Manoj Bhati

    Manoj Bhati

    Sr. Solution Specialist – India & SAARC, Identity & Data Protection, Gemalto

  • Ajay Bongirwar

    Ajay Bongirwar

    Country Head (India Region), Checkmarx

  • Saurabh Chandra

    Saurabh Chandra

    Head of IT, Myntra / Advisor - Apps, FlipKart

  • Rajiv Chawla

    Rajiv Chawla

    Executive Director (IS),
    Indian Oil Corporation Limited

  • Burgess Cooper

    Burgess Cooper

    Partner, Information & Cyber Security , Advisory Services, Ernst & Young

  • Kiran Deshpande

    Kiran Deshpande

    Founder and President,
    Mojo Networks

  • Uday Deshpande

    Uday Deshpande

    Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Tata Motors Limited

  • Scott Gelber, E&Y

    Scott Gelber

    EMEIA Cybersecurity Leader,
    Ernst & Young

  • Sahir-Hidayatullah

    Sahir Hidayatullah

    An Ethical Hacker and CEO of Smokescreen Technologies

  • Vaidyanathan Iyer

    Vaidyanathan R Iyer

    Business Unit Executive, IBM Security Solutions, IBM India / SA

  • Rishikesh Kamat

    Rishikesh Kamat

    AVP - Product Development & Marketing, Netmagic Solutions

  • Kumar Karpe

    Kumar Karpe

    CEO (BillJunction.com),
    TechProcess Payment Services Ltd

  • Dhruv Khanna

    Dhruv Khanna

    CEO & Director,
    Data Resolve Technologies

  • Sunder Krishnan

    Sunder Krishnan

    Chief Risk Officer (CRO),
    Reliance Life Insurance Co Ltd

  • Atul Kumar

    Atul Kumar

    General Manager - IT Division, Syndicate Bank

  • Tejas Lagad, Nexus Group

    Tejas Lagad

    Director - Asia Pacific,
    Nexus Group

  • Rajeev Mathur, Darktrace

    Rajeev Mathur

    Regional Sales Director - India, Darktrace

  • Kees Jan Meerman

    Kees Jan Meerman

    Managing Director, Stellar Data Recovery (Netherlands)

  • Saket Modi

    Saket Modi

    Indian Ambassador of Cyber Security in Education, CEO, Lucideus

  • Tal Mozes, E&Y

    Tal Mozes

    Leader of Hacktics Security Center, Ernst & Young

  • Hitesh Mulani

    Hitesh Mulani

    Vice President & CISO, Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd (Times Group)

  • Venkat Nippani

    Venkat Nippani

    Partner, Advisory,
    Grant Thornton India LLP

  • Bharat Panchal

    Bharat Panchal

    Head – Risk Management & CISO, NPCI

  • Krishna Sastry Pendyala

    Krishna Sastry Pendyala

    Global Head-Fraud Management and Digital Forensics, TCS

  • Vijay Raghav, JDA Software

    Vijay Raghav

    Director IT & Information Security,
    JDA Software

  • Andreas Schmid, Director, Product Marketing - APJ, Blue Coat Systems

    Andreas Schmid

    Director, Product Marketing - APJ,
    Blue Coat Systems

  • Nabankur Sen

    Nabankur Sen

    Advisor-cum-CISO,
    Bandhan Bank Limited

  • Kartik Shinde

    Kartik Shinde

    Partner, Cyber Security, Financial Services, Ernst & Young

  • Valan Sivasubramanian

    Valan Sivasubramanian

    CISSP, Regional Manager - Systesm Engineering, Fortinet

  • Srinivas Thimmaiah

    Srinivas Thimmaiah

    Principal Consultant - InfoSec, Mercedes-Benz R&D India

  • Sunny Vaghela

    Sunny Vaghela

    Information Security & Cyber Crime Consultant, TechDefence Labs

Program Agenda

Program Agenda of "INFOSEC MAESTROS Awards & Conference" event has been designed to offer a perfect blend of talent recognition, thought leadership, technology showcase, interactive sessions, peer-to-peer exchange, fun and entertainment activities -- makes it the most prolific IT Security event of India....

Day 1 (April 15, 2016)
  Time   Evening Session
  04.00 PM – 06.00 PM   Delegates Arrivals / Check-Ins
  06.30 PM – 07.00 PM   Registration + Welcome Drinks
  07.00 PM – 07.10 PM   Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
  By: B D Roy, Group Editor, BitStream Mediaworks
  07.10 PM – 07.40 PM   Keynote: Advanced Digital Forensics – A Leathal Weapon to Track the Criminal
  By: Krishna Sastry Pendyala, Global Head, Fraud Management & Digital Forensics, Enterprise Security & Risk, TCS
  07.40 PM – 08.15 PM   Panel Discussion: Security at the Speed of Cloud: How Cloud Scale Changes the Security Game
  Moderator: Vijay Raghav, Director – IT & Information Security, JDA Software
        Panelists:
        (a) Andreas Schmid, Director, Product Marketing – APJ, Blue Coat Systems
        (b) Rajiv Chawla, Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation
        (c) Dhruv Khanna, CEO & Director, Data Resolve Technologies
        (d) Rishikesh Kamat, AVP – Product Development & Marketing, Netmagic Solutions
  08.15 PM – 08.45 PM   A Strategic Approach Against an Increasingly Sophisticated Threat
  By: Valan Sivasubramanian, CISSP – Regional Manager – Systesm Engineering, Fortinet
  08.45 PM – 09.30 PM   Panel Discussion: Mobile Workforce Security: How to Out Think Mobile Malware to Protect Mobile Devices
  Moderator: Venkat Nippani, Partner, Advisory, Grant Thornton
         Panelists:
        (a) Saurabh Chandra, Head of IT Apps, Flipkart
        (b) Kumar Karpe, CEO (Billjunction.com), TechProcess Payment Services Limited
        (c) Vaidyanathan R Iyer, Business Unit Executive, IBM Security Solutions, IBM India / SA
        (d) Srinvas Thimmaiah, Principal Consultant – InfoSec, Mercedes-Benz R&D India
  09.30 PM – 09.35 PM   Vote of Thanks / Announcements on Next Day’s Proceedings
  09.30 PM onwards   Networking Cocktail & Gala Dinner
 
Day 2 (April 16, 2016)
  Time   Day Session
  07.30 AM – 08.30 AM   Power Breakfast
  09.00 AM – 09.20 AM   Delegate Registrations
  09.20 AM – 09.30 AM   Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
  By: Ramakrishnan Manoj, Senior Editor – INFOSECURITY, BitStream Mediaworks
  09.30 AM – 10.00 AM   Keynote: Rethink of Security as Next-Gen Innovations: The Changing Landscape
  By: Scott Gelber, EMEIA Cyber Security Leader, Ernst & Young
  10.00 AM – 10.30 AM   Keynote: Cognitive Security Intelligence
  By: Vaidyanathan R Iyer, Business Unit Executive, IBM Security Solutions, IBM India / SA
  10.30 AM – 11.00 AM   Panel Discussion: Securing Financial Data Against Targeted Cyber Attacks
  Moderator: Kartik Shinde, Partner – Financial Services, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young
         Panelists:
        (a) Nabankur Sen, Advisor-cum-CISO, Bandhan Bank Limited
        (b) Atul Kumar, GM-IT, Syndicate Bank
        (c) Bharat Panchal, VP-Technology, NPCI
        (d) Manoj Bhati, Sr. Solutions Specialist, India & SAARC, Gemalto
        (e) Kees Jan Meerman, Managing Director, Stellar Data Recovery (Netherlands)
  11.00 AM – 11.20 PM   Moving Forward your business without Fear
  By: Abhishek Sharma, Senior Sales Engineer, Forcepoint
  11.20 AM – 11.40 PM   Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
  11.40 AM – 12.00 PM   Securing the Cloud Generation Environment
  By: Andreas Schmid, Director, Product Marketing – APJ, Blue Coat Systems
  12.00 PM – 12.20 PM   Magic in the Air: Seamless, Scalable & Secure WiFi Connectivity for Everyone Everywhere
  By: Kiran Deshpande, Founder and President, Mojo Networks
  12.20 PM – 12.40 PM   Is that Cloud and Clear?
  By: Manoj Bhati, Sr. Solutions Specialist, India & SAARC, Gemalto
  12.40 PM – 01.00 PM   Secure Erasure of Data as Integral Part of IT Asset Disposition
  By: Kees Jan Meerman, Managing Director, Stellar Data Recovery (Netherlands)
  01.00 PM – 01.45 PM   Networking Lunch | Technology Showcase
  01.45 PM – 02.10 PM   InfoSec Maestros Awards Distribution
  02.10 PM – 02.30 PM   Pragmatic Approach to Datacenter Security
  By: Rishikesh Kamat, AVP – Product Development & Marketing, Netmagic Solutions
  02.30 PM – 03.00 PM   Advanced Threat Protection — Hypes & Myths
  By: Tal Mozes, Hacticks Leader, Israel, Ernst & Young
  03.00 PM – 03.20 PM   Application Security Beyond Compliance
  By: Ajay Bongirwar, Country Head (India), Checkmarx
  03.20 PM – 03.50 PM   Panel Discussion: Securing the Integrated Industrial IoT Ecosystem — Next Wave of Threats?
  Moderator: Burges Cooper, Patner, Information & Cyber Security, Ernst & Young
        Panelists:
        (a) N Balasundar, CIO, ABB India Ltd
        (b) Rajiv Chawla, Executive Director (IS), Indian Oil Corporation Limited
        (c) Valan Sivasubramanian, Regional Manager – Systesm Engineering, Fortinet
        (d) Uday Deshpande, CISO, Tata Motors Limited
        (e) Tejas Lagad, Director – Asia, Nexus Group
  03.50 PM – 04.05 PM   The Right Balance – Security and Consumer Experience
  By: Saurabh Airi, Technical Sales Consultant – South Asia, Entrust Solutions, Entrust Datacard
  04.05 PM – 04.20 PM   The Enterprise Immune System: Using Machine Learning for Sophisticated Threat Detection
  By: Rajeev Mathur, Regional Sales Director – India, Darktrace
  04.20 PM – 04.35 PM   Why Authentication has Become a Matter of Life and Death!
  By: Tejas Lagad, Director – Asia, Nexus Group
  04.35 PM – 06.00 PM   Tea-Coffee Break / Technology Showcase
   
  Time   Evening Session
  06.15 PM – 06.30 PM   Reassemble for Evening Session
  06.25 PM – 06.30 PM   Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
  By: B D Roy, Group Editor, BitStream Mediaworks
  06.30 PM – 07.00 PM   Keynote: State-of-the-Hack: The Top 5 Security Hacks in 2015-16 to Learn From
  By: Saket Modi, Indian Ambassador of Cyber Security in Education, Co-Founder and CEO at Lucideus
  07.00 PM – 07.40 PM   Panel Discussion: Cyber Intelligence Sharing & Protection: Has the Time Finally Come for Real Collaboration?
  Moderator: Burgess Cooper, Partner, Risk & Information Security Advisroy, Ernst & Young
        Panelists:
        (a) Krishna Sastry Pendyala, Global Head – Fraud Management & Digital Forensics, TCS
        (b) Saket Modi, Co-Founder and CEO at Lucideus
        (c) Kiran Deshpande, Founder and President, Mojo Networks
        (d) Saurabh Airi, Technical Sales Consultant – South Asia, Entrust Solutions, Entrust Datacard
  07.40 PM – 07.45 PM   Theme Notes from Awards Jury Members
  By: Venkat Nippani, Partner, Advisory, Grant Thornton
  07.45 PM – 08.00 PM   Keynote: From IBM
  By: Vaidyanathan R Iyer, Business Unit Executive, IBM Security Solutions, IBM India / SA
  08.00 PM – 08.45 PM   InfoSec Maestros Awards Distribution
  08.45 PM – 09.00 PM   Vote of Thanks / Announcements on Next Day’s Proceedings
  By: B D Roy, Group Editor, BitStream Mediaworks
  9.00  PM onwards   Networking Cocktail & Gala Dinner
 
Day 3 (April 17, 2016)
  Time   Day Session
  07.00 AM – 09.00 AM   Power Breakfast / Go Karting / Water Skating / Other Leisure Activities
  09.00 AM – 09.05 AM   Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
  By: Deepak Singh, Editor – ChannelAxis, BitStream Mediaworks
  09.05 AM – 09.30 AM   Keynote: Outsmarting Hackers: Why You Need a Full Spectrum Defense and Proactive Threat Intelligence
  By: Sunny Vaghela, Leading InfoSec & Cyber Crime Consultant, Founder & CTO, TechDefence Labs
  09.30 AM – 10.00 AM   Live Ethical Hacking Session
  By: Trishneet Arora, Leading Cyber Security Expert, Founder & CEO, TAC Cyber Security Group
  10.00 AM – 10.30 AM   Securiy Attacks Unplugged
  By: Sahir Hidayatullah, An Ethical Hacker and CEO of Smokescreen Technologies
  10.30 AM – 11.00 AM   Panel Discussion: Cyber Security has Become a Top Business Concern, Rather than Merely a Technology Issue
  Moderator: Burgess Cooper, Partner, Risk & Information Security Advisroy, Ernst & Young
        Panelists:
        (a) Sunder Krishnan, CRO, Reliance Life Insurance Co Ltd
        (b) Hitesh Mulani, Vice President & CISO, Bennett Coleman and Co Ltd (Times Group)
        (c) Ajay Bongirwar, Country Head (India), Checkmarx
        (d) Rajeev Mathur, Regional Sales Director – India, Darktrace
        (e) Trishneet Arora, Leading Cyber Security Expert, Founder & CEO, TAC Cyber Security Group
        (f) Abhishek Sharma, Senior Sales Engineer, Forcepoint
  11.00 AM – 11.45 PM   InfoSec Maestros Awards Distribution
  11.45 AM – 12.00 PM   Q&A / Vote of Thanks / Briefing on:
        (1) Innovative CIO Awards & Symposium 2016
        (2) BFSI Tech Wizards 2016 – Awards & Symposium
  12.00 PM – 12.05 PM   Lucky Draws / Q&A / Vote of Thanks
  12.05 PM onwards   Lunch | Check-outs | Departures

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