CIACON2026Lineup

National Cyber Security Expert

Pioneering cyber awareness across India with over a decade of experience in ethical hacking, cybercrime investigation training for law enforcement, and large-scale awareness campaigns.

National Cyber Security Expert, Author & Speaker

Helping organizations identify and fix security weaknesses through practical offensive security techniques to build stronger digital infrastructure.

Cloud Solutions Architect - India & SAARC, CrowdStrike

Expert in cloud security, endpoint protection, and practical cybersecurity solutions. Experienced in guiding teams on defeating advanced threats.

Solution Architecture, AVM Consulting Inc

8+ years helping secure products from code to cloud. Specializes in penetration testing, bug bounty hunting, and offensive security (OSCP certified).

Senior Director - IT Security & Compliance, Publicis Groupe

Cybersecurity leader with 18+ years across professional services, telecom, financial services, and enterprise IT. Specializes in Security Operations, Threat Detection & Response, Detection Engineering, SIEM, Cloud, and Identity Security. Has led the design and transformation of enterprise-scale SOCs, combining AI, automation, and threat intelligence to strengthen cyber resilience.

Enterprise Architect and Red Teaming Expert

Helps organizations sharpen their cybersecurity posture through elite offensive and architectural expertise — spanning security architecture, adversary simulation, and enterprise security transformation.

CISO & DPO, Sammaan Capital Limited

Information security and data privacy leader in India’s BFSI sector, spanning security operations, IT risk assessment, regulatory compliance, and payment ecosystem security. CISA, CISM, CDPSE and CPISI certified, and recognised among The BFSI Cybersecurity 100: India’s Most Influential CISOs.

Founder Director - Policy, Governance, Trust — Bharat Responsible AI Forum

Futurist and strategic advisor working to ensure emerging technology serves people. His work spans AI governance, democratic integrity, and strategic foresight, with published research on cognitive security, algorithmic integrity, and the future of work.

Head - IT Infrastructure and Network Security, HT Media

Leads IT infrastructure and network security at HT Media, following technology leadership roles at Jabong and Myntra. Works across governance and risk, vulnerability management, disaster recovery, and crisis response, and was named Security Transformation Leader of the Year at the 2026 CISO Conclave.

Vice President & Global BISO, S&P Global

Global Business Information Security Officer for S&P Global’s Enterprise Data Organization, with over 12 years across cloud security, regulatory compliance, IT audits, and data protection. Previously led security governance and strategy in Amazon’s CISO Office, and PCI DSS compliance across APAC at BT Global Services.

CISO, Singhi & Co.

Chief Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer with 15+ years across banking, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and IT services. Previously CISO at Ambit, Aye Finance, and IFFCO Kisan Finance, with deep experience in regulatory compliance, third-party risk, VAPT, and business continuity.

Advocate, Supreme Court of India

Internationally recognised authority on Cyber Law, Cybersecurity Law, Cybercrime Law and Artificial Intelligence Law, practising at the Supreme Court of India. Founder & Chairman of the International Commission on Cyber Security Law and President of Cyberlaws.Net, he also founded the Artificial Intelligence Law Hub and Blockchain Law Epicentre. His work shapes conversations on cybercrime, data protection, AI and digital governance, and the challenges emerging technologies create for governments, enterprises and security practitioners.

Health IT & CISO, AIIMS

Leads health information technology and cybersecurity at AIIMS, where patient records, connected medical devices and hospital systems all sit inside the same threat surface. His work spans hospital information systems, digital health infrastructure, and the security and privacy demands of healthcare delivered at national scale.

Director - Cyber and IT Risk, Grant Thornton Bharat

Cyber and IT risk practitioner working across VAPT, digital forensics and cybercrime investigation. Has delivered over a hundred training programmes for Indian law enforcement — including the Central Detective Training Institute, the Bureau of Police Research and Development, and defence authorities — and supported investigations into major cybercrime incidents nationwide. Author of Advanced Penetration Testing with Kali Linux (BPB Publications).

Senior Director and Global Capability Leader - Offensive Security, NTT Data

18+ years in offensive security, leading global programmes across real-world adversary simulation, vulnerability research, reverse engineering and enterprise-scale breach simulation. His expertise spans 0-day discovery, exploitability analysis, red teaming, adversary emulation and AI/LLM security. Author of 12 books with 20+ vulnerability acknowledgements, he has trained global law-enforcement teams in vulnerability research — work centred on understanding how systems truly break before attackers do.

Director - Audit Governance & Program Management, S&P Global

Experienced Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) Leader with 15+ years of driving security, compliance, and audit excellence across diverse industries including Travel Tech, Banking, Consulting, and Healthcare IT.

AVP & CISO, PB Pay

As AVP & CISO at PB Pay, Adish heads security and data privacy for a payment aggregator operating under RBI's PA/PG framework.

COO, Gramax

Cybersecurity executive, former Army officer and business leader with over two decades across critical infrastructure protection, aviation security, ICT governance and enterprise resilience. As COO of a cybersecurity services firm, he has built a security practice from the ground up.

Director - Enterprise Security Architecture, Tata Digital

Information security leader with over 15 years of global experience spanning enterprise security architecture, application and cloud security, and DevSecOps. He heads enterprise security architecture and engineering at Tata Digital, and holds the CISSP, CCSP and CCSK certifications.

Partner & CRO, Grant Thornton Bharat

Jaspreet is Chief Revenue Officer and Clients & Markets Leader at Grant Thornton Bharat. With 20+ years of experience, he excels in Cybersecurity, Data Privacy, IT Strategy, Digital Transformation and Business Continuity Planning. He is a Trusted Advisor and Tech enthusiast, known for implementing effective Awareness Programs and ensuring secure IT governance practices.

Lead - Cyber Security Assurance Scientist / Additional Director, CERT-In

Ashutosh Bahuguna is the Lead for Cyber Security Assurance and serves as a Scientist/Additional Director at CERT-In under the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Government of India. He specializes in Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) and plays a pivotal role in enhancing the nation's cyber security posture. His responsibilities include overseeing cyber security assurance efforts, coordinating national cyber security initiatives, and managing complex security challenges within the government framework.

Founder & Director, CyberCube Services

Information security practitioner with 15 years of experience leading IT security programmes, spanning ISO 27001:2013 implementation, IT and PCI DSS audits, client and risk management, and third-party security assessments.

Malware Developer and Researcher, Black Hills Information Security

Builds offensive tooling and researches malware at Black Hills Information Security.

Scientist, Cert-In

Director Consulting, Microsoft

Cybersecurity delivery and consulting leader with more than 24 years of experience, leading services delivery at Microsoft across threat detection and response, SOC transformation, identity, data and application security.

PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) | Former Director General, Mechanised Forces | Former Strike Corps Commander, Indian Army

Defence strategist, author and military technology expert, decorated with the PVSM, AVSM and VSM across a career commanding a Strike Corps and leading the Indian Army's Mechanised Forces.

Founder & CEO, P.I.V.O.T Security

Cybersecurity researcher with over eight years in offensive security, red teaming, adversary simulation and bug bounty hunting, and co-developer of the STEP red team framework and the Phish-E simulation platform.

Chief Executive Officer, i2k2 Networks

Chief executive of cloud and data centre firm i2k2 Networks, with over 27 years in the industry across cloud infrastructure, managed services and digital transformation.

General Manager, APAC Large Markets, Acronis

Leads Acronis across APAC large markets, driving regional growth and the partner ecosystem in India, and a frequent voice on AI-driven cyberthreats, ransomware, security automation and cyber resilience.