ABOUT THE CONCLAVE

APAC National Cloud & Cyber Security Summit

As we all know, the world is changing fast riding on digital transformation. Be it governments or enterprises the world over, all are banking on digital innovation to change the game. At this juncture of the digital transformational age, securing the cloud and cyberspace has become important more than ever.

Reports suggest that in the last 6 years in India alone, more than 3 Lacs cyber security incidents have taken place in government-related organizations and data shows that global cybercrime damage cost stands at $6 trillion USD a year. It is time for a master plan for a national cyber security preparedness framework to tackle the onslaught of cybercrimes and for that orchestrating strategies, policy actions, national efforts, industry capabilities and innovation is the need of the hour.

In order to address these challenges, APAC News Network is organising the National Cloud & Cyber Security Summit being hosted by the Department of Science & Technology, Government of Madhya Pradesh and ‘Madhya Pradesh State Electronics Development Corporation (MPSeDC) to discuss various aspects of cloud and cyber security with a special focus on the importance of AI and Emerging Technologies. on 21st November 2023 in Courtyard by Marriott, Bhopal.

The event will bring together policymakers, global thought leaders, cyber security experts, cyber security professionals, cyber security industry leaders and CIOs, and CISOs from PSUs and tech companies. The aim of the conference is to discuss various challenges of securing cloud and cyberspace in the changing landscape and how AI-like emerging technologies, coupled with policy innovation can counter the challenges of cyber threats.

Conference Highlights

Government Policymakers

50+ Speakers

10+ Sessions

10+ Cloud Solution Providers

20+ Industry Expert Speakers

200+ Delegates

100+ Decision Makers

Who Will Attend ?

  • Bureaucrats from Central & State Government.
  • CXOs (Including CISOs/CTOs/CIOs) of Large Enterprises.
  • Police Chiefs from States & Cities.
  • Smart City Decision Makers.
  • Security Professionals.
  • IT Managers ands Tech Decision Makers.
  • Security and Cloud System Integrators.
  • Cloud Service Providers.
  • Cyber Security Experts.

Our Partners

GOLD PARTNER

CYBERSECURITY PARTNER

OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY PARTNER

ASSOCIATE PARTNER

GIS PARTNER

Exhibitor

Programme Mentor

Nikunj Kumar Srivastava, IAS

Principal Secretary
Department of Science & Technology
Government of Madhya Pradesh

Programme Chair

Abhijeet Agrawal, IAS

Managing Director
MP State Electronic Development Corporation
Government of Madhya Pradesh

Speakers

Anil Pratham, IPS

DGP
Police Reforms
Government of Gujarat

Chanchal Shekhar, IPS

Inspector General
National Crime Records Bureau
Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India

Niranjan B Vayangankar, IPS

Deputy Inspector General
State Cyber Police
Government of Madhya Pradesh

Amit Sharma

ADG & Advisor(Cyber)
Ministry of Defence
Government of India

K.L Meena, IAS

Project Director
MPSeDC

Lt. General Vinod G. Khandare

Principal Adviser
Ministry of Defence
Government of India

M. A. K. P. Singh

Member (Hydro) & CISO
Ministry of Power
Government of India

R.S. Mani

Deputy Director General
National Informatics Centre
Government of India

Dr. Seema Khanna

Deputy Director General
National Informatics Centre
Government of India

Dr. Sriram Birudavolu

CEO
Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence
DSCI – Data Security Council of India

Amitabh Nag

Chief Executive Officer
Digital India Bhashini Division ( Bhashini)
Digital India Corporation

Dr. Sushil Meher

CIO
AIIMS, New Delhi

Liton Nandy

Executive Director (IS) & CIO
Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Ambuj Bhalla

Chief Information Security Officer
BharatPe

Some Nath Kundu

Alternate CISO, Deputy General Manager
NTPC Limited

Svetlin Iliev

Chairman at Bulgarian Cybersecurity Association
Member of the Board of Directors at the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO)

Abu Safian Blay

Licensed Cyber Security Professional
Ghana

Shantanu Khandelwal

Director of Cyber Services
Aon Singapore

Tushar Verma

Cyber Security Consultant
Dubai

Shiv Kataria

Senior Key Expert R&D
Siemens

Nikhil Mahadeshwar

Founder
Cyber Secured India

Col. Dr. Inderjeet Singh

Co-Founder
India Blockchain Forum

Khushbu Jain

Advocate
Supreme Court of India

Molshree Shrivastava

Technology Lawyer

Dr. Shishir Kumar Shandilya

Associate Professor, School of Data Science and Forecasting
Devi Ahilya University (MP State Govt.), Indore

Afzal Khan

Sr. Sales Specialist - Emerging Technologies
Red Hat India and South Asia

Ravi Goyal

Associate Principal Solution Architect
Red Hat India and South Asia

Abilash Soundararajan

Founder & CEO
PrivaSapien

Key Themes

  • Changing Landscape of Cloud & Cyber Security.
  • Innovative Policies to Create Effective Strategies through Collaboration & Leadership.
  • Accelerating Approaches To Cybersecurity & Innovative Cloud-Based Data Strategies.
  • Changing Role of CISO in the Changing Scenario of Cyber Security.
  • Tackling Cyberthreat for Governance: Mitigation and Exposure Management.
  • Skilling & Up-skilling for Cyber Security.
  • Securing Enterprise Ecosystem by Leveraging Emerging Technologies.
  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Realm of Cyber Security.
  • Data Center Market Trends: AI, ML & Edge Computing.
  • Cloud transformation: Next-gen cloud computing.
  • Securing Infrastructure with Cloud and Server-less Systems.
  • Detection & Prevention: Learning from the Past for a Better Future.
  • Digital Public Goods on Cloud - Opportunities & Challenges.