Venue
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus, NH 17B, Bypass, Road, Zuarinagar, Sancoale, Goa 403726, India

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Event Date Sat Mar 1 IST - Sun Mar 2 IST (2 months ago)
In your timezone (EDT): Fri Feb 28 1:30pm - Sat Mar 1 1:30pm
Location BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa Campus
NH 17B, Bypass, Road, Zuarinagar, Sancoale, Goa 403726, India
Region APAC
Details

Get ready to immerse yourself in the world of cybersecurity at this event. This year's event promises an unparalleled dive into cutting-edge research and hands-on experiences. Whether you're eager to explore the latest vulnerabilities, refine your offensive and defensive skills, or want to test your talent in our thrilling CTF challenges, there's something for everyone.

We've got a fantastic lineup of activities, tracks, and workshops designed to keep you engaged and informed. And here's a sunny update: to make the most of Goa's beautiful weather, we've shifted our event to February/March. So, pack your sunscreen and leave your umbrellas behind. Get ready to enjoy warm beaches and the vibrant cybersecurity community!

Speakers

2025 Speakers

KEYNOTES:

Samir Saran
Nations, Networks, Neuroses: Imagined Communities and Digital Realities

Daniel Cuthbert
Fueling the Future: Building Robust Engines for a Secure Digital World

SPEAKERS:

Abhisek Datta
Co-Founder, SafeDep

Adam Laurie
Chief Product Security Officer, ALPITRONIC

Hritik Vijay
Security Engineer, CRED

Yadhu Krishna M
Security Engineer, CRED

Akhil Mahendra
Engineering Leader - Security Engineering, CRED

Akshay Jain
Security Engineer, PhonePe

Bharath Kumar
Security Engineer, PhonePe

Alla Vamsi Krishna
Project Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru

Kandi Abhishek Reddy
Security Researcher, Team bi0s

Amey Gat
Principal Threat Researcher, Fortinet

Namrata Godhanbhai Brahmkshatriya
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Supremology

Andras Tevesz
Senior Vulnerability Researcher, CUJO AI

Anto Joseph
Principal Security Engineer, Eigen Labs

Arnav Khorana
Regional Sales Leader - Cortex, Palo Alto Networks

Arshid Shyam Kumar
Technical Expert, Siemens

Chinmay Krishna R
Junior-year Integrated Master’s Student, IIIT-Bangalore

Asuka Nakajima
Senior Security Research Engineer, Elastic

Atul Kumar
Director, DSCI

Avkash Kathiriya
Sr. VP of Research and Innovation, Cyware

Bhargav Rathod
Security Analyst, Salesforce

Binu Chacko
Group Director - InfoSec, Walmart Tech India

Burgess Cooper
Deputy Cybersecurity Leader and Partner, EY

Cameron Vincent
Security Engineer, Microsoft

Cassie Crossley
VP, Supply Chain Security, Schneider Electric

Daniel Schmidt
Security Consultant, Security Research Labs

Kevin Valerio
Security Engineer, Security Research Labs

Dennis Giese
Security Researcher, Independent

Thiruraghavan Madhugiri Seshadri
Director Security, Adobe

Krishna Pandey
Senior Director, Cybersecurity, Xerox

Devesh Bhatt
Senior Security Manager, Adobe

Dr. Shailendra Fuloria
CISO, Nagarro

Drishti Jain
International Tech Speaker

Eugene Lim
Lead Cybersecurity Engineer, Open Government Products

Felix Mohan
CEO, CISO Cybersecurity

Gayatri Sunil Relekar
Student, VIT Pune

Prateek Singh
Lead OT Cybersecurity - APAC, Eaton

Gene Golovinsky
VP Application Security, ServiceNow

Hilal Lone
CISO, Razorpay

Jaden Furtado
Security Engineer, R.U.D.R.A Cybersecurity Pvt Ltd

Karan Sajnani
Founder, RUDRA Cybersecurity

Kartik Lalan
Security Architect, PIC

Ketan Vyas
Global Head - Software Security, TCS

Krishan Dev
Head of Information Security, IIB

Kuldeep Singh
Addl. GM (IT), NTPC

Kumar Ashwin
Technical Manager, Research & Consulting, Redhunt Labs

Lars Fröder
Security Researcher, Cellebrite Labs

Maor Abutbul
Vulnerability Researcher, CyberArk Labs

Mathan Kasilingam
CTSO & Data Privacy Officer, Vi Ltd

Matthias Frielingsdorf
Co-Founder & VP of Research, iVerify

Michael Hendrickx
Principal Security Research Manager, Microsoft

Mrudul Uchil
VP Cybersecurity, India Visa

Parag Deodhar
Managing Director, Accenture India

Prajal Kulkarni
CISO, Groww

Prithvi Raju Alluri
CISO, Darwinbox

Rishi Rajpal
Global VP Security, Concentrix

Rohit Sharma
CISO, Adani Power

Sachin Burman
JS. Tech., NTRO

Sachin Jain
Chief Engineer, R&D, Stryker

Saikat Datta
Founder & CEO, DeepStrat

Sandeep Singh
Director, Security Strategy, and Operations, HackerOne

Sanjay Bahl
DG, CERT-In

Savita Utreja
Group Coordinator (Cyber Security), MEIT GOI

Sebastian Neef
PhD Candidate, Technical University of Berlin

Tijme Gommers
Offensive Cyber Security, ABN AMRO Bank

Vaibhav Gupta
Founder & CTO, Appfend

Vaibhav Lakhani
Cyber Security Consultant, Kroll Global Solutions LLP

Vikas Goyal
VP IT Security, FIS

Vinay Jain
Associate VP Risk Management, ICICI Lombard

Wietze Beukema
Independent Researcher

William Robinet
CTO, Conostix Luxembourg

Wojciech Regula
Principal Security Consultant, SecuRing

Yashodhan Vivek Mandke
Research Scholar, MIT-WPU

Yask Sharma
CISO, Indian Oil

Yogi Kapur
Senior Director, Information Security Operations, Salesforce

Sponsors & Partners

2025 Sponsors

TITLE SPONSOR:
• Business

GOLD SPONSOR:
• Paloalto Networks

BOUNTYCRAFT SPONSORS:
• Hackerone
• Adobe

SILVER SPONSOR:
• Microsoft

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• AS Altered Security
• Servicenow
• CloudSEK
• OffSec
• SANS
• CompTIA
• Secpod
• Snyk
• Barracuda
• Lineaje

NETWORKING PARTY SPONSOR:
• Evernorth

T-SHIRT SPONSOR:
• DNIF Hypercloud

WINJA CTF SPONSOR:
• Salesforce

HACKIM CTF SPONSOR:
• DataFlow Security

LANYARD SPONSOR:
• Secfence Forensics

SCHOLARSHIP SPONSOR:
• Security Lab

PROGRAM GUIDE SPONSOR:
• Visa

CXO PANEL SPONSOR:
• Cyware

SPEAKER HAPPY HOUR SPONSOR:
• PureID

SIGNAGE SPONSOR:
• Recorded Future