SecCon APJC 2021

Building Trust and Resilience Beyond Boundaries

  • Date:17th November - Customer day
  • Location:Virtual

About SecCon

Securing tomorrow together is not only about building security into everything we do from concept to execution but bringing all enterprise organizations together to ensure we are best protecting our customers, our partners and ourselves. SecCon APJC 2021 will provide attendees with training and cutting-edge information to build upon their existing security skills. The global program is designed to integrate security awareness, security experts, and networking opportunities to create powerful lasting connections and advancements helping Cisco maintain the position as a security leader.

Sessions

Cisco keynote : Winning in the Digital World, Securely by Daisy Chittilapilly

National Digital Mission : Security as the Foundation to Transformation by Lt. Gen(Dr.) Rajesh Pant

Building trust and resilience in a zero trust world by Murali Rao & Vishak Raman

Securing The Cloud With Cisco & AWS by Ravindra Ved & Ashraf Ali

"The SASE Transition - Making it Simple & Effective!" by Kumar KV & Anubhav Wahie

"Security & Trust" - Fireside Chat on Zero Trust Adoption by Brijesh Datta & Anand Bhaskar

Securing the Citizen: An Architectural Approach by Prof. Rajat Moona

Bolstering customer's security posture through the pandemic and beyond by Muneer H KongaWani, Dharmendra Shukla & Suhel Wali

Security Demo - Securing Hybrid Workforce using SASE by Ashraf Ali & Sandeep Yadav

Meet the Speakers

Daisy Chittilapilly

President, Cisco India & SAARC
  • Responsible for strategy and sales, operations, and investments to drive long-term growth in the region.
  • Over 25 years of experience in the technology industry, including 17 years of leadership experience at Cisco
  • Serves on the Executive Council for NASSCOM
  • Co-Chair on the FICCI National Committee for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation

Jayachandran Vishak Raman

Director, Security Business, Cisco India & SAARC
  • Vishak leads Cisco’s Security business for the India and SAARC region
  • Over 20 years of experience in the Information Security Services space with stints in product management, sales, marketing and business development
  • Prior to Cisco, Vishak was the Senior Regional Director (India & SAARC) at FireEye. He was also the Global Head of Content Delivery Network (CDN) & Managed Security Services (MSS) business at Tata communications

Lt. Gen(Dr) Rajesh Pant

National Cyber Security Coordinator
Prime Minister’s Office Government of India
  • He is an internationally recognized Cyber Security expert.
  • He is responsible for coordinating all activities across multiple ministries, sectors and private sector to ensure a secure and resilient cyber space within the nation. 
  • He served in the Army Signals Corps for 41 years wherein he was awarded three times by the President of India for distinguished service of the highest order.
  • He holds a PhD degree in Information Security metrics. He is also an MTech from IIT Kharagpur, MPhil from Madras University and Master of Management Studies from Osmania University. 

Murali Rao

Cyber Leader & Partner - Risk Advisory Services
  • A thoroughbred Security and Risk Management professional, with over 20 years of experience in the domain.
  • Prior to EY, He was Cyber Security Business Head for UK & EU region with Wipro Technologies
  • Architected and delivered multiple 20+M USD Security Transformation programs for Fortune 100 customers
  • Strategized and invested in 5 Cyber Security Start-Ups; Incubated and led the GTM for them, Globally

Ashraf Ali

Leader – Systems Engineering, Cyber Security Sales , Cisco – India & SAARC
  • Responsible for driving Cyber Security Business in the India & SAARC region for Cisco.
  • Prior to Cisco, he had worked in engineering leadership roles for Service Providers and MSSPs in the sub-continent.
  • Industry veteran in the field of IT and Cyber Security for almost 2 decades, which includes over 10 years of specialization in Cyber Security.

Ravindra Ved

Security Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
  • Works with Partners and Customers across segments to help strengthen the security posture of workloads deployed on AWS.
  • He has 21 years of experience in building large-scale distributed systems while incorporating security, compliance, and risk aspects into each phase of the software lifecycle.
  • His specializations include: Security strategy, identity and access management, data security and encryption, API and application security, security automation.

Anubhav Wahie

Regional Leader – Cybersecurity Solutions, Commercial & Service Provider Segment , Cisco India & SAARC
  • He has 21years of experience in the Business Development & Customer Advocacy roles across Enterprise & Service Providers.
  • He is a Certified Practitioner for “The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) for Enterprise Architectures”.
  • He has incubated and led the High Touch Technical Support teams, supporting Cisco’s premium clients in his previous role.

Kumar K V

Vice President & Group CIO
Narayana Health
  • Senior Technology and Security leader with 20+ years of proven expertise in Digital Strategy, Digital Innovation, Systems Design and Development, Planning, Budgeting, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security and Privacy.
  • He brings in a perfect blend of technology and security vision, resulting in consistent development of innovative digital strategies.
  • He is a Certified Healthcare CIO, ISO 27001:2013 Lead Information Security auditor, DSCI Certified Data Privacy Lead Assessor and a TOGAF certified practitioner.

Anand Bhaskar

Managing Director for the Global Service Provider Business
Cisco Systems, India & SAARC
  • Anand is accountable for the business performance across Telecom Service Providers, Media and Entertainment Industry
  • A seasoned Business Leader in the IT Services Industry with expertise in leading large business units, strategic partnerships and transformation programs across India, Asia Pacific and Global Clients.
  • Prior to his current role at Cisco, Anand worked at IBM and was instrumental in the growth of the IBM Global Delivery Centers in India

Brijesh Datta

Executive VP & CISO
Reliance Jio
  • Brijesh manages security of all Jio businesses and subsidiaries ranging from Telco, IT, Media, Retail and Financial
  • Over 30 years of experience in IT, Telecom and Information Security
  • An ex-Army Officer, he was instrumental in defining Cyber Security practices for the Indian Army in the late 90’s and an IIT Delhi Alumini
  • He is a recipient of prestigious Sena Medal 

Prof. Rajat Moona

Director, IIT Bhilai
  • He is instrumental in defining applications such as smart card driving license, vehicle registration, e-passport, electronic toll collection and mobility card. 
  • His research area spans over embedded computing, computer security, VLSI design and Operating Systems.
  • Prof. Rajat Moona is an active member of the technical committee of Election Commission of India for EVMs and has been instrumental in defining the EVMs and VVPAT.
  • Previously, he was with C-DAC in capacity of Director General

Muneer H. KongaWani

Chief Information and Security Officer
Jammu and Kashmir Bank, India
  • He is the organization wide strategist for Infrastructure Security processes and technologies.
  • A distinguished leader with over 25 years of experience in information communication technology and security.
  • He has extensive experience including important international assignments in Business-Critical IT, Security Programs, initiatives within IT, Telecommunications, BFSI, Defence, Manufacturing environments, Information Systems Security services and IT Advisory.

Dharmendra Shukla

Leader, Customer Success Specialist Team
Cisco India & SAARC
  • He is focussed to help customer’s to accelerate their technology adoption & enable them to realize full value of their Cisco investments.
  • He comes with 20 years’ experience across Customer Success, Presales, Practice development, Technical Services.
  • He is passionate in driving technology transformation themes to solve customer’s business challenges.

Suhel Wali

Customer Success Specialist
Cisco India & SAARC
  • He has been engaged with helping customers progress their adoption Journey on Security Technology and extract more out of the products Customers have purchased.
  • He comes with 15 years’ experience across Customer Success, Solutions Design and Delivery and TAC.

Sandeep Yadav

Technical Solutions Architect - Cyber Security, Cisco, India
  • Responsible for driving Cisco Cyber Security Business in the India &SAARC region for Enterprise customers.
  • Prior to Cisco, Sandeep was working at Global Knowledge Networks as Cisco, Palo Alto Networks and Trend Micro Certified Instructor.
  • His certifications include CCIE Security, CCSI, PCNSE and SANS GIAC certified Incident handler specialization.