Faculty

Summit

Raakesh Thayyil

Group head of data security and security investigations
Flipkart Group

Biography

Amid Flipkart’s acquisition spree in 2021 and 2022, the online retailer needed to align cybersecurity across the newly acquired companies. Raakesh Thayyil, group head of data security and security investigations and a winner of ISMG’s DynamicCISO Excellence Awards 2023, discussed this successful project to establish and revamp the information security function across two group subsidiaries without incurring excessive costs.

Company

At Flipkart, we’re driven by our purpose of empowering every Indian’s dream by delivering value through innovation in technology and commerce. With a customer base of over 350 million, product coverage of over 150 million across 80+ categories, a focus on generating direct and indirect employment and a commitment to empowering generations of entrepreneurs and MSMEs, all driven by a sustainable growth strategy – Flipkart is maximising for customers, stakeholders, and the planet at large! At Flipkart, our promise to every Flipster is – getting an opportunity to leave a mark and create their own legacy, the freedom to experiment, learn and grow, work with the industry’s brightest minds as part of a diverse team and we will extend our culture of care to them to ensure that they can focus on doing their best work. Driven by audacity, bias for action, customer first, integrity and inclusion – Flipsters have pioneered solutions that have transformed digital commerce in India. From the industry-first introduction of cash-on-delivery in 2010 to the launch of voice search and multiple vernacular interfaces in 2021 that have made e-commerce a very inclusive experience, Flipkart continues the exciting journey of solving for the Indian customer. We understand that your own aspirations and journeys are unique. So you choose what you want to maximise, and we provide you the platform for it – because when you maximise, we maximise. Flipkart is a part of the Walmart-owned Flipkart Group, which also includes group companies Flipkart Wholesale, Flipkart Health+, Cleartrip, and Myntra.

Group head of data security and security investigations, Flipkart Group

Future Events

May 13, 2025

Leveraging Zero Trust and Continuous Threat Exposure Management

May 15, 2025

Data Security Summit: Dallas

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Gen AI in Financial Services: Protecting Users and Data in the Age of Shadow AI

Future Events

May 13, 2025

Leveraging Zero Trust and Continuous Threat Exposure Management

May 15, 2025

Data Security Summit: Dallas

May 15, 2025

Gen AI in Financial Services: Protecting Users and Data in the Age of Shadow AI

May 20, 2025

IdentityTV

May 22, 2025

Spark USA: The Future of AI-Reinforced Threat Detection