Venue
The Westin Mumbai Garden City
Oberoi Garden City, International Business Park, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra
NOTE: All requests to attend will be reviewed by event staff and approved based on professional qualifications and event capacity.
The 11th edition of the DynamicCISO Excellence Awards and Conference, an ISMG initiative, will honor the innovation and dedication of cybersecurity leaders.
With the theme “Cybersecurity Leadership: CISOs’ Corporate Strategy and DNA,” the conference will explore strategies for redefining security leadership, fortifying defenses and harnessing technologies such as artificial intelligence. Security leaders will delve into Web 4.0, automation, IoT integration with 5G, state-sponsored cyber warfare, automotive hacking prevention, mitigating social engineering attacks, and fraud prevention with multifactor authentication. Thought leaders will also share their insights on data protection, regulatory compliance and driving innovation in an evolving digital landscape.
After the conference, a prestigious awards ceremony will acknowledge the indispensable role CISOs play in safeguarding our digital ecosystem. All nominations will be assessed objectively by a designated jury of subject matter experts.
The annual conference serves as a platform to share best practices, innovative solutions, and success stories within the cybersecurity community, to inspire future leaders.
Earn your CPE credits by attending the conference and awards ceremony.
Oberoi Garden City, International Business Park, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra
NOTE: All requests to attend will be reviewed by event staff and approved based on professional qualifications and event capacity.
Our impartial and esteemed jury panel consists of subject matter experts with deep knowledge and experience in the cybersecurity field. They ensure that the awards are assessed objectively, maintaining the highest standards of fairness and credibility.
Thought leaders in the cybersecurity industry will share their experience on how the role of a CISO has become indispensable across organizations. They will share unique strategies and techniques used for fortifying defenses and how they have redefined leadership in making the organization cyber-resilient against catastrophic attacks.
As cybercriminal activity accelerates in scale and sophistication, collaboration between the government, the public sector and private enterprises is essential to effectively mitigate threats. CISOs play a crucial role in advancing cyber readiness and building organizational resilience. But how are they shifting from response to resilience?
This session will cover:
Global CISO, Reliance Industries
Cyberattacks, regulatory change, and business transformation are relentless forces—and it is the CISO’s ability to anticipate, absorb, and adapt that determines organizational survival. One big trend that CISOs are aligned with is to establish a cyber resilient enterprise amidst increasing compliance challenges and digitally disruptive times.
The absence of standardized frameworks, skilled workforce shortages and frequent regulatory updates further complicate compliance efforts. What are some of the ingredients to building a cyber resilient organization? How are security leaders complying with the regulatory clauses that help them to stay ahead of the threat actors?
The session will discuss:
Deputy General Manager Cyber Security, SEBI
Chief Market Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)
While the Act aims to safeguard personal data through consent-centric frameworks and accountability measures, businesses face significant readiness challenges. For CISOs and cybersecurity leaders, the critical question is no longer whether to comply, but how to achieve simplified, sustainable compliance without disrupting business operations. The session will explore whether current enterprise security architectures are equipped to handle the DPDP Act’s stringent requirements, including mandatory breach notifications, consent management platforms, data localization mandates and the appointment of data protection officers.
This session will cover:
Global Data Privacy Officer, LTIMindtree
Chief Market Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer, National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI)
Senior Vice President, Jio
Data Protection Officer and Head of Digital Products, PMO, HDFC Securities
It will assess organizational awareness levels and examine the types of defenses needed to minimize the impact of deepfake threats. The discussion will also address how to influence both the board and employees to remain vigilant as deepfakes become more prevalent.
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
For CISOs, the act presents a dual challenge: tightening mandates on personal data handling, reporting, and evidence management, while simultaneously raising the bar for legally compliant cybersecurity frameworks. The session will explore actionable insights into building investigation-ready, DPDP-compliant controls. Attendees will gain a practical road map for aligning incident management, evidence preservation, and regulatory reporting with both organizational and statutory requirements.
This session will cover:
Founder Director, Uttar Pradesh State Institute of Forensic Science
In 2025, the challenge is no longer just detecting threats; it’s predicting and outmaneuvering machine-led attacks in real time. Enterprises need to embrace AI-driven strategies and proactive defense models. This includes advancing AI risk governance, fostering defense innovation, and enabling cross-border cooperation and ethical tech deployment.
This session will cover:
Group CISO, Jubilant Bhartia Group
Group CISO, Yubi (formerly CredAvenue Technologies)
CISO, Head - IT Governance and Risk, Birla Carbon
Group Chief Information Security Officer, Yubi (formerly CredAvenue Technologies)
One of the primary responsibilities for CISOs is to conduct a comprehensive inventory check of how AI is used across organizations and for what purposes. Gauging risks, including ethical, regulatory and security, become paramount in working out a plan for responsible AI deployment.
The key challenge lies in defining the essential components of the AI governance framework that promotes trustworthiness, transparency and compliance.
The session will cover:
CEO, CISO Cybersecurity
Chief Technology Security Officer and Data Privacy Officer, Vodafone Idea
CISO and Data Privacy Officer, HDFC Life
CISO and Data Privacy Officer, Tredence Inc.
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