Agenda IT Security India 2026

Agenda

Agenda

IT Security Summit India 2026

One Day Event

8:00 am

Registration and Networking

9:00 am

IDC Welcome Address​

9:05 am

IDC Keynote​: The Strategic Security Spend: Justifying & Optimizing Budget

Indian enterprises are under pressure to show that security spend drives business outcomes. This topic will explore how CISOs/VPs in India build and defend budget, optimise vendor spend, align spend to business value, and show ROI on security and trust programmes.

Sakshi Grover

Sakshi Grover

Senior Research Manager, Cybersecurity Services, IDC Asia/Pacific

9:20 am

Regulation & Resilience: Turning Compliance into Competitive Advantage

How Indian enterprises are aligning with DPDP, CERT-In, and sectoral mandates while driving innovation and operational resilience.

9:40 am

Cross-Border Trust: Navigating Global Threats and Regulatory Diversity

Indian enterprises increasingly operate globally, either via offshore delivery, supply‑chain linkages or cloud services. They must navigate diverse global regulatory regimes, threat vectors, data‑flows and partner ecosystems. This topic explores how Indian organisations build trust frameworks that operate cross‑border, align with global norms, manage regulatory complexity and threats from outside India.

9:55 am

Redefining Security Priorities in the Age of Generative Intelligence

Exploring how generative and agentic AI are reshaping security priorities from detection to data protection to ethics and trust.

10:10 am

Boardroom Security: Speaking the Language of Risk & Value

How security leaders can elevate trust and resilience as boardroom priorities, turning cyber risk into strategic value.

10:25 am

Defending the Digital Core: Sector-Specific Risk Management & Threat Intelligence

Examining how India’s most targeted sectors are advancing critical infrastructure protection, adopting intelligence-led risk management, and building unified cyber resilience.

10:35 am

The Human Factor: Leadership, Culture, and Talent

Building security-first cultures and addressing ASEAN’s talent and skills shortage in cybersecurity.

10:45 am

Tea/Coffee & Networking Break​

10:50 am

AI, Automation & Responsible Innovation

How AI is reshaping threat detection and defense and how enterprises can balance innovation with trust and governance.

11:15 am

Parallel Sessions

Platinum Track A​

11:15 am – 11:20 am

Start of the Session Raffle

11:20 am – 11:30 am

Cyber Risk Quantification & Financial Impact Modeling

11:30 am – 11:35 am

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

11:35 am – 11:45 am

Human-Centric Security: Combating Social Engineering & Insider Risk

11:45 am – 11:50 am

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

11:50 am – 12:00 pm

Incident Response in the Age of AI & Deepfakes

12:00 pm – 12:05 pm

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

12:05 pm – 12:15 pm

Designing Future-Ready Security Programs

12:15 pm – 12:20 pm

Cyber Deception & Active Defense Strategies

Platinum Track B

11:15 am – 11:20 am

Start of the Session Raffle

11:20 am – 11:30 am

Modern SOC Transformation: From Reactive to Predictive

11:30 am – 11:35 am

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

11:35 am – 11:45 am

Cyber Deception & Active Defense Strategies

11:45 am – 11:50 am

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

11:50 am – 12:00 pm

Securing Generative AI & Large Language Models

12:00 pm – 12:05 pm

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

12:05 pm – 12:15 pm

Edge & 5G Security: Risks at the Network Frontier

12:15 pm – 12:20 pm

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

12:20 pm – 12:50 pm

Post-Quantum Cryptography: Preparing for the Quantum Threat

Platinum Track C

11:15 am – 11:20 am

Start of the Session Raffle

11:20 am – 11:30 am

Board-Level Cyber Governance & Accountability

11:30 am – 11:35 am

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

11:35 am – 11:45 am

Cybersecurity & ESG: The Governance Connection

11:45 am – 11:50 am

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

– 11:50 am

12:00 pm

12:00 pm – 12:05 pm

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

12:05 pm – 12:15 pm

Building a Security-First Culture Across the Enterprise

12:15 pm – 12:20 pm

Q&A (Ask Questions & Stand a Chance to Win a Raffle)​

12:20 pm – 12:50 pm

Diversity & Inclusion in Cybersecurity Leadership

12:50 pm

Mega Raffle

12:55 pm

Summary & Close

1:00 pm

Lunch and Networking