IT Security Summit India 2026
Securing an AI-Powered Business
Navigating the New Frontier of Trust, Compliance, and Innovation
In a world where digital transformation moves faster than ever, trust has become the ultimate competitive advantage. As businesses in India accelerate cloud adoption, embrace AI, and redefine hybrid work, the ability to build, maintain, and scale digital trust now determines long-term success.
According to IDC, total security spending in India is projected to reach $4.4 billion in 2026,with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.1% (2025–2029). Cybersecurity today is not just a defensive function; it’s a growth enabler and a catalyst for innovation.
The IT Security Summit 2026 brings together India’s most influential security and risk leaders; CISOs, Directors and VPs of Security, Threat Intelligence Analysts, Information Security Managers, Security Architects, GRC Leads, and SOC Engineers for a full-day experience of deep insights, peer learning, and practical strategies.
Backed by IDC’s latest regional and global research, this conference will help you understand where the future of digital trust is headed and how you can lead it. Be part of the conversation that’s shaping the next era of security, compliance, and innovation in India.
Keynote Session
IDC Welcome Address: Building Digital Trust Through Secure and AI-Driven Investments
An IDC perspective on how Indian enterprises are aligning cybersecurity budgets and AI adoption strategies to strengthen digital trust and operational resilience, with spending expected to accelerate across cloud, data, and AI-enabled security domains by 2026.
Sakshi Grover | IDC
Senior Research Manager, Cybersecurity Products and Services, Asia Pacific
Sakshi Grover
Sakshi Grover is a Senior Research Manager, Cybersecurity Products and Services supporting its research and client engagement activities across Asia/Pacific markets. Additionally, she serves as the lead security analyst for IDC India. Sakshi is responsible for delivering syndicated custom research and consulting engagements on next-generation emerging and disruptive technologies. Her tasks include developing and socializing IDC’s point of view within security services, covering both legacy and modern cybersecurity technologies. Her role involves close collaboration with technology vendors and buyers, developing market insights, and providing research, consulting, and advisory services in the fields of security software and services. This includes partnering on research efforts with relevant country analysts in the local IDC offices. Sakshi’s views on security have been quoted in numerous publications, such as the Economic Times, Business Standard, Data Quest, CRN, and others.
Sakshi has a wealth of experience in the IT space, managing diverse areas such as research and analysis, business development, product management, and client-centric engagements. Before joining IDC, Sakshi was a principal analyst at Gartner Inc., where she managed research on datacenter infrastructure and cloud security products. Prior to Gartner, she was associated with Accenture and Wipro Ltd., where she was responsible for business development across EMEA and Asia/Pacific markets within the TMT space.
Event Sessions
Day 1 2:40 pm
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.
Day 1 2:30 pm
Welcome Address: Setting the Stage for the IT Security Summit India
This opening session will welcome attendees and provide an overview of the event, its key themes, and the opportunities for learning, collaboration, and networking. It will set the context for the discussions ahead and highlight the importance of security in today’s digital landscape.
Day 2 9:05 am
IDC Welcome Address: Building Digital Trust Through Secure and AI-Driven Investments
An IDC perspective on how Indian enterprises are aligning cybersecurity budgets and AI adoption strategies to strengthen digital trust and operational resilience, with spending expected to accelerate across cloud, data, and AI-enabled security domains by 2026.
2025 Event Highlights
CISO Leaders Honours
Recognising the Chief Information Security Officers and senior security executives defending India’s digital enterprise — and shaping what comes next.
The CISO Leaders Honours India celebrates Chief Information Security Officers and senior security executives who have shown exceptional leadership, strategic vision, and measurable impact in defending India’s digital enterprise. As one of the world’s fastest-growing digital economies, India demands security leaders of rare calibre — those who navigate an increasingly complex threat landscape while enabling business transformation at scale.
Honourees are recognised across three pillars:
• Protecting critical infrastructure and enterprise assets at scale
• Pioneering new approaches to cyber resilience, governance, and security strategy
• Elevating the next generation of security talent, culture, and leadership across India
Spanning banking, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, and government, the honourees represent the full breadth of India’s critical sectors.
They will be celebrated at an exclusive Gala Dinner on the evening of Thursday, August 20, at The Leela Hyderabad, and recognised on stage at the IDC IT Security Summit before a distinguished audience of India’s top security leaders — honouring their contributions to a cyber-resilient future.
Meet Our Valued Partners
CYFIRMA
CYFIRMA is a global leader in preemptive external threat landscape management, enabling organizations to predict and prevent cyberattacks through its AI-powered intelligence platform. By integrating nine pillars of external threat management including Attack Surface Discovery, Vulnerability Intelligence, Brand & Digital Risk Management, Third-Party Risk, Situational Awareness, Predictive Threat Intelligence, Threat-Adaptive Awareness, and Sector-Tailored Deception Intelligence, CYFIRMA shifts cybersecurity from reactive to predictive. The platform delivers early warnings, personalized insights, and actionable intelligence from a hacker’s perspective, helping reduce cyber risk and costs through threat prioritization, contextual decision-making, improved visibility, and stronger operational resilience. CYFIRMA serves Fortune 500 companies and national agencies and is headquartered in Singapore with offices across APAC, the US, and EMEA.
A10 Networks
A10 Networks provides security and infrastructure solutions for on-premises, hybrid cloud, and edge-cloud environments. Our 7000+ customers span global large enterprises and communications, cloud and web service providers who must ensure business-critical applications and networks are secure, available, and efficient.
Founded in 2004, A10 Networks is based in San Jose, Calif. and serves customers globally. For more information, visit A10networks.com and follow us at A10Networks.
Data Resolve
Data Resolve is a focused Data Security and Insider Threat Management company with 18+ years experience providing Data Security & Posture Management (DSPM) using cutting edge, advanced, AI/ML techniques to protect, prevent and predict threats to your data anywhere and comply to standards like DPDP Act, SBI, RBI-CSF etc..
Venue
The Leela Hyderabad
Road No. 2, Sagar Society, Sri Nagar Colony, Aurora Colony, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, Telangana 500034