The Story of Cloud Security Summit 2024:
Where India's Cyber Guardians Came Together
On a crisp December morning in Bengaluru, something electric was in the air. At the Sheraton Grand, Whitefield, over 600 cybersecurity professionals and 100+ CXOs gathered, not just for another tech conference — but for a movement.
The Cloud Security Summit 2024, hosted by the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Bangalore Chapter, wasn’t just about technology; it was about community, courage, and the future of cloud security in India.
A Summit with a Purpose
From the moment the doors opened, it was clear this wasn’t your typical industry event. Five distinct tracks — CXO, SME, Technical, Career, and Research — ran in parallel, each packed with experts ready to share hard-earned lessons from the frontlines of cloud security.
Topics ranged from AI-driven threat detection and Zero Trust architectures to DevSecOps best practices and the increasingly urgent matter of multi-cloud compliance. Every session pulsed with energy, driven by the collective belief that better security isn’t a luxury — it’s a necessity.
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More Than Talks: Real-World Challenges and Case Studies
This summit was designed for leaders who act, not just listen. Three standout experiences turned ideas into action:
CXO Roundtable Discussion: A closed-door conversation where India’s cybersecurity leaders shared candid perspectives on AI risks, cloud security governance, talent challenges, and evolving boardroom expectations.
It was practical, high-stakes, and leader-driven — exactly what today’s cloud security landscape demands
Ransomware Crisis Simulation: An intense war room exercise simulating a full-blown ransomware attack, forcing security leaders to make rapid, high-stakes decisions on response, recovery, and executive communication.
Attacking and Defending AWS EKS: A live, hands-on masterclass led by Anjali S. and Divyanshu S., where participants tackled real-world container security threats on AWS.
A Celebration of
Cyber Excellence
No summit is complete without recognizing those pushing boundaries. The awards segment shone a light on India’s cloud security champions:
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Cloud Security Champion
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Cloud Risk Champion
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Cybersecurity Executive
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Women Influencer in Cybersecurity
Each award wasn’t just a title — it was a tribute to relentless effort, sharp intellect, and unwavering leadership.
A Marketplace of Innovation
The venue buzzed with conversations as attendees explored pioneering solutions showcased by leading cybersecurity firms:
• AppViewX
• Black Duck by Synopsys
• Akku by CloudNow
• SentinelOne
• Sophos
• Aishan Technologies
• AppSentinels
• SecureInteli
• FireMon
• CyberPWN
• Ennetix
• CloudSecGuru
From identity and access management to real-time threat hunting, these companies demonstrated how innovation is shaping the future of secure cloud operations.
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What made this summit exceptional wasn’t just the technology — it was the people.
An incredible network of affiliate partners supported the event:
CXO Experts, CIO News, Power of Knowing Forum, CIO Association, Women in Cloud, Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), WiCyS India, Women Techmakers, BBWIC, ISC2 Bangalore Chapter, OT Security Professionals, and BSides Ahmedabad.
Each partner added its unique voice, reinforcing the idea that security isn’t a siloed function — it’s a collective responsibility..
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The Takeaway
Cloud Security Summit 2024 wasn’t just a day on the calendar — it was a milestone in India’s cybersecurity journey. It proved that when passionate professionals, visionary leaders, and bold innovators come together, we don’t just talk about the future.
We build it.
As the sun set on an event filled with ideas, connections, and breakthroughs, one thing was clear: the cloud security community in India isn’t just growing — it’s thriving.
To be part of this movement, stay tuned to CSA Bangalore Chapter.
Event Partners
Platinum & Crypto-Agility Partner
Cyber Resilience Partner
Exhibit Partner
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AppSec Partner
MDR Partner
Exhibit Partner
Goodies Partner
IAM Partner
MDR Partner
Exhibit Partner
Masterclass-CTF Partner
Affiliate Partners
Media Affiliate
Skill Development Affiliate
Community Affiliate
Media Affiliate
Diversity Affiliate
Community Affiliate
Media Affiliate
Diversity Affiliate
Strategic Affiliate
Diversity Affiliate
Skill Development Affiliate
Community Affiliate
Speakers
Karthik Ramanathan
Product Cyber Security & Privacy Expert
Leica Biosystems
Pranav Raghuram
Vice President, Security Architecture & Engineering
State Street Corporation
Aarushi Koolwal
Risk Analyst (Security Engineering)
PhonePe
Parth Pandya
Manager - Cybersecurity & Risk Advisory
EY
Chandresh Singh
Senior Manager - Cyber Security
EY
Harinderjeet Singh Walia
Veteran and CyberSecurity Mentor
CSA Bangalore
Vipul Dabhi
Consultant
Microsoft
Sathyan Murugesan
Director - Cyber Security
Wipro
Joshua Bahirvani
Senior Security Researcher
Microsoft
Jim Reavis
CEO
Cloud Security Alliance
Sarthak Goyal
Security Architect II
Akamai Technologies
Dr. Biswanath (Bis) Mukherjee
Founder and President
Ennetix
Maithri Nadig
CSA Bangalore Member
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Tanin Chakraborty
Sr Director & Global DPO
Biocon Biologics
Sailaja Vadalamudi
Vice President, ERP Digital Supply Chain Security & Privacy
SAP
Arnab Roy
Senior Risk Analyst
PhonePe
Vijayashankar Naavi
Executive Chairman
FDPPI
Hilal Ahmad Lone
CISO
Razorpay
Vinod Ramakrishna
Vice President, Identity & Access Management
State Street
Ganesh Gopalan
Vice President - Product Management
AppViewx
Divyanshu Shukla
Senior Security Engineer
Confluent
Sivakumar Dhakshinamoorthy
Head of Services Support
Lenevo
Nikhil Agarwal
Product Security Architect
Ethos Inc
Anjali S
Senior Security Engineer
Flipkart
Akash Saksena
Manager -OT /IOT security
Capgemini
Chandrapal Badshah
Security Researcher
Cloud Security Club
Chandra Prakash Pandey
Senior Technical Program Manager
Visa
Satish Kumar Dwibhashi
CISO
KreditBee
Ashok kumar
Founder & CEO
G3 cyberspace Pvt.Ltd
Pradeep Rao
Director and Chief Architect
Kyndryl
Joyce Rodriguez
Head of Digital Cybersecurity
AirBus
Krishna Kishore Burugula
Director
KPMG
Ankit Sharma
Security Officer
Cisco Systems India Pvt Ltd
Bhabani Chatterjee
Engagement Leader
Capgemini
Pradeep Bhat
Engineering Manager - Security
Groww
Rajesh T R
Director - Security Consulting
Kyndryl
Karthik Kannan
Vice President - Global MSSP, GSI & Alliances and DDI
Appviewx
Vihar Devalla
Software Engineer
Arcesium
Santosh Tripathi
Director - Information Security & Compliance
Virsec Systems
Lekshmi Nair
Sr. Director and Managing Principal, APAC
Black Duck
Dr. Abhilasha Vyas
Business Unit Head - Cloud Security & BI
CloudThat Technologies
Agnidipta Sarkar
Group CISO
Colotokens Inc.
Aditya Pansare
CSA Member
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Anand Kumar Jha
Vice President
Wellsfargo
Govindaraj Manickasundaram
Seniror Manager
7-Eleven Corporate Service India LLP
Sri Sai Abhinay Adiraju
Senior Manager - Product Security
Saviynt
Dr. Madhan Kumar Srinivasan
CEO & Co-Founder
Wise Work
Divakar Prayaga
Advisor
T- hub & Nasscom
Sandhya Prabhakar
Sr Information Technology Manager
Boeing
Milli Joseph
Executive Director
Wellsfargo
Anuraag Gorty
Technical Advisor
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Ritika Naik
Consultant
EY
Madhukeshwar Bhat
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Technical Advisor
Dhawal Shrivastava
Senior Security PM
Microsoft India R&D Pvt. Ltd.
Seema Khandelwal
Senior manager Data Engineering and Data Analytics
LTI Mindtree
Gaurav Gulati
Vice President
Wellsfargo
Girish K Nanappa
Sr. Director and Sales Head
Black Duck
Neha Dahiya
Executive Director
Wellfargo
Rushabh Pinesh Mehta
Cyber Ambassador
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Sidhu Sridhara
CVP - Cybersecurity
AT & T
Pooja Agrawalla
Co Founder
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Ravi Kanth Chava
Site lead for Security & Compliance
Nestle Global Services India
Utkarsh Sawant
Global Head of Cyber Strategy
Diageo
Satyavathi Divadari
Founder
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Vignesh Kannan
Director - Cloud Security
SentinelOne
Dr Ram Kumar G
Cyber Ambassador
CSA Bangalore Chapter
Raghavendra B V
Partner, Head Cyber Transformation India
KPMG Assurance and Consulting Services LLP
Preetham Narayana
Sales Manager
Sophos
Sai Lakshmi Sathyanarayana
Cybersecurity Leader EMEIA -EY GDS
EY
Sudhakar Nagandla
SVP & Global Head – IT Infrastructure & Cloud
Ecu Worldwide (Belgium) NV
Madhav Sattanathan
CEO
CloudNow technologi
ACP Pavan
ACP
CEN North Bangalore
Sowmya N Swamy
Vice President
WellsFargo
Praveen kusuma
Sr. Director Cybersecurity
Fiserv India Pvt Ltd.
Event Jury
Cyber Ambassadors
Cyber Mentors
Cybersecurity Excellence Awards
Celebrate cybersecurity excellence with awards across impactful categories highlighting individuals who drive progress and demonstrate exceptional talent across diverse areas of cybersecurity excellence:
Cloud Security Champion: Recognizes professionals who excel in developing and implementing groundbreaking security solutions within cloud environments, showcasing their commitment to advancing cloud security innovations.
Cloud Risk Champion: Honors leaders adept at managing complex cloud risks, highlighting their expertise in navigating intricate scenarios to protect and fortify cloud infrastructure.
Women Influencer in Cybersecurity: Acknowledges inspiring women who empower and guide other women in cybersecurity, contributing to their career growth and personal development, and strengthening diversity within the industry.
Cybersecurity Executive: Commends executives demonstrating outstanding leadership in cybersecurity, setting an example with their visionary and influential impact on the cyber world.
CXO INSIGHTS
AI Empowering cyber security - A Research by CXOs for CXOs
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Bangalore Chapter is excited to launch a groundbreaking research initiative supported by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) under the Government of Karnataka’s vision.
This initiative is in collaboration with two esteemed institutes of Karnataka .Vidyavarthak college of engineering (VVCE) and Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDM IMD).
Our research survey, aimed at CIOs, CISOs, and their immediate direct reports, will gather critical insights on the evolving cybersecurity landscape. The findings will be presented in the annual Cybersecurity Conference first time.
CAPTURE THE FLAG
Breaking and recovering Cloud Apps, Access, storage, Clusters & more
Join our thrilling Capture the Flag (CTF) competition, where participants will dive into cloud security challenges, uncovering and exploiting weaknesses in cloud applications, storage solutions, access management systems, and infrastructure configurations to recover hidden flags!
Test your cybersecurity skills against real-world scenarios in a secure, controlled environment, all while competing for fantastic rewards.
Winner will walk away with a 10K voucher for first place and a 5K voucher for second place. Don’t miss this opportunity to sharpen your hacking skills and win big!
Master Class:
Attacking & Defending AWS EKS Elastic Kubernetes Service
Master the essentials of AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) in this focused masterclass, designed for professionals aiming to enhance their understanding and defense strategies for containerized applications.
Participants will gain hands-on insights into securely configuring, managing, and optimizing EKS clusters to meet modern security and compliance standards.
Covering key areas like identity and access management, network security, and workload isolation, this session provides actionable techniques and best practices to defend against potential threats within an AWS EKS environment.
Master Class:
Ransomware Crisis and recovery Role Play
Join the dynamic CXO Role play on "Ransomware Crisis and Recovery" designed for cybersecurity professionals to experience and manage ransomware incidents in real-time.
This masterclass offers a unique role-play environment where CXOs will actively engage in decision-making, response coordination, and recovery strategies under realistic attack scenarios.
Participants will gain firsthand insights into crisis leadership, communication under pressure, and best practices for minimizing ransomware impact while ensuring swift operational recovery.
Diverse Tracks
Diverse range of specialized tracks tailored to meet the needs of all attendees across five engaging tracks:
CXO Track: Join industry leaders in discussions focused on high-level strategies, emerging industry needs, and thought leadership.
SME Track: Delve into real-world case studies and best practices.
Tech Track: Participate in hands-on workshops and demos that showcase innovative tools and technical solutions to elevate cybersecurity practices.
Master Classes: Engage in deep-dive sessions that focus intensively on critical cybersecurity topics, guided by expert instructors.
Cloud CTF: Test your skills in a Capture the Flag (CTF) competition, tackling real-world challenges in exploiting simulated vulnerabilities.
