Content by Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra

CERT-In Directives – The Status Check

Presented by Vijayakumar Chandrasekaran, Head of ICS-India, Standard Chartered Bank , Ashutosh Jain , Dr. Deepak Kalambkar, VP Infosec and Infrastructure, Safexpay , Dr. Ramesh Shanmuganathan, Executive Vice President & Group CIO, John Keels Holdings PLC, Sri Lanka , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  March 14, 2023

The CERT-In directives’ time frames and ambiguities have concerned CISOs, as poor implementation of the directives could divert resources and attention. While the new directives aim to address gaps and loopholes in the country's cybersecurity regulations, CISOs will have to ramp up staffing, tools and reporting to...

Panel Discussion: Cybersecurity Outlook 2023: The Novel C-Suite Approach

Presented by Anuprita Daga, President & CISO, Yes Bank , Khushbu Jain, Managing Partner, Ark Legal , Bharat Panchal, Chief Industry Relations & Regulatory Officer – India, Discover Financial Services , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  November 4, 2022

The enterprises across India are encouraged to invest in the infrastructure needed to build a secure and robust platform for business transformation and support the digital economy Are they able to align their strategy with the business priorities and rise to the expectations in 2023? What needs to change both...

Panel Discussion: To Pay or Not to Pay Ransom: The C-Suite Debate

Presented by Anuprita Daga, President & CISO, Yes Bank , Shirantha Peiris, Head-Information Security, Mobitel , Atanu Roy, Group CIO, Biocon Group , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  May 16, 2022

.Ransomware attacks continue to plague organizations at an alarming pace; the debate among the C-suite on the issue of paying the ransom or refusing to pay and dealing with the consequences is getting critical. Some experts say that paying the ransom makes an organization vulnerable to reputational risk. This...

Panel Discussion: We’ve Been Breached: How to Effectively Work with Law Enforcement and Legal and Compliance

Presented by Dr. Pavan Duggal, Founder, Pavan Duggal Associates , Sridhar Sidhu, Managing Director and Head of Cybersecurity Services Group, Wells Fargo , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  September 3, 2021

Too many organizations continue to address breach response from a reactive mode – having a crude disaster-recovery plan in place if something “does” happens, rather than accepting that something “will” happen and proactively preparing for it. In this session, a panel of legal, technical, and law-enforcement...

Fireside Chat: Nation-State Attacks: Are you the Next Target?

Presented by Jayesh Ranjan IAS , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  September 28, 2020

Nation-state attacks often have close links to the military intelligence or state control apparatus with a high degree of technical expertise. The region is fighting off an array of disruptive attacks that include advanced malware, sophisticated distributed denial-of-service attacks and nation-state actors targeting...

Fireside Chat: Nation-State Attacks: Are You the Next Target?

Presented by Amit Sharma , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  September 27, 2019

Nation-state attacks often have close links to the military intelligence or state control apparatus with a high degree of technical expertise. India is fighting off an array of disruptive attacks that include advanced malware, sophisticated distributed denial-of-service attacks and nation-state actors targeting DNS...

Shutting the Dark Web Is Impossible: Inside an Investigator's Notebook

Presented by Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra  •  May 28, 2019

There have been reports of India losing $18.5 billion due to business done on the digital black markets, which are used by hackers to infiltrate and siphon off information from big companies. Use of the dark web has raised questions on the loopholes in the laws in place to govern cybercrime in India. In the recent...