1-day complete power-packed session held on July 27, 2024, at Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru.
The conference was inaugurated by Shri. P. Robert, Deputy Director, URSC, ISRO, Government of India; Mohan Rao Goli, CVP & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Samsung R&D India-Samsung Research India; Rajasekharan KR, President of the ISACA Bangalore Chapter; Mrs. Vijaya Vanitha; and Mrs. Suma. K of the ISACA Bangalore Chapter, with other dignitaries present.
Bengaluru: The 27th edition of the Annual Karnataka Conference with the theme “Fortifying the Future: Harnessing AI for Cybersecurity, Privacy, and Governance” inaugurated on July 27, 2024, at Shangri-La Hotel, Bengaluru.
The conference was inaugurated by Shri. P. Robert, Deputy Director, URSC, ISRO, Government of India; Mohan Rao Goli, CVP & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Samsung R&D India-Samsung Research India; Rajasekharan KR, President of the ISACA Bangalore Chapter; Mrs. Vijaya Vanitha; and Mrs. Suma. K of the ISACA Bangalore Chapter, with other dignitaries present.
The IT and BT Minister of Karnataka, Shri. Priyank Kharge, has sent a message expressing his understanding of the importance of this conference in addressing critical issues related to AI, cybersecurity, privacy, and governance. The theme of the conference is particularly timely and relevant to the challenges we face today. He wishes all participants a fruitful and enriching conference experience.
The guest of honor address delivered by Shri. P. Robert, Deputy Director, URSC, ISRO, Government of India, presented a session on Fortifying the Future: Harnessing AI for Cybersecurity—A Space Perspective. Keynote address delivered by Mohan Rao Goli, CVP & Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Samsung R&D India-Samsung Research India, who discussed the importance of Fortifying the Future: Harnessing AI for Cybersecurity, more insight into AI Era, touching across industries, AI Era, touching across industries, and AI Wave pertaining to Core Technologies.
The conference edition of the ISACA newsletter was released by Shri. P. Robert and Mohan Rao Goli, along with ISACA BC office bearers. The theme of this year’s conference intends to explore the interesting opportunities for information security professionals, which stem from the challenges in cyber India and artificial intelligence. Senior industry professionals, government representatives, and academicians shared their knowledge and insights at the conference.
After a successful largest-ever conference held in 2023 with 300 delegates, the excitement to network and meet in person was high among all the delegates. With more than 400 registrations, it is the largest conference ever held by ISACA Bangalore since inception. With power-packed sessions, the conference is a huge knowledge boost.
Mr. Rajasekharan, President of the ISACA Bangalore Chapter, welcomed all the delegates to the largest ever conference held by ISACA Bangalore and shared the insights of the outstanding chapter award received from Mr. Erik Prusch, CEO of ISACA, on behalf of the Bangalore chapter during the ISACA 2024 North America Digital Trust World Conference in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, in May 2024, and the power of artificial intelligence to protect our digital world. The conference chair and VP of ISACA Bangalore Branch, Ms. Vijaya Vanitha, gave an overview of the action-packed schedule and thanked the dignitaries, chief guests, and speakers for sharing their valuable time.
Post-inauguration, as part of the plenary session, Mr. Gopalan Oppillappan, Head AI, delivered a session on Exploring the AI Frontier: Leadership Perspectives for the Next Decade. Insight into Gen AI and deep learning, usage of artificial neural networks for both labeled and unlabeled data using supervised, unsupervised, and semi-supervised methods. Large language models and roles in exploring the AI Frontier.
Following this, Prakash Rendu Chintala, Manager, Cybersecurity Strategy and Risk Management, and Mohammad Aslam, Cyber Security Consultant, Optiv delivered a session on Stronger Cyber Defenses: Integrating AI with human behavioral insights for enhanced cybersecurity posture.
Some of the interesting sessions delivered during the multitrack conference are.
- Quantum Computing and AI: Securing the Future by Dr. Nagendra Nagaraja, CEO, QpiAI In this session, some of the use cases of quantum computing and how to secure the key and technology evaluation, including some of the use cases Integrating AI and Quantum. Quantum Key Distribution secures the keys using the Quantum channel.
- AI and the Future of Humanity by Anand Murthy Raj, Director, Gladwell Academy
Despite hype around AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, etc., there is no evidence that AI tools have consciousness, feelings, and emotions. The session also discussed emergent capabilities of AI. Insight into Nukes cannot produce powerful Nukes! However, AI can produce new AI all by itself! and its impact on society. The conclusion on artificial intelligence or alternate intelligence.
- AI vs. AI: Harnessing AI Defenses Against AI-Powered Risks by
Manojkumar Parmar, founder, CEO, CTO, AIShield. Manoj has done a deep dive into why attackers are in love with AI and the best human operator cannot defend against multiple machines making thousands of maneuvers per second, potentially thousands of maneuvers per second, potentially moving at hypersonic speed and orchestrated by AI across domains.
- Intersection of AI and Web3: Data privacy, security, and regulatory considerations by Ayilur Ramanath, IT Expert, dwelled into the intersection of AI and Web 3.0. Intersection and details of the new Artificial Intelligence Management System (AIMS)
- Building Resilient Digital Twins: A Security-First Approach by Shakeel Khan, Vice President, ColorTokens Inc., and Amarnath Reddy, CTO, 22by7. The session shared great insight into the cyberattacker’s perspective and the need for microsegmentation builds and cyber resilience, preventing lateral movement using microsegmentation, and maintaining zero trust.
- Mr. Dinesh Kumar S. Kotian, AGM of Canara Bank, shared some practical uses based on AI-powered detection and prevention solutions helping the banking system to run effectively.
- Mr. Srinivas Ro, Director, Protiviti, delivered a session on Privacy in the Age of AI: Balancing Innovation with Ethical Data Use, Building Resilient Digital Twins: A Security-First Approach. Take away from this session mainly on the regulatory landscape and how to balance innovation and privacy, privacy enhancement techniques, and best practices for privacy in AI.
Two panel discussions, Digital Transformation, panel discussion on Data, Privacy, and AI Dynamics: Shaping the Future Landscape of the Digital Economy, and second panel focused on The Future Relationship Between AI and Humans: Collaboration or Competition?
A gala party post conference was held to celebrate the Outstanding Chapter award with our members and conference delegates. The chief guest distributed the awards for the rank holders of the recent ISACA Certification exams; winners for the white paper contest were also felicitated.
The conference also had a display of insightful and interesting stalls by the sponsors, Optiv, CANARA Bank, Technologies, UPGUARD, Protiviti, Zscaler, 22by7, ColourTokens, TUV SUD, and TSAARO.
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