CISO Agenda 2026
Quantify Risk, Build Resilience, Enable Growth
13–14 February 2026
Radisson Blu Hotel & Spa, Nashik
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Connect with India’s top CISOs shaping trust, resilience, and security strategy for 2026.
The CISO Forum 2026 convenes India’s top 100+ CISOs for an exclusive two-day residential conference. Built around the CISO Agenda 2026, Quantify Risk, Build Resilience, Enable Growth, the forum focuses on how CISOs are translating cyber risk into business language, strengthening organisational resilience, and enabling secure growth amid AI-led disruption and regulatory intensity. The conference offers a rare setting to align security priorities with boardroom expectations and shape the year ahead.
What Inspired The Theme "CISO Agenda 2026: Quantify Risk, Build Resilience, Enable Growth" For This Conference?
DPDP Rules 2025 (Notified November 13, 2025)
- * Consent management platforms
- * Data discovery and classification tools
- * Breach detection and notification systems
- * Encryption and access control infrastructure
- * GRC and continuous compliance platforms
- * Data Protection Impact Assessment tools
India AI Governance Guidelines 2025 (Released November 5, 2025)
- * AI risk assessment and TRiSM platforms
- * Model monitoring and audit tools
- * Consent and transparency infrastructure for AI
- * AI-powered security operations (SOC augmentation)
- * Vendor AI assurance and due diligence tools
Meaningful engagement with 100+ India's top CISOs
2-Day
Residential
Conference
660+
Networking
minutes
15+
Sessions
Leadership
Keynotes &
Panel Discussion
CISO
Strategic
Outlook 2026
Ideas
Café &
Roundtables
Demo Zone
for new age
companies
Musical evening
with Bollywood
celebrity
Power Lunch
Wine-Tasting
experience at
Sula Vineyards
Meaningful CISO Conversations, in Nashik
Strategic
Leadership &
Business
Alignment
AI Risks &
Opportunities
Regulatory
Startegy &
Compliance
Operational
Resilience &
Crisis Management
Architecture &
Technology
Startegy
Ecosystem &
Supply Chain
Security
Safety vs
Security
Trade offs
Future-Proofing
(Horizon Scanning)
Who Should Attend
- Chief Information Security Officers
- Heads of Cybersecurity & IT Security
- Chief Risk Officers
- Data Privacy & Protection Officers
- Cybersecurity Product Leaders
- Head of Risk & Compliance
- VPs/Heads of Information Security
- Head of Network Security
Targeted Industry Segments
BFSI
Fintech
IT/ITeS
Manufacturing
Energy
Logistics &
Transportation
Retail
Healthcare
What is New and Unique
Ideas Café
Demo Zone
Roundtable
Power Lunch
Program Snapshot
Delegate
A Shiju
Rawther
Head IT & Security
SBI Mutual Fund India
Agnelo
D'souza
CISO
Adani Airport Holdings
Amal
Krishna
Chief Information Security Officer
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
Ambarish Kumar
Singh
CISO
Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company
Amitava
Mukherjee
Director Cybersecurity
Siemens Limited
Anup
Tongaonkar
Group CISO
Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Limited
Arvind
Koul
Head - Cybersecurity & Infrastructure
Uno Minda Limited
Ashish
Shrivastava
Head of Cyber Security (CISO)
Adani New Industries
Balram
Choudhary
Chief Information Security Officer & Senior Vice President
Ask Investment Holdings
Balwant
Singh
Group CISO / DPO
DS Group
Durga Prasad
Dube
EVP - Cyber Security & Information Risk Management
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL)
Harshad
Mengle
Global CISO
Tata Chemicals Limited
Harshneel
Nanche
CISO
PayU Finance India Private limited
Himachal
Jothinarasimhan
Head - Cyber Security
Ashok Leyland
Jagannath
Sahoo
CISO
INOXGFL
Jimit
Gandhi
CISO
Akasa Air
Kalpesh
Doshi
CISO & DPO
HDFC Life Insurance Company Limited
Keyur
Desai
Head IT
Prince Pipes and Fittings Ltd.
Krishna Kant
Mishra
CISO
Edelweiss Life Insurance company limited
Lalit
Lakhanpal
CISO
JioBlackRock Investment Advisers
Manoj
Arora
CISO
PNB MetLife
Manoj
Nayak
Chief Information Security Officer
SBI Life Insurance Company
Mayank
Mehta
CISO
Magma General Insurance Limited
Mohit
Gupta
Group CISO
Motherson Group
Mukund
Inamdar
Senior Vice President-II(Head Cyber Defence)
Axis Bank
Nageswaran
Chinnadurai
Group Cyber Security Head-Divisional Manager
TVS Motor Company Limited
Nareshkumar
Harale
Sr. VP & Department Head (ISD-IS&SP)
SBI
Pawan
Chawla
CISO
Tata AIA Life Insurance Company
Pawan
Sharma
Head - IT & CISO
Tata Motors Limited
Pradipta
Patro
GCISO
KEC International Limited ( An RPG Group)
Prakash Kumar
Ranjan
CISO & DPO
Sammaan Capital Limited
Prashant
Deshpande
Chief Information Security Officer & CDO
Shriram Finance Limited
Praveen
Mishra
CISO &SVP
Axis Finance Limited
Rajeev
Verma
Global CISO & VP
SRF Limited
Rajendra
Bhalerao
CISO
Central Bank of India
Rajesh
Dongre
CISO & Sr. VP
HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company
Rakesh
Dwivedi
VP & CISO
Jio Platforms Limited (JPL)
Rama Devi
Sangu
CISO
Hindustan Zinc Limited
Ranjan
Revandkar
CISO
PI Industries Limited
S
Srikanth
Chief Information Security Officer
Tata Electronics
Sandip
Banerjee
CISO & Sr VP
Bandhan Bank
Satyanandan
Atyam
Chief Risk Officer
Tata AIG General Insurance Company
Satyavrat
Mishra
Head - Corporate IT & Group CISO
Godrej Industries limited
Shermugadurai
C
CISO
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd
Sunil
Kulkarni
CISO
Protean e-gov
Urvish
Acharya
CISO, Head - IT Governance & Risk
Birla Carbon
Uttam
Kumar
CISO
Tata Digital
Vikas
Sharma
CISO
Aditya Birla Group
Vikas
Yadav
CISO
Flipkart
Vinod Kumar
Gupta
CISO & DPO
PayTM Money
Vivek
Shankar
CITSO & Vice President
Max Life Insurance Company
Yogesh
Kulkarni
GM, Regional CISO -Intellectual Property, Head of Cyber Security Resilience
Wipro Limited