Hyderabad Event 2026
Radisson BLU, Banjara Hills
Castellum Labs @ NCSRC
- Castellum Labs sponsored a premium cybersecurity event at Radisson Blu Hyderabad on 7th August 2026.
- An event sponsered by cyber security unit of AICTE in collaboration with Cert-IN and Castellum
- State dignitaries from law enforcement agencies and several key government departments attended the event.
- Top cybersecurity leaders from leading MNCs and Indian companies shared their insights at the event.
- Insightful and thought-provoking panel discussions took place on AI Security and Data Privacy (DPDP).
AI Security, Emerging Threats, and Future Implications
The Hidden Risk Behind AI Adoption
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Highlights from NCSRC – Hyd Event
Watch a short recap capturing key moments from NCSRC – Hyd, including Castellum Labs’ event presence, expert sessions, meaningful conversations, attendee engagement, and the overall energy of the conference.
A concise event video showcasing the people, conversations, and cybersecurity themes that shaped the conference.
Distinguished Guests, Organisers, and Contributors
Dr. Justice B. Siva Sankara Rao
Chairman – Telangana State Police Complaints Authority
Former Judge – High Court of Telangana
Dr. Prashant Kharat
Chief Information Security Officer
AICTE
Dr. E. Khalieraaj Naidu
Director
National Cyber Security Research Council
Eminent Speakers and Topics Covered
Munish Kumar
Gunasekaran
- Explored AI-assisted offensive security, modern red teaming, and continuous security validation.
- Covered enterprise visibility, attack-surface understanding, and evidence-led adversary reasoning.
Yash
Dhingra
- Highlighted cyber resilience, incident response, crisis management, and proactive national cyber defence.
- Covered emerging threats, secure infrastructure, awareness, capacity building, and collaborative defence.
Indraveni
Chebolu
- Explained DPDP compliance, privacy governance, consent management, and responsible personal data handling.
- Covered secure-by-design systems, regulatory readiness, risk mitigation, and trust-focused digital transformation.
Nagesh
Jha
- Shared perspectives on protecting critical financial infrastructure, governance, and enterprise cyber resilience.
- Covered cybersecurity leadership, risk management, digital trust, and securing India’s expanding ecosystem.
Strategic Cybersecurity Panels
Cyber India 2030
Roundtable
Rohit Ponnapalli — CISO, Envoy Global
Munish Kumar Gunasekaran — Head, Cyber Security, NCSRC, New Delhi; Founder & CEO, RedTeamFactory / BugDiscover
Prasad Tripurari — CTO, Ramoji Group of Companies
- Explored cyber leadership, resilience, AI-driven defense, governance, and public-private collaboration.
- Discussed boardroom priorities, critical infrastructure, talent development, and secure digital growth.
Cyber Defence 2030
Panel
Mitalee Agrawal — Moderator, Client Engagement Partner
Anil Nama — CTO, CtrlS Datacenters
Jagan Mohan Chary Kalmanoor — VP & Head IT, Insurance Information Bureau of India
Rajasekhar Chowdary — Head IT & Security, Trigyn Technologies
RamaKrishna A — Director, Eficaa Group
- Explored AI-driven threats, cloud security, Zero Trust, critical infrastructure, and national cyber resilience.
- Discussed threat intelligence, incident response, workforce readiness, and public-private security collaboration.
Zero Trust 2030
Panel
Ritika Naik — Moderator, Information Security & Data Privacy Consultant, EY India LLP
Sagar Sampad Mall — Lead, Security & Governance, Tata Projects Ltd.
Akshay Garkel — Partner & Leader, Cyber, Grant Thornton Bharat LLP
Rushabh Pinesh Mehta — Cybersecurity & Data Protection Leader, Astera Labs
- Explored Zero Trust adoption, identity security, least privilege, cloud ecosystems, and continuous verification.
- Discussed privacy, third-party risk, supply-chain exposure, threat detection, and critical infrastructure resilience.
Critical Infrastructure
Fireside
Nagesh Jha — CISO, National Securities Depository Limited
Vamsi Krishna GV — CISO, NopalCyber
Rajendra K. — Head of Cyber Security & Information Technology, HBL Engineering Limited
Santosh Kumar J — Vice President, Growth, SQ1 Security
- Explored critical infrastructure protection, IT-OT resilience, business continuity, and crisis preparedness.
- Discussed threat intelligence, Zero Trust, AI-driven risks, supply-chain security, and national collaboration.
A Visual Glimpse of NCSRC - Hyd
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