Events

Description – The Webinar on ‘Payment Security’ organised by CCoE Data Security Council of India in collaboration with the City of London Corporation had about 240 participants. The panel discussion engaged the participants and delivered vital insights on the use of emerging technologies within the domain. They shared learnings from the ongoing crisis and views on the future of payment security. During his speech, William Russell, The Rt. Hon The Lord Mayor of the City of London, shared that, “Now, more than ever, nations need to work together to find effective resolutions to support the global economy and mitigate against barriers to growth”.

Description – The webinar on ‘Combating Fake news using Technology’ was conducted by CCoE Data Security Council of India. The session covered types & categories of fake news, Mis & Dis – Information, and shared free useful tools, websites and tips with the help of which humans can verify the authenticity of news quickly. During this interactive session, the speakers emphasized on the need to spread awareness on this issue as a key factor to help combat fake news.

Description – The workshop on IT Audits conducted by CCoE helped evaluate the systems placed to guard an organisation’s information in an efficient manner. It covered elaborate discussions on key areas such as; IT auditing frameworks, evaluating design / operating effectiveness of controls, types of audits, performing audits – practical case studies and many more core concepts within this domain. The workshop was organised for key players who can apply the strategies discussed to build robust and secure IT systems and beat cyberthreats.

CCoE, DSCI along with The Hague Security Delta and Embassy of Netherlands in India organised a virtual webinar to help organisations understand various threats and opportunities in the field of cybersecurity that can help shape the future of both the countries. Jayesh Ranjan and Maten Van Den Berg discussed the importance of cybersecurity in today’s world & need to strengthen India-NL cybersecurity posture. The webinar paved a way to enable GCCs, start-ups, etc. to cross leverage each other’s abilities through this collaboration.

The webinar was organised in collaboration with CCoE DSCI, IEEE Hyderabad Section, TASK to equip & engage the audience about career paths in the field of Cybersecurity. It was an exclusive webinar for the students and beginner level professionals in cybersecurity. The speaker for the session was Dr. Sriram Birudavolu. 286 students & professionals attended the webinar making it a grand success.

CCoE DSCI along with Confederation of Indian Industry organised a webinar to help organisations manage risks and do businesses in an effective way crisis. It highlighted novel methods to tackle issues that are arising with the growing threat of cybersecurity.  The session was moderated by Dr. Sriram Birudavolu, CEO – CCoE. It shared methods to help develop essential skills, tackle security issues & featured attendees across sectors. It ended with an engaging Q&A session.

About 160 participants from various organizations across India including IT organisations, consulting, SMBs, Manufacturing, Academia, & Startups attended the virtual webinar on IT infrastructure audit organized by CCoE today. The speaker, Mr. GCS Sharma, covered several topics within this domain, including; components in IT Infrastructure, Controls implementation, Industry Standards & Frameworks, Auditing techniques for layers of defence and best practices in IT auditing. The webinar ended with an insightful Q&A session.

Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence along with DSCI and IT department of Government of Telangana conducted a webinar for the employees of the Telangana government. It was conducted on DSCI’s best practices advisory on Work From Home. The best practices were shared by the members of CCOE and others after a welcome note by Rama Vedashree, CEO at Data Security Council of India (DSCI).

A virtual workshop was on the fundamentals of secure coding was organised by the Cybersecurity Centre of Excellence. It was aimed at software developers, software architects, cybersecurity enthusiasts with a coding background, software engineers looking for opportunities in cybersecurity domain as well as at students with sound coding knowledge. It helped participants master the art of building secure code. The entire process of secure coding was elaborated upon during the session whereas the workshop was conducted by Ram Punamara, CEO and Founder of YITSOL.

A virtual meetup was conducted by the Hyderabad Fintech Forum along with CCoE. This meetup highlighted several enlightening conversations on the latest trends in RegTech. The meetup was attended in large numbers and focused on topics like role of AI in digital risk management, ensuring security in the new world and effects if the pandemic on continuing planning assumptions.

This informative workshop was organised over a period of three days; 13th, 17th and 24th April. The trainer of the session was Mr. Ramana Valluri who is renowned for his extensive experience in this domain. This workshop was conducted solely for the project managers. It was initiated to help them identify their competitors, prototype their products, settle on a favourable roadmap as well as map out the lifecycle of their product.

CCoE signed an MoU with CBIT (Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology), Hyderabad, affiliated to the Osmania University, on the 5th of March 2020. This MoU will help foster research, innovation, incubation, marketing, hackathons, corporate innovation & training programs. Established in the year 1979, CBIT is esteemed as the premier engineering institute in the state of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with the objective to facilitate the best engineering and management education to students. It also helps meet the need of skilled and Technically conversant engineers and management professionals. This MoU will help both parties benefit mutually.