InfoSec Maestros 2026
SecComply joins the 15th CISO & Cyber Pioneers Awards & Confex as Strategic Compliance Automation Partner — the conference that brings together India's top 100 CISOs, central and state government technology leadership, and the architects of enterprise security across BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, and critical infrastructure.
Awards & Confex 2026
Our CEO on the Speaker Line-up
Shivani Tikadia
CEO & Founder, SecComplyShivani is a seasoned cybersecurity advisor with 10+ years of experience, trusted by 100+ organisations including 50+ Fortune 500 companies. She is known for helping businesses translate complex security and compliance requirements into practical, scalable, and business-aligned solutions.
At InfoSec Maestros 2026, Shivani joins the speaker line-up alongside CERT-In leadership, Group CISOs from Boston Consulting Group, Tata Advanced Systems, Genpact, HT Media, Mankind Pharma, J&K Bank, and Samsung R&D — sharing the operational reality of modern compliance programmes and what it takes to run one in a regulator-ready way.
Beyond consulting, Shivani actively contributes to the cybersecurity ecosystem through her YouTube channel The Nadkarnees, where she regularly shares expert insights, discussions, and podcasts on cybersecurity, governance, risk, compliance, and emerging industry trends — bridging the gap between technical security and business leadership.
Why This Confex Matters
The 15th edition of CIO Axis's flagship CISO summit lands at a moment when Indian enterprises are simultaneously rolling out AI in production, navigating the DPDP Act's first full year of enforcement, and preparing for ISO 27001:2022 transition deadlines. Few rooms put all those threads together. This one does.
The CISO Vision Track
The opening keynote sets the tone — "CISOs Vision 2026 — Staying Ahead of Threats, AI, and Beyond." Where security leadership goes next, told by the people defining it.
AI vs AI Defence Panel
One of the day's most-anticipated sessions — "AI vs AI: Defenders vs Attackers in the Automation Arms Race." Practitioner perspectives, not vendor demos.
Data Security & Privacy: The C-Suite Tightrope
A panel that goes directly at the question every Indian compliance leader is wrestling with — DPDP enforcement, GDPR overlap, customer expectations, and where the C-suite draws the line.
15th CISO & Cyber Pioneers Awards
The awards that recognise India's most consequential security leadership work over the past year — the Hall of Fame recognitions every CISO watches.
The Conversations We Are Tracking
Fifteen strategic themes anchor the day's agenda. These are the seven we believe will shape how Indian compliance and security teams operate over the next two years.
AI / ML Security
Adversarial ML, model integrity, and the CISO's growing AI accountability — both as a defence and an attack surface.
Zero Trust Identity
Identity-first security as the new perimeter — the model that's quietly becoming the default for cloud-native enterprises.
Data Protection & Privacy
DPDP enforcement, cross-border transfer mechanics, and the operational architecture behind privacy-by-design.
Resilience & Recovery
Beyond prevention — SecOps maturity, ransomware playbooks, and the recovery time objectives boards are now asking about.
Cloud-Native Complexity
SaaS sprawl, shadow AI, and what governance over a thousand-app stack actually looks like in practice.
IT / OT Convergence
Critical infrastructure, IoT, and the security dialogue between operational technology and traditional IT security teams.
Compliance Automation
Continuous evidence, framework cross-mapping, and the question of how to meet ISO 27001, SOC 2, DPDP, and HIPAA in parallel.
The Day at a Glance
A condensed view of the published agenda. Sessions and timings are subject to change by the organiser — refer to the official event page for the live schedule on the day.
Delegate Registration & Breakfast
Networking opens. Technology showcase floor live.
Lamp Lighting & Welcome Note
Inauguration ceremony.
Opening Keynote — CISOs Vision 2026
Yusuf Hashmi, Group CISO, Jubilant Bhartia Group.
Panel — AI vs AI: Defenders vs Attackers in the Automation Arms Race
Moderated by Jaspreet Singh, Chief Revenue Officer, Grant Thornton Bharat.
Panel — Data Security & Privacy: The C-Suite Tightrope
Moderated by Ritika Naik, Consultant, Ernst & Young.
15th CISO & Cyber Pioneers Awards — Part 1
Recognition of India's leading security practitioners.
Panel — Resilience vs Prevention: SecOps, Ransomware, and Rapid Recovery
Moderated by Rajiv Nandwani, Global Cyber Security Director, Boston Consulting Group.
SecComply Presentation Our Slot
The 30,000-foot view of where compliance automation is going — and the architecture behind continuous, audit-ready evidence across DPDP, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, SOC 2, and HIPAA.
Panel — The IT / OT Collision: Securing Critical Infrastructure & IoT
Manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure security leaders on a converged perimeter.
Panel — Post-Generative AI Security: Are CISOs Losing Control?
Moderated by Apoorba Patranabish, Partner, Grant Thornton Bharat.
Panel — Cloud-Native Complexity: Managing SaaS Risks & Shadow AI
Moderated by Kanishk Gaur, CEO, Athenian Tech.
15th CISO & Cyber Pioneers Awards — Part 2
The full awards ceremony continues.
Networking Cocktails & Dinner
The day closes with the conversation that often matters most.
Who's in the Room
The InfoSec Maestros audience is curated to senior decision-makers — not a generalist tech crowd. If you sit anywhere in the security or risk function at a mid-to-large Indian enterprise, this is the room.
Find Us at the SecComply Stand
If you are attending InfoSec Maestros 2026, drop by the SecComply stand or block a slot in advance. We will be running live demonstrations of the platform that our partners use to maintain continuous compliance — and short, no-pressure advisory sessions for CISOs evaluating where to invest in compliance automation in the next budget cycle.
Why We Show Up
SecComply has signed on as Strategic Compliance Automation Partner for a specific reason — this is the room where the next eighteen months of Indian enterprise compliance gets decided. Four reasons we make this a priority.
Standing With the People Setting the Bar
Being on the same partner roster as Proofpoint, Silverfort, Forcepoint, and Microsoft sends a signal. We are not building a compliance tool for the compliance team to tolerate — we are building it for the security and engineering leaders making procurement decisions in this room.
India-First, Not India-Adapted
The DPDP Act is India's reality. Most global compliance platforms bolted DPDP support onto a GDPR-first product. SecComply was built India-first, with cross-mapping to global frameworks — and this is the audience that immediately understands the difference.
Listening Before Selling
Industry events get noisy. We are deliberately not running a hard-sell motion. The sessions are an opportunity to listen — what is genuinely broken in the way large Indian enterprises run compliance today, and what would actually change that.
Building the Compliance Conversation
Compliance has been a back-office function for too long. Events like InfoSec Maestros are where it shifts to the front of the boardroom — and that shift is the precondition for everything we are building.