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DATA BREACHES ROCK INDIA: HOW CAN YOU STAY SAFE ONLINE?

28 May, Friday 06:00 pm

Meet Our Speakers

Justice BN Srikrishna

Justice BN Srikrishna

Retired Judge, Supreme Court

Justice Srikrishna is a retired Judge of the Supreme Court and is one of India's most sought after arbitrators. In 2017-18, he had served as Chairperson of the Committee of Experts of Data Protection Framework for India to identify key data protection issues and recommended methods to address them. Justice Srikrishna had previously headed a one man Commission of Inquiry into the riots and violent incidents that shook Mumbai in 1992-1993. He has also served as Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission and was Chairperson of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission in 2011- 2013. He is currently serving as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee on Individual Insolvency & Bankruptcy.

Arvind Gupta

Arvind Gupta

Co-founder, Digital India Foundation

Arvind Gupta is Head and Co-Founder of Digital India Foundation, a policy think tank working in areas of digital inclusion, smart cities, internet governance, data privacy & cyber security. He led the digital, social media and communication campaign for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2014 Elections Parliamentary elections. He is Member of Founder’s Circle of iSPiRT, which has worked extensively on the "IndiaStack". IndiaStack is a set of APIs that enables ease in integration of mobile applications with the data securely stored and provided by the government. Arvind is one of the thought leaders in implementing DBT throughout India.

Saket Modi

Saket Modi

Co-founder and CEO, Safe Security

Saket Modi is the Co-founder and CEO of Safe Security, an enterprise Cybersecurity & Digital Business Risk Quantification platform company. A computer science engineer by education, he founded Safe Security in 2012 while in his final year of engineering. Incubated from IIT Bombay, Safe Security is headquartered in Palo Alto and backed by Cisco's former Chairman and CEO John Chambers. Safe Security today protects the digital infrastructure of multiple Fortune 500 companies with its Cybersecurity Digital Business Risk Quantification platform called SAFE.

Rajshekhar Rajaharia

Rajshekhar Rajaharia

Internet Security Researcher

Rajshekhar Rajaharia is an internet security researcher who has worked with various law enforcement agencies, especially the Rajasthan Police. He has been actively involved in helping agencies solve several cases, including cybercrime and murder. He was granted an award by the Government of Rajasthan in IT and Cyber forensics in 2015. He is also a guest faculty at the Central Detective Training School.

What To Expect

Welcome to the 8th episode of Moneycontrol Masterclass, an offering from India's leading financial news platform, focussed on helping readers and viewers understand events and topics that really matter to them.

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the pace of digital adoption. But this has also come at a cost, as increasing instances of data breaches rock India at frequent intervals. From BigBasket to Mobikwik to Dunzo and Domino's, the list goes on. According to the 2020 Global Cyber Security Survey, 74 percent of Indian organisations were threatened and eventually paid up after getting attacked with malicious ransomware.

Has investment in security not kept up with the increasing shift to work from home? Why has the frequency of breaches increased?

Is there legal recourse for those who have been affected? How can you stay safe online?

4 top experts answer all your questions live on May 28th, Friday, 6 pm only on Moneycontrol.

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