Three day cyber security conference begins

BENGALURU: A three-day cyber security conference 'Cyber 360' will begin on Monday (September 28). The conference aims to build capacity against the threats posed by cyber attacks and the potential threats it poses to corporates.

"What if IT companies are attacked? It might be the beginning of the end of the software industry," said Tobby Simon, president of Synergia Foundation, which has organised the event.

The threats are real, Simon said, and gave an example of how the personal details of army officers, including the Chief of Army Staff, were believed to have been compromised after an attack on the website of the Office of the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts.

The conference targets the central government's plans of Make in India, smart cities and Digital India and hopes to address the potential concerns related to data privacy and protection, intellectual properties, digital footprints and also explores the world of dark web and crypto currency .

"Bengaluru needs to build the capacity against these threats as it houses some of the leading R&D, BPO, IT and pharma companies. It also has some of the biggest startups in the country," Simon said.

National Security deputy advisor Arvind Gupta, US political scientist Joseph Samuel Nye, DGP (Fire Force) MN Reddi, former RAW chief Vikram Sood, among others, will speak at the event.