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IdentityShield Summit 2026

IdentityShield Summit 2026 focuses on the latest in AI-powered cybersecurity, offering leading-edge sessions, workshops, and exhibits centered on identity security, AI advancements, and practical cyber solutions. Attendees can engage in industry leader sessions, hands-on workshops, panel discussions, live war-games, and networking opportunities. The event br…

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30Speakers
9Sponsors
24Exhibitors
11On the bill · sessions
56Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at IdentityShield, in alphabetical order.
Ajay Bisht
Senior Engineer, miniOrange · miniOrange
Ajit Hatti
Founder, Co-Founder, PureID, The Open Security · PureID, The Open Security
Alka Vaghela
Information Security and GRC Professional · Microsoft
Alok Shankar Pandey
Group General Manager & Chief Information Security Officer · Dedicated Freight Corridor
Amey Subhash Lakeshri
Associate Partner - Digital Trust Cyber Defense and Incident Response · KPMG
Amit Dabhane
Senior Technical Project Manager, Persistent Systems · Persistent Systems
Anirban Mukherji
Founder & CEO, miniOrange · miniOrange
Arun Mane
Founder & CEO, AmynaSec Research Labs · AmynaSec Research Labs
Brijesh Singh
Additional Director General of Police, Government Of Maharashtra · Government Of Maharashtra
Burgess Cooper
Chief Executive Officer Cybersecurity · Adani Enterprises Limited
Chirag Shah
Global Information Security Officer & DPO, Model N and Investor · Model N
Dhillon Kannabhiran
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, VP - Global Strategy & Growth · Hack In The Box, Verichains
Dhiraj Sasidharan
Vice President Threat and Compliance Management · Emirates NBD
Dr. Rohit Gautam
Director and Lead Tactical & Adversarial Principal Instructor, Hacktify Cyber Security · Hacktify Cyber Security
Dr. Shifa Cyclewala
CEO and Director, Hacktify Cyber Security · Hacktify Cyber Security
Ebrahem Hegazy
Founder and Chief Technology Officer · Dark Entry
Gautam Kapoor
Cyber Security Leader-India · Accenture
Gunjan Chhillar
Security Specialist · Crowdstrike
Jayson E. Street
Chief Adversarial Officer, "World Class Hacker" by National Geographic & Global Ambassador, Secure Yeti, DEFCON · Secure Yeti, DEFCON
Jay Turla
Principal Security Researcher, VicOne · VicOne
Milind Mungale
Sr. Vice President - IT & Information Security at NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited, Mumbai, IN · NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited
Nagarajan M
Vice Chairman & MD, Gujarat State Road Transport Corp (GSRTC) · Gujarat State Road Transport Corp (GSRTC)
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Altered Security
Arcon
Avancer Corp
Barracks
CognitivTrust
CTF7
miniOrange
PureId
Safe Security
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Agenda

Selected from 11 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:30 AM – 10:10 AM

    CyberSecurity and Innovation in the age of AI

    Most Dangerous Cyber Attacks affecting companies, Most Dangerous Cyber Attacks affecting citizens, How the world is responding to these attacks, Recommendation for Enterprises, Sof…

    Kavach
  • 10:10 AM – 10:40 AM

    Cybersecurity: India’s New Line of Defence

    Exploring how India is building its next line of defence through innovation, policy, and technology to secure the nation’s digital frontier.

    Kavach
  • 10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

    Navigating the evolving Cyber Battlefield - Opportunities and Imperatives for Cybersecurity Leaders in a Military Context

    Kavach
  • 11:10 AM – 02:00 PM

    Bug Bounty — Advanced Recon & Reporting

    Workshop Experienced bug bounty hunters, red teamers, and security engineers who already know the basics (OWASP Top 10, Burp, scopes, triage).

    Yantra
  • 11:10 AM – 11:45 AM

    AI Agent (and MCP) Vulnerabilities and Security

    The major security risks of AI Agents and MCP - prompt injection, jailbreaking, tool poisoning, command injection, and privilege escalation—and shows how to properly secure and sca…

    Rakshak
  • 11:10 AM – 11:45 AM

    Explainable AI in Cybersecurity: Building efficient Cybersecurity

    As AI enhances cybersecurity, issues like blind alerts, false positives, hidden biases, and black-box behaviour challenge trust and transparency. Explainable AI (XAI) makes decisio…

    Astra
  • 11:10 AM – 11:45 AM

    Identity as an Attack Surface: Strengthen Operational Resilience with ITDR

    As organizations scale, the explosion of digital identities—users, devices, apps, even service accounts—creates one of the biggest security risks enterprises face today. Identity i…

    Kavach
  • 11:30 AM – 12:05 PM

    The hidden web hijacker on your device that you will never notice

    This session reveals how stealthy tMITM silently intercepts traffic using trusted systems, demonstrating real-world mechanics, abuse scenarios, and practical techniques to detect r…

    Abhedya
  • 11:55 AM – 12:30 PM

    AI on Wheels: Balancing Intelligence and Security in Smart Vehicles

    Astra
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 56 companies show up — and 4 bet on three roles at once?

56 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
6Sponsoringsponsor only
21Exhibitingexhibitor only
25Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

miniOrange·Arcon·CognitivTrust·Gurucul

Speakers by seniority

63% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1137%
  • Founder / Owner27%
  • VP-level27%
  • Director / Head of413%
  • Manager / Lead27%
  • Engineer · IC310%
  • Research / Science13%
  • Advisor / Investor13%
  • Other roles413%

Of 30 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01miniOrangeSp3V
  2. 02ArconSpEx
  3. 03CognitivTrustSpEx
  4. 04Altered SecuritySp
  5. 05Avancer CorpSp
  6. 06BarracksSp
  7. 07CTF7Sp
  8. 08GuruculEx1V
  9. 09PureIDSp
  10. 10Safe SecuritySp
  11. 11AccopsEx
  12. 12Amynasec LabsEx
  13. 13BlackPerlEx
  14. 14CertbarEx
Sponsors by tier
unspecified9
100% of 9