To evangelize the early-stage cybersecurity startup ecosystem in India, the event will bring together notable security operators, CISOs and founders from across the world.
The summit will provide a platform for startups to showcase their cybersecurity innovations and pitch to a select group of CISOs from large companies and tech unicorns like PhonePe, Groww, Cred and Flipkart.
"With the exponential growth of large SaaS and consumer companies in India, security teams have become highly skilled in combating the growing threat surfaces. Accel has funded over 50 cybersecurity companies worldwide, many of which have founders of Indian origin," said Prayank Swaroop, partner at Accel.
"There are significant opportunities for founders in India to build the next generation of global cybersecurity companies by focusing on areas such as AI in cybersecurity, application security and security operations," he added.
India's cybersecurity landscape has seen remarkable growth. According to a report by the Data Security Council of India, the market reached approximately $6 billion in 2023, registering a CAGR of over 30 percent between 2019 and 2023.
The products segment alone grew more than 3.5 times, reaching nearly $3.7 billion in 2023 from $1 billion in 2019.
There will be four different knowledge themes at the summit, tailored to the diverse interests of attendees, and a pavilion where startups and data security teams can showcase their products.
Application Security: This track will cover topics such as setting up a high-quality AppSec program and automating tasks across the entire AppSec stack.
Security Operations: This track will cover how to leverage SIEM and SOAR to automate security operations and explore strategies to scale security operations as organizations grow.
AI in Security: Exploring the role of AI in improving the AppSec stack and large language model (LLM) security.
Security Founders: Insights into best practices for scaling go-to-market strategies and selling to security teams and CISOs.
The summit's speaker lineup includes Ajit Sancheti, CEO of Logscale at CrowdStrike; Ankur Bhargava, Head of Product Security, PhonePe; Himanshu Das, CISO at Cred; Ross Haleliuk, founder of Venture in Security; Jossef Harush, head of supply chain security at Checkmarx; Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer at Wiz; Prajal Kulkarni, CISO at Groww; Ashwath Kumar, Principal Security Engineer, Razorpay; Ruchir Patwa, co-founder of Sydelabs; Ansh Patnaik, Chief Product Officer, Cycognito; Anand Prakash, founder of Pingsafe; Raghuveer Kancherla, co-founder of Sprinto; and Avinash Nagla, founder of Sprouts.
The summit is organized by Accel, led by a committee including Prayank Swaroop, Akshat Jain (Co-Founder and CTO of Cyware), Ankita Gupta (Co-Founder and CEO of Akto), Vandana Verma (Chief Developer Advocate of Snyk) , and Sandesh Anand (co-founder of Seezo).
The summit will provide a platform for startups to showcase their cybersecurity innovations and pitch to a select group of CISOs from large companies and tech unicorns like PhonePe, Groww, Cred and Flipkart.
"With the exponential growth of large SaaS and consumer companies in India, security teams have become highly skilled in combating the growing threat surfaces. Accel has funded over 50 cybersecurity companies worldwide, many of which have founders of Indian origin," said Prayank Swaroop, partner at Accel.
"There are significant opportunities for founders in India to build the next generation of global cybersecurity companies by focusing on areas such as AI in cybersecurity, application security and security operations," he added.
India's cybersecurity landscape has seen remarkable growth. According to a report by the Data Security Council of India, the market reached approximately $6 billion in 2023, registering a CAGR of over 30 percent between 2019 and 2023.
The products segment alone grew more than 3.5 times, reaching nearly $3.7 billion in 2023 from $1 billion in 2019.
There will be four different knowledge themes at the summit, tailored to the diverse interests of attendees, and a pavilion where startups and data security teams can showcase their products.
Application Security: This track will cover topics such as setting up a high-quality AppSec program and automating tasks across the entire AppSec stack.
Security Operations: This track will cover how to leverage SIEM and SOAR to automate security operations and explore strategies to scale security operations as organizations grow.
AI in Security: Exploring the role of AI in improving the AppSec stack and large language model (LLM) security.
Security Founders: Insights into best practices for scaling go-to-market strategies and selling to security teams and CISOs.
The summit's speaker lineup includes Ajit Sancheti, CEO of Logscale at CrowdStrike; Ankur Bhargava, Head of Product Security, PhonePe; Himanshu Das, CISO at Cred; Ross Haleliuk, founder of Venture in Security; Jossef Harush, head of supply chain security at Checkmarx; Anthony Belfiore, chief strategy officer at Wiz; Prajal Kulkarni, CISO at Groww; Ashwath Kumar, Principal Security Engineer, Razorpay; Ruchir Patwa, co-founder of Sydelabs; Ansh Patnaik, Chief Product Officer, Cycognito; Anand Prakash, founder of Pingsafe; Raghuveer Kancherla, co-founder of Sprinto; and Avinash Nagla, founder of Sprouts.
The summit is organized by Accel, led by a committee including Prayank Swaroop, Akshat Jain (Co-Founder and CTO of Cyware), Ankita Gupta (Co-Founder and CEO of Akto), Vandana Verma (Chief Developer Advocate of Snyk) , and Sandesh Anand (co-founder of Seezo).
