Rakesh Kharwal

Managing Director - APAC, Cyberbit

As Country Leader for IBM security software Business, Kharwal's key responsibilities include being instrumental in improving the cyber security posture of Government organizations & corporates, to help automate & secure their business processes - by designing hardware & networking solutions, eBusiness process consulting, custom software development & related services to improve their productivity and customer focus. Kharwal's IT security career started with Microsoft Corporation as Security Lead, followed by McAfee as The Govt & Enterprise Business Leader. He has played a key role in starting India's first "CISO Forum" to drive security awareness across the various sectors. He has run successful campaigns to build security awareness among IT Professionals and developers on secure code writing; including cyber education for children in partnership with Government bodies.

Changing Threat Landscape: Training 'Cyber Pilots' to Fight Threats

Presented by Rakesh Kharwal • March 29, 2019

Enterprises are increasing their security budgets, but they still are struggling with attracting and training the necessary cyber talent. Organizations are addressing the skills gap challenges using industry certifications, product certifications, on-the-job training or by following cybersecurity frameworks. But these...

Security in a Connected World

Presented by Rakesh Kharwal • July 26, 2017

As perimeters get increasingly blurred, threats get more advanced and stakes get higher and pricier, are we good with building immune security systems that detect and manage incidents in real time or do we need more? Demonstrating Watson for Cyber Security to show how analysts will be able to gain powerful insights...