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.