Intersec 2025 Innovation Stage

11:30 - 12:15
Panel discussion - Innovation in national & cyber security : Opportunities, Challenges and the way forward for startups

Moderator:
Bharat Raigangar Board Advisor 1CxO, VCISO

Panelist

• Hadi Anwar, Acting CEO,  CPX
• Vinoth inBhaskaran, CISO, Royal Family Office
• Nitin Pandey, International Cyber Crime Investigator
• Ranjeet Sinha, Director, MitKat Advisory

12:15 - 13:15
Panel discussion: Supply Chain Vulnerabilities: Cyber and Physical Security Risks in Tandem

Explore how physical and cyber risks in supply chains—like disruptions in logistics, GPS hacking, and surveillance breaches—impact overall security.

Moderator
Smith Gonsalves, Director & CISO, CyberSmithSECURE

Panelist: 

• Sunil Sharma, Senior Director, HelpAG
• Prof Dr. Triveni Singh, Rtd IPS (Indian Police Service) Known as Cyber Cop of Asia
• Mohammad Ali Alawadi, CEO ,Xenon Intelligence
• Dr Mohammed Khaleed, VP Growth & Business Transformation ,ReachGroup

13:15 - 14:30
Lunch break

14:30 - 15:00
Cyber Innovators Pitch – Part 1
Cyber startups pitch innovative cyber security solutions on stage to win the Intersec Cyber Startup of the year award

• Pays solution
• IOT 365
• Iriz ID
• Instinkt
• Protech Me

11:30 - 12:15
Startup Circle: Nurturing future leaders of national security, health & safetyModerator:

Panelists from: 

• Pays solution
• IOT 365
• Iriz ID
• Instinkt
• Protech Me

• Nancy Zakaraya Ahmad Ghawameh, Regional sales manager, BigID
• Oma Martins, Group Head of IT GRC, IHS Towers

13:00 - 14:30
Lunch break

14:30 - 15:30
Ransomware’s Dual Impact: Shutting Down Digital and Physical Operations
Ransomware no longer targets only digital data; it cripples physical operations by disrupting connected systems like manufacturing lines, logistics hubs, and facility controls. The discussion will focus on how ransomware spreads across IT and OT (Operational Technology) and strategies to mitigate such disruptions.

Moderator:
Aditya PS, Principal Advisor, His Highness Sheikh Khalid Bin Hamad Al Khalifa KHK Holdings

Panelist: 

• Neelesh Tungar, COO ,BharatForge
• Mohammed Tareq Alwadi, CEO ,Exordium
• Smith Gonsalves, Director & CISO ,CyberSmithSECURE
• Paola Stagno, Director of Research, Crowdfense 

11:30 - 12:15
Intersec Quiz
An interesting Kahoot quiz which would be conducted in an open audience format based on the 5 verticals of Intersec. 

12:15 - 13:00
CS Council Session - Cyber E71

• CyberE71 Awareness Session - 15 mins ​

Speaker: Abdulaziz Alblooshi, CyberE71​

• Panel Discussion – 30 mins​

Topic: Scaling innovative Cybersecurity startups​

Moderators: Asmae Lemniei, Managing Director - Innovation Advisor, Lean X Consulting

Panelist:

• Dante Ferrini, Cloud Security Services, CPX Holding
• Kevin Czok, Co-Founder, Hotel Data Cloud & Stakehouse

13:00 -14:30
Lunch break