The 2nd annual international information security conference 'Securitybyte 2011' was inaugurated by H R Bhardwaj, The Governor of Karnataka
The four day event beginning today, witnessed participation from developers, CTOs and security professionals bringing together security thought leaders like Richard Marshall, Department of Homeland Security, Alexander, Edward Schwartz -VP and Divisional CISO, RSA, Hord Tipton - Executive Director, (ISC)2, Jay Bavisi - President & Co-Founder, EC-Council, Sridhar Jayanti - India Managing Director, McAfee Inc. and Shouvick Mukherjee - CEO India, Yahoo! to discuss and debate the security issues and solutions in India and worldwide.
H R Bhardwaj said, "In this ever shrinking world we cannot forget the significance of having a secure cyber space. I hope initiatives like this will help in creating awareness among the people and doing so will help us technologically advance in this era."
"I am very happy to know that the Securitybyte is happening in Bangalore this time. I hope this event will help in throwing light on the information technology and security related issues and be a great success by helping us understand the importance of IT security in India’s rapidly expanding technology landscape," added H Prabhu, IAAS, Principal Account General, Karnataka.
Nishchal Bhalla, Founder Securitybyte said, "Bringing awareness to Indian developers, managers & decision makers alike by bringing intelligence experts and national speakers under the same roof to build more secured environment. Securitybyte also provided a platform for students and professionals to partake in hacking competition to not only have their skills but also learn defensive mechanism."
