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Cyber Security
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Highlights
- The TCS Cybersecurity Forum highlighted the urgent need for perpetual cyber adaptation due to an escalating VUCA threat landscape.
- TCS showcased a proactive, AI-powered security blueprint that integrates holistic strategies, security by design, and cutting-edge innovations like quantum security and deepfake detection.
- The forum demonstrated quantifiable successes and emphasized collaboration, reinforcing that proactive resilience drives innovation and sustainable growth and enables businesses to "never need to fight fires".
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Cyber imperative
The TCS Cybersecurity Forum in Amsterdam emphasized that cyber resilience is a strategic imperative in today’s complex threat landscape. Industry leaders, experts, and over 65 customers and partners converged to address a shared mission: "Strengthening cyber resilience in a VUCA world."
The forum served as a dynamic platform for dialogue and collaboration, exploring practical strategies to thrive amidst volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) in the digital age. Josu Devasia, Country Manager, TCS Netherlands, opened the event with a welcome address, emphasizing the strategic importance of cybersecurity within TCS's broader vision. This was followed by a compelling keynote from Ganesa Subramanian Vaikuntam, VP and Global Head of Cybersecurity Business Group, TCS. His address provided a vital overview of evolving market trends, and the critical investments enterprises must make, highlighting pioneering areas like quantum security and deepfake detection.
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Driving cyber resilience in a VUCA world
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Proactive cyber shield
TCS presented a blueprint for enterprises to bolster their defenses, built upon its multi-faceted approach:
- Holistic security strategy: Advocating for a 360-degree approach to comprehensively assess, quantify, and address enterprise-wide risks.
- Proactive risk mitigation: Shifting from reactive firefighting to predictive defense by harnessing the power of analytics, automation, and ML.
- AI-powered security: Leveraging next-generation AI capabilities to outmaneuver sophisticated adversaries and enhance cyber defense.
- Security and privacy by design: Embedding security at the foundational layer of business operations to inherently foster resilience and reduce costly retrofits.
- Modernization and integration: Championing an integrated, security-as-a-service model for superior visibility, unified control, and optimized total cost of ownership.
United cyber front
The interactive spirit of the forum was exemplified by three pivotal roundtable discussions, fostering vibrant exchanges among top-tier experts, with insights from:
- Harnessing AI's potential through trust, risk, and security management: Dr. K P Sandhu, Global Head, AI and Strategic Initiatives, TCS, moderated a critical session in which cybersecurity industry leaders explored how AI can be securely leveraged in cyber defense.
- Strategies to build future-ready, cyber-resilient businesses: Moderated by Daljit Bilkhu, Global Head of Cybersecurity Advisory and Consulting Practices at TCS, this session brought together industry leaders to discuss actionable strategies for organizational resilience.
- Enabling zero-trust security, modern architectures, and the vital role of partner and industry ecosystems: Rahul Singh, Lead EMEA, Cybersecurity Business, TCS, moderated a discussion in which cybersecurity industry leaders discussed implementing zero-trust and the power of collaborative ecosystems.
Beyond the main panels, engaging breakout sessions and demos provided practical insights, including a deep dive into operational technology (OT) security, and a compelling demonstration of AI for cyber applications led by Dr. KP Sandhu.
Secure growth ahead
The forum also presented an array of case studies showcasing quantifiable successes and demonstrating how proactively modernizing security leads to a stronger security posture. TCS reinforced its unwavering commitment to empowering enterprises to lead with cyber confidence, fostering a culture of proactive resilience essential to unlocking innovation and driving sustainable growth.
The forum concluded with a shared vision for building robust, future-ready defenses that enable innovation and growth securely.