c0c0n is a 17 years old platform that is aimed at providing opportunities to showcase, educate, understand and spread awareness on Information Security, data protection, and privacy. It also aims to provide a hand-shaking platform for various Corporate, Government organizations including the various investigation agencies, academia, research organizations, industry leaders and players, for better coordination in making the cyber world a better and safe place to be. Various technical, non-technical, legal and community events as part of the conferences.
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Govind Mohan is the Union Home Secretary since 23rd August 2024. Prior to this, he served as Officer on Special Duty (MHA), and as Secretary, Ministry of Culture (Oct 2021 – Aug 2024). He has also held key positions in the Ministry of Home Affairs as Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary, and in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.
He has represented India abroad as Minister (Economic) at the Embassy of India, Washington DC (2012–2015), and served as Principal Resident Commissioner, Sikkim. Earlier, in the Cabinet Secretariat, he was responsible for major national policy areas including infrastructure, telecom, natural resources, and economic reforms.
Govind Mohan is a senior IAS officer with extensive experience in both domestic governance and international economic affairs.
Dr. Ajay Kumar is the current Chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). A former IAS officer from the 1985 batch, he was the former Defence Secretary of India. Kumar is an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and the University of Minnesota.
Kumar was the longest-serving secretary in the Ministry of defence, having also held the position of Secretary in the Department of Defence Production. Kumar held positions, including additional secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and director general of the National Informatics Centre. During his tenure in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, he worked in the implementation of Digital India programme including Unified Payments Interface, Aadhaar, MyGov.in, Government e Marketplace and Jeevan Pramaan.
Nathan Hamiel is Senior Director of Research at Kudelski Security, where he leads the fundamental and applied research team, part of the Innovation group working to define the future of the company’s products and services. He focuses on emerging and disruptive technologies and their intersection with information security. This research includes new approaches to difficult security problems and the safety, security, and privacy of artificial intelligence. Nathan is passionate about risks at the intersection of technology and humanity and shares his thoughts on his blog, Perilous.tech. During his 25 years in cybersecurity, he has been a regular public speaker, presenting his research at global security events, including Black Hat, DEF CON, HOPE, ShmooCon, SecTor, ToorCon, and many others. He is also a veteran member of the Black Hat review board, serving as the AI, ML, and Data Science track lead.