Event Timeline

Conference Schedule

Here is the schedule for BSides Kerala 2026. Please be patient as we are still updating the schedule.

9 MAY 2026 - KOCHI MARRIOTT HOTEL, KERALA
All Tracks - Morning
08:00 AM

Registration

Registration desk opens. Collect your badges and conference kit.

09:30 AM

Inauguration Ceremony

BSides Kerala inaugural ceremony will be hosted in the Main Track.

09:30 AM

Welcome Speech

Welcome address by the organizing team.

TBA
BSides Kerala Organizing Team
09:40 AM

Keynote Speaker

Keynote address from Manoj Abraham IPS.

TBA
Director General of Police, Kerala Police | Director of Vigilance and Anti-corruption Bureau
10:00 AM

Inaugural Address

Inaugural address by the chief guest.

TBA
Executive Chairman of Nayara Energy Limited.
10:20 AM

Felicitation

Felicitation ceremony.

10:20 AM
IGP SCRB and Nodal Officer CCTNS Kerala
Speaker Two
SP, Tele Communication Kerala Police
10:40 AM

Vote of Thanks

Vote of thanks by the organizing team.

Abhijith B R
BSides Kerala Organizing Team
10:50 AM

Networking and Tea/Coffee Break

Networking session and refreshments before track sessions begin.

Track Sessions - All Tracks 11:00 AM onwards
Track 1 CXO Track

Schedule for Main Track sessions and Panel discussions.

11:00 AM
Panel

Hackers, Defenders, and Machines - The Three-Way Contest in the Age of Advanced Artificial Intelligence

Johnson Jose
Group President and CTO at Federal Bank
Sony A
Chief General Manager and CIO at South Indian Bank
Dr. A Shiju Rawther
Chief Information and Technology Officer at CareEdge Ratings
Dipu
Senior President at Bajaj General Insurance
John Varughese
General Manager at Dhanlaxmi Bank
Dr. Prince Joseph
Group CIO, NesT Group, SFO Technologies
CISO-in-Residence at Zscaler
11:45 AM
Keynote

Strategic Pillars for AI-Resilient Information Security Preparedness

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Founder and Partner at Kumar & Raj Chartered Accountants, Member RBI Standing Committee and Former International Vice President at ISACA
12:15 PM
Panel

People over Technology - Preparing your cyber workforce for an AI-First enterprise

V V Jacob
Chief General Manager, Malayala Manorama
Biju K
Solutions Architect at Netskope
Biju K
Chief Data Protection Officer at Federal Bank
Deepu S
Chief Information Security Officer at Muthoot Microfin Ltd
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Chief Information Security Officer & Head of Cyber Assurance Practice at SecnSure
Director and Global Head of Information Security Compliance at UST
01:00 PM

Lunch Break & Networking

02:00 PM
Technical Talk

Red Team in a Box - Building Autonomous AI Attack Agents

TBA
Founder at ArmurAI
02:30 PM
Panel

The AI Edge - Beyond the Hype

CEO - Manorama Online at Malayala Manorama
Executive Director at Muthoot Housing Finance Company Ltd.
Director at Geojit Financial Services Ltd.
03:00 PM
Panel

Critical Infrastructure Security: Securing the Invisible Perimeter and IT/OT Convergence

IGP SCRB and Nodal Officer CCTNS Kerala
Chief Information Security Officer at CRED
Anil Menon
CIO, Lulu Group India
Thomas Kurian Ambattu
Business Head - Cyber security at Apeiron Pte Ltd.
Jojy Payyanickal
CISO, Geojit Financial Services
Director Sales at Fortinet
Global Scheme Manager - Automotive Cyber security at DNV
03:45 PM
Lightning Talk

AI Security and Deepfakes

Director - Cyber Defense and Incident Response at KPMG
Manager - Cyber Defense & Incident Response, Digital Trust, KPMG
04:00 PM

Tea/Coffee Break

05:00 PM
Panel

The Weakest Link? Cloud, Supply Chain Breaches, Securing the AI Economy, and Autonomous Agents

Vice President Enterprise Services and Cyber security at Envestnet, Inc.
Ananth Subramanian
Executive Vice President and Head of IT at Kotak Mutual Fund
Sr. Solutions Architect AI at Econz
Chief Information Security Officer at The Muthoot Group
Sunil Varkey
CISO, CTO, Former Wipro Fellow, Writer, Speaker, Mentor, Cyber Evangelist
Sr. Solution Consultant at Palo Alto Networks
05:45 PM
Panel

Policy vs. Reality: Closing the Gap Between Compliance and Actual Security

Chief Technology Officer at Muthoot MCred Limited
Head of Information Technology at Malabar Group
Head of Information Technology & CISO at Agappe Diagnostics Ltd.
Independent Director at Muthoot Money Ltd. and Emsyne Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Former VP and CIO at V Guard Industries Ltd.
Anoop Job Choondal
Director - Cyber Risk & Compliance, Digital Trust, KPMG
Track 2 Hacker Ground

Schedule for Hacker Ground sessions, tool demos and hands-on activities.

11:00 AM
Technical Talk

Breaking AI Browsers: Hidden APIs, Agentic Chaos, and the Race Toward Secure Architecture

TBA
Security Researcher at Zscaler (squareX)
11:30 AM
Technical Talk

Wait, What Happened? A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Forensics and Incident Response.

TBA
Cyber Forensic Consultant at LEAs, Kerala Excise
12:00 AM
Tool demo

LLMGoat: Offensive LLM Security Environment

TBA
Software Engineer (R&D) at INE
TBA
Software Engineer at INE
12:30 PM
Technical Talk

Beyond Individual Vulns: How We Hardened a 200M+ User Platform’s Cloud Backend Without Chasing CVEs

TBA
Senior Security Engineer at Sharechat co
01:00 PM

Lunch Break & Networking

02:00 PM
Techncial Talk

One Tap to Own Them All: Chaining WebView Flaws into a 1-Click Account Takeover

TBA
Mobile Security Researcher at Team bi0s
02:30 PM
Technical Talk

When Human Eyes and AI Disagree

TBA
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Siemens
03:00 PM
Technical Talk

The npm Attack Surface in 2026: Account Takeovers, Fake Plugins, and Full C2 Agents

TBA
Software Engineer at SafeDep
03:30 PM
Tool Demo

Catching Ransomware in the Act: Behavioral Profiling and Entropy Analysis with DB Sherlock

TBA
Cybersecurity Researcher at Dayananda Sagar Academy of Technology and Management and Volunteer at AI-Sec Community
03:45 PM
Tool demo

TESTERPy2 - Threat Emulation and Security Testing Platform

TBA
Associate Security Consultant at BreachSimRange
TBA
Security Researcher Intern
04:00 PM

Tea/Coffee Break

04:30 PM
Technical Talk

From ClickFix to PXA Stealer: Evolution of Multi-Stage Infostealer Campaigns and the Role of Proactive Threat Hunting

TBA
Advanced Threat Hunting Service Lead at Cyberproof
05:00 PM
Tool Demo

DetectOps - Detection Engineering Platform

TBA
Detection Engineer (Security Researcher) at Grant Thronton Bharat
Track 3 Hands-On Activity Ground

Schedule for Hands-on activities and live hacking demonstrations.

11:00 AM
Hands-On Activity

Pins, Pads and Payloads, a hands-on hardware, IoT and OT Security

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Lead Hardware Security Researcher, Traboda Cyber Labs
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Lead Mobile Security Engineer, Traboda Cyber Labs
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Security Researcher, Traboda Cyber Labs
TBA
Senior Security Researcher, Traboda Cyber Labs
11:00 AM
Hands-On Activity

Lockpicking and Physical Security

TBA
Offensive Security Lead at Healthcare Industry, DEF CON Group Trivandrum
11:00 AM
Hands-On Activity

Offensive Hardware: Hands-On RF, BLE and Wireless Security Lab

TBA
Founder and CEO at C1PH3R-FSocitey
01:00 PM

Lunch Break

02:00 PM
Hands-On Activity

Breaking On-Prem Active Directory: A Hands-On Offensive Workshop

TBA
Security Consultant at NetSPI and Founder of The Abhisek Cast
04:00 PM

Tea/Coffee Break

Track 4 CTF Competition

Capture The Flag competition.

06:00 AM
CTF

Capture The Flag Competition Begins

CTF challenge environment goes live. Teams can start solving challenges.

01:15 PM

Lunch Break

02:15 PM
CTF

CTF Continues

Afternoon session. New challenge categories may unlock.

04:00 PM

Tea/Coffee Break

06:00 PM
CTF

CTF Final Round

Last stretch. Scoreboard freeze before closing ceremony.

All Tracks - Closing
06:30 PM

Closing Ceremony

BSides Kerala 2026 closing ceremony.

06:45 PM

Closing Keynote

Closing Ceremony Keynote Address

TBA
Former National Cyber Security Coordinator at National Security Council Secretariat.
06:45 PM

Closing Note and Thanks

Closing remarks by the organizing team.

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Chief General Manager, Systems at Malayala Manorama Co. Pvt. Ltd.
07:00 PM

Prize Distribution

Contests and CTF prize distribution.

Abhijith B R
BSides Kerala
BSides Kerala Organizing Team
BSides Kerala 2026