Dr. Yask, CISO, Indian Oil Corporation

CISO, Indian Oil Corporation

As CISO, Sharma is responsible for the maintenance of cybersecurity operations, infrastructure, and governance at a national critical infrastructure organization. He has more than two decades of experience and holds a master's degree in cyber law and cybersecurity from NLU, Jodhpur.

Panel Discussion: Breach Reporting Within Six Hours After Detection: What Next?

Presented by Dr. Yask, CISO, Indian Oil Corporation , Vijay Devnath, General Manager (Infrastructure & Security) and CISO, Center for Railway Information Systems , Ashish Khanna, Advisor to CISO & Cybersecurity Specialist, Healthcare Entity , Ashok Kumar, Director - Access Services, Department of Telecom (DoT), Ministry of Communications • August 18, 2022

As per CERT-In's mandates, Indian enterprises must inform the agency within six hours of discovering a cybersecurity incident. In case of non-compliance, the company is liable to pay a maximum penalty of about $1,324. However, there is certain ambiguity surrounding the mandate as security practitioners seek more...

OT/IT Convergence: Security with Zero Trust

Presented by Dr. Yask, CISO, Indian Oil Corporation • September 3, 2021

Most OT systems have been designed with very little consideration for security. With increased cyber risk in this new digital transformation era, any approach to bridge the IT and OT divide is mission-critical for enterprise security. While a 'zero-trust' approach has proved to be successful for most organizations in...

Panel Discussion: Implementing SASE for Better Security: A CISO's Perspective

Presented by Dr. Yask, CISO, Indian Oil Corporation , Rishi Rajpal, Vice President – Global Security, Concentrix , Sridhar Sidhu, Managing Director and Head of Cybersecurity Services Group, Wells Fargo • January 27, 2021

The need for enhanced business agility and secure remote access to support digital transformation has led to the adoption of the security access service edge, or SASE, model among enterprises. Some say CISOs now don't have to procure individual discrete security solutions and tie them into the network security...

Applying "Zero Trust" in an OT Environment

Presented by Dr. Yask, CISO, Indian Oil Corporation • May 18, 2020

Most OT systems have been designed with very little consideration for security. However, with the growing sophistication of attacks, OT manufacturers and buyers are recognizing the value of the security. Legacy technology, organizational challenges as well as limited visibility makes OT security complicated. What...

Panel Discussion: Securing Critical Infrastructure in the Private, Public and Government Sectors

Presented by Dr. Yask, CISO, Indian Oil Corporation , Bithal Bhardwaj,Group CISO, GMR Group , B.S.Dalal, General Manager-IT and Information Security, Airports Authority of India , Dr. Neena Pahuja, Former Director-General, ERNET, MeitY • January 24, 2020

Robust and reliable infrastructure is key to the nation's high standard of living, security and a strong economy. The security and resilience of critical infrastructure, including water and power, financial transactions and telecommunications, are essential. The government of India is planning to revive its task force...