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New Paradigms for Loss Prevention in the Digital Era

International Institute of Security and Safety Management (IISSM) held its 29th Annual Global Conclave at Hotel Conrad, Bengaluru, during 14-15 November 2019. The centre theme of the conclave – ‘New Paradigms for Loss Prevention in the Digital Era’ was selected in consonance with the reputation of Bengaluru as the IT capital of India and a major hub of IT business in the world.

Bhaskar Rao, IPS, Commissioner of Police, Bengaluru, the Chief Guest on the event inaugurated the conclave on a positive note amidst a congregation of various stakeholders of security industry comprising the security and safety professionals from different parts of the country as well as foreign nationals. This was an unique forum where the security and safety experts of the leading companies, banks, hotels and other industries, top level IT professionals, cyber security experts, professors from IIT Madras, IIM and Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru, and the policy makers from various government departments were present with the sole aim to deal with the security and safety challenges in the digital era and how to mitigate the new age threats emanating from the cyber world.

The 2-day conclave with a gathering of approximately 400 professionals deliberated on the contemporary issues of urgent concern to all stakeholders – private and government – pertaining to security, safety and the loss prevention.’ Loss prevention has always been a major challenge for all industries, more so in the modern highly connected world. Today, most of the business and government security hinges on information security and therefore the security at large would be at stake if the information security is not well in place and ensured. The new technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics etc., are today of extensive help to meet these challenges, and they can be made to use at a much bigger scale. The forum discussed and deliberated on these issues, challenges and opportunities in detail during the five panel discussions over two days. These panel discussions were preceded by a key note address by the experts and luminaries from the industry, government and academia.

The key notes on the five panels were ‘AI and Blockchain Technology: Enablers for Business Security’, ‘Safety and Loss Prevention in IT dominated environment’, ‘Technology and Transformation: Challenges and Opportunities for Security Business Industry’, ‘Road and Traffic Safety: Enhancement through AI, Machine Learning and Block chain’, and ‘Threat to Critical National Infrastructure (CNI & CII) in the Digital era.’

Beyond the Chief guest, some of the best minds and security experts in the country who spoke during the conclave were Sanjay Sahay, IPS, ADG Police, Karnataka Police, Cyber Wing; Manish Shankar Sharma, IPS, ADG Police, MP and a renowned expert on International Security, Counter Terrorism and Diplomacy; Dr. Rohit Baluja, President, Institute of Road Traffic Education; Lt Gen Rajesh Pant (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM – Chairman, National Cyber Security Council, India, and so on.

New concepts & future technologies

The conclave put its mind together to include in discussion, security in every field such as business places, road safety, data safety, and personal privacy and so on, and also how the existing and emerging technologies will help enhance them. The discussions were intense and focussed to mitigate the immediate and near future challenges with such technologies. Concepts like ‘human computing’, ‘data dumping’, ‘data archiving (in frozen conditions)’, data retrieval’ and ‘data destruction’ were elaborated upon and the delegates took keen interest in these futuristic technologies and innovations. It was heartening to see that there were ladies who performed as moderator, panellists and delegates, which is uncommon for the security industry in India. With this mix of top experts participating in discussions and deliberations, the level, content and deliberations were of very high order. RK Sinha, Hon’ble MP (Rajya Sabha) and Executive Chairman, IISSM, who has been at the helm of affairs of IISSM since last three decades, commented that this was one of the best conclave in terms of quality, content and level of participation.

The IISSM Excellence Awards

IISSM leadership has taken great pains to strengthen internal security of the nation and this 29th conclave in a row showed utmost commitment and unflinching support for enhancing security of people, business and government agencies. Based on the ethos and overall organisational aim, it presents IISSM Security and Safety Excellence Awards every year. This year too, the IISSM Security and Safety Ex cellence Awards were awarded to those organizations which have contributed immensely towards the security and safety of the men, material and information in their organisations and elsewhere, and set an example for others to follow. In addition, there were individual excellence awards for those who think and act out of the box solutions thus contributing a great deal to the society. This year’s Awards have gone to IT/ ITES, construction giants like L&T and Shapoorji & Pallonji, Automotives (Sundaram Auto) and Tourism & Hospitality sectors.

Board of Governor’s Meeting (BOG)

On the sidelines of the conclave, IISSM Board of Governors met for annual deliberations on 14 November 2019, which took stock of the current year performance and delved into policy making for the next year. Several important decisions were announced by the Executive Chairman, IISSM in his concluding speech. Next year IISSM’s 30th Annual Conclave will be held in Delhi.

 



 

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