Geetha Nandikotkur

Vice President - Conferences, Asia, Middle East and Africa, ISMG

Nandikotkur is an award-winning journalist with over 20 years of experience in newspapers, audiovisual media, magazines and research. She has an understanding of technology and business journalism and has moderated several roundtables and conferences, in addition to leading mentoring programs for the IT community. Prior to joining ISMG, Nandikotkur worked for 9.9 Media as a group editor for CIO & Leader, IT Next and CSO Forum.

India's Cyber Tribunal Seeks New Chair

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 17, 2015

After a three-year gap, the government of India seeks to fill the post of chairperson for the Cyber Appellate Tribunal. Cyberlaw groups believe the increase in cyberfraud and pending verdicts triggered the move.

Gartner: Digital Risk Officers on Rise

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 16, 2015

Large enterprises are engaging new digital business models as part of their growth strategy. Such innovation gives rise to the increase of the new "digital risk officer," says Gartner's Sid Deshpande.

Wipro Develops Cyber-Risk Model

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 13, 2015

Wipro is developing a new value-at-risk model to articulate and measure aggregate risk from cyberthreats. Can CISOs leverage this framework to determine and predict risk and quantify its complexity?

Security in the Application Economy

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 9, 2015

In an application-driven economy, security is not just about deploying controls for protection. It's about being a business enabler, says Steve Firestone, general manager of the security business at CA Technologies.

NPCI Launches Money Transfer Service

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 5, 2015

NPCI's new unified payment interface for smartphones aims to simplify mobile money transfer through a single interface. But can it truly ensure a secure transaction through single-factor authentication?

Smart Cities: The Security Challenge

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 3, 2015

The Indian government envisions developing 100 smart cities throughout the country by 2022. What is the model, and how must security leaders prepare to defend these smart cities against cyberthreats?

Research Centre Tackles Cybercrime

Geetha Nandikotkur • February 20, 2015

Cybercrime is on the rise. To combat it, GTU is launching e-Raksha Research Centre - a public private partnership initiative. The spin-off is also aimed at growing the capacity of InfoSec professionals.

(ISC)Â², Schools Team Up on Training

Geetha Nandikotkur • February 19, 2015

The Hong Kong regional headquarters of (ISC)Â² is collaborating with universities across Asia through its Global Academic Program to deliver essential skills to help grow the information security workforce.

What's Wrong with IT Act, Section 66A?

Geetha Nandikotkur • February 17, 2015

As cybercrime grows, Section 66A of India's IT Act is under scrutiny of the court, government and security leaders. Some experts say it requires amendments to ensure correct interpretation and implementation.

When is Social Media Use a Crime?

Geetha Nandikotkur • February 13, 2015

Experts agree that Section 66A of India's IT Act is not meant to violate anyone's right to free speech or lead to frivolous complaints based on annoyance. What's not clear is what kind of messages would be considered offensive, resulting in punishment.