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.

MESA: Collaborative Approach is Critical

Geetha Nandikotkur • May 25, 2016

Dr. Amirudin Wahab, CEO, Malaysia Cybersecurity, says organizations in the Middle East must adopt a strong public-private partnership model and build an effective information-sharing platform to create a more secure ecosystem.

Lessons on How to Respond to Data Breaches

Geetha Nandikotkur • March 18, 2016

As ISMG's Data Breach Summit Asia 2016 in Bangalore wrapped up, security practitioners seemed excited to seek answers from experts on the challenges bothering them while putting a breach response plan in place.

Cyber Extortionists Demand Bitcoins

Geetha Nandikotkur • January 28, 2016

Three banks and a pharmaceutical company in India are reported to have been hacked by attackers who compromised IT administrators' computers using Lechiffre ransomware, demanding payment in bitcoins. How should CISOs defend against extortion?

Malaysia's 2016 Cybersecurity Agenda

Geetha Nandikotkur • December 22, 2015

Malaysia expects to witness increased incidents of commercial fraud, ransomware and online scams in 2016. Cybersecurity head Amiruddin Abdul Wahab drives the agenda for securing cyberspace and discusses measures to tackle threats.

Emergence of Business Email Compromise

Geetha Nandikotkur • June 15, 2015

Indian companies increasingly are victims of business e-email compromise, as hackers leverage social media networks and perform phishing attacks. Tarun Wig, co-founder at Innefu Labs, shares insight.

India Forms New Cybercrime Panel

Geetha Nandikotkur • December 29, 2014

The Union Home ministry has formed a five-member panel to devise a roadmap to tackle cybercrime. But do the members have the experience necessary to fulfill the mission? Security experts express reservations.