Sharda Tickoo, Country Manager for India & SAARC at Trend Micro, in her keynote address highlighted how attackers are increasingly leveraging AI to automate and accelerate cyberattacks, reducing exploit timelines from weeks to hours. Yet, she emphasized that defensive AI is outpacing offensive AI, enabling real-time detection, automated response, and proactive threat mitigation. She introduced Agentic AI as a paradigm shift in cybersecurity—where intelligent AI agents work in parallel, sharing context to deliver unified, pre-emptive protection. At the core of this transformation is Trend Micro’s AI powered platform — Trend Vision One, integrated with specialised cybersecurity LLM, TrendCybertron, which combines predictive analytics, risk scoring, and automated remediation across environments. While AI is transforming SOC operations, she reiterated that a fully autonomous SOC is still aspirational, with human judgment still having a pivotal role in decision-making.

The panel discussion titled, “Proactive Security in the Age of AI” brought together Rajesh Thapar, CISO, NSE and Abhijit Chakravarty, EVP – Networks & Cybersecurity, Kotak Mahindra Bank to discuss what proactive security means in practice. Mr. Rajesh Thapar, CISO, NSE, noted that proactive security has become a strategic imperative, which requires alignment within the ecosystem that goes beyond being tactical or reactive.  Mr. Abhijit Chakravarty, EVP – Networks & Cybersecurity at Kotak Mahindra Bank, stressed that true proactiveness begins with visibility—i.e., visibility into unmanaged assets and user activity—and the ability to take data and make it actionable intelligence.

On vulnerability prioritization, Mr. Thapar noted the limitations of legacy scoring methods and the need for contextual risk-based methods. Mr. Chakravarty emphasized the role of criticality-based methods and operational limitations, and the importance of framing risk in business-relevant terms. He shared a framework called TRIC (Threat, Risk, Impact, Consequence), which helps bridge communication between security teams and business stakeholders. Both panellists noted artificial intelligence as an enabler as well as a threat, and agreed that while AI can greatly augment SOC capabilities, human oversight is required for effective and responsible security operations.

The industries in the Mumbai region, especially within manufacturing and BFSI, are pioneers in embracing emerging technologies and advanced security measures—making it a mature market for cybersecurity adoption. The BFSI sector, in particular, demands strict compliance, driving increased interest in hybrid security solutions that meet evolving operational and regulatory needs.

The Mumbai event marks the beginning of a four-city India tour, following the global success of last year’s series across 60+ countries. The next leg of the event is scheduled to happen on 20^th June, 2025 in Kolkata.

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The theme of the High-Level Segment of the ECOSOC this year is “Multilateralism after COVID19: What kind of UN do we need at the 75th anniversary”.

Coinciding with the 75th Anniversary of the founding of the UN, this theme also resonates with India’s priority for its forthcoming membership of theUN Security Council. Prime Minister reiterated India’s call for a ‘reformed multilateralism’ in a post-COVID-19 world, which reflects the realities of the contemporary world.
In his address, PM recalled India’s long association with the ECOSOC and the UN’s developmental work, including for the Sustainable Development Goals. He noted that India’s developmental motto of ‘SabkaSaath, SabkaVikaas, Sabka Vishwas’ resonates with the core SDG principle of leaving no one behind.

Prime Minister pointed out that India’s success in improving the socio-economic indicators of its vast populationhas a significant impact on global SDG targets.He spoke about India’s commitment to also support other developing countries in meeting their SDG targets.

He spoke about India’s ongoing development efforts, including for improving access to sanitation through the “Swacch Bharat Abhiyan”, empowering women, ensuring financial inclusion, and expanding availability of housing and healthcare through flagship schemes such as the “Housing for All” programme and the “Ayushman Bharat” scheme.

Prime Minister also highlighted India’s focus on environmental sustainability and bio-diversity conservation, and recalled India’s leading role in the establishment of the International Solar Alliance and the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure.

Speaking about India’s role in its region as a first responder, Prime Minister recalled the support provided by the Indian government and Indian pharma companies for ensuring medicine supplies to different countries, and for coordinating a joint response strategy among SAARC countries.

This was the second time that Prime Minister addressed the ECOSOC. He had earlier delivered the keynote address at the 70th anniversary of the ECOSOC in January 2016.

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