Authentication: Password & beyond

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Apr 7 2022 Duration: 48 mins

Presented by

Saurabh Sharma, FIE, CEng(I), SMIEEE, Chief Manager (BIS) & CISO, Petronet LNG Limited

About this talk

We all know that password is the most basic and most popular approach towards securing our devices and applications. Can using passwords alone make us secure? In the current evolving cyber threat scenarios in a world where Zero-day threats are becoming the new reality, having even a strong password is not adequate. So, what are various authentication technologies available to secure our IT Infrastructure? “Passwordless Authentication” is a new buzz in this arena.

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Bio: Saurabh Sharma is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) with Petronet LNG Limited. Prior to joining Petronet LNG, he worked with TCS. He has around 18 years of industry experience. His research interests include Cyber Security, Software Development, Project Management. He is a registered PRINCE2 practitioner, EC- Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA), Certified Ethical hacker (CEH).

He received B. Tech (IT) from IP University and did MBA in IT Management from Jaipur National University. He is Chartered Engineer (CEng(I)), Fellow at Intuition of Engineers (FIE), Senior Member of IEEE, Life Member of Computer Society of India, Member of Association of Computing Machinery (ACM).