TESTIMONIALS

DAVID Baptiste

Executive Director, CVO laboratory

Cocon is a unique experience. This is one of the few conferences that brings together lawyers, hackers, industry experts and politicians. It aims at encouraging dialogue and greater interaction in the fight against cybercrime. And it is a true success!

Cocon is a major event in the computer security world that takes place in India. During our last stay, we had a very warm and friendly welcome from the Cocon's organizing team. Attending this conference was a very good experience for us.

Christopher Creedon

Detective in the Child Victim Identification & Special Projects Unit at Task Force Argos, Queensland Police Service (QPS)

My experience of c0c0n 2014 was that the conference covers a broad spectrum of information security topics. The conference is supported both locally and internationally by the Government of India, Kerala State Police, Polcyb, and private enterprise. The conference is well organised and executed, with speakers addressing various topics of interest to anyone engaging in online investigations, or information security. Speakers are sourced from the region and internationally, presenting, and discussing issues they experience at a local level, and which are identified as common to all. c0c0n will broaden your technical and policy knowledge relating to online protection and vulnerabilities.

Sunil Varkey

CISO, Wipro, India

C0C0N conference provides a good perspective from corporate, public and government views on Information Security. A very well organized conference with excellent themes and topics covered.

Sunil Varkey

Sunil Varkey has 17 years of IT experience with 12 years in Information Assurance domain. He is currently CISO, Wipro and prior to this he was with Barclays, GE, Genpact & SABB (HSBC Group Bank) in US, Middle East and India. He is CISSP, GSNA, CIPP/US, CISA, CGEIT, CRISC, ABCP, ITIL-SM(Red Badge) certified and also serves in the Education Advisory Board of International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
CISO, Wipro, India

Maria Bellarmine

CISO, Tech Mahindra Ltd., India.

Hearty Congratulations to ISRA on seven years of pioneering service to Information Security & its evangelization!

The connect that ISRA had created between Government, Public & Private Organizations had been remarkable with its unique involvement of NextGen from academia. The footprint of ISRA’s work in global arena through co-hosting COOCON by involving Information Security Professionals & organizations of International repute is commendable. The thought leadership and patronage galvanized by ISRA to make the Indian impression in the global forum of Information Security needs all praise and encouragement for the road travelled and its vision for the future!

Many thanks ISRA! All the best for your future endeavours!

Maria Bellarmine

Maria Bellarmine is the CISO of Tech Mahindra Ltd and heads the function responsible for global Information Security compliance. He has 24 years of industry experience in the fields of software development, network management, entrepreneurial ventures, business operations and information security. He is a certified Lead Auditor for ISO27001 and BS25999. He holds ITIL, CBCP, CISM, CPISI and CEH certifications. He heads an Information Security compliance team known for innovative work through alternative thinking into security awareness promotional efforts, SMEs on core domains of information security, home grown automated tools for customized dashboards and balanced scorecards etc. for the varied challenges of both ITS and BPO industries. He led the team to win 'DSCI Excellence Award 2012' for Security in IT Services (large) and also one of the three finalists in the category 'Privacy' implementation. He is part of DSCI Special Advisory groups on ‘International Data Flow & Data Protection’ as well as 'Security Assessments' and actively involved in national initiatives on Information Security.Professionals (IAPP).
CISO of Tech Mahindra Ltd, India

Raoul Cheisa

Senior Advisor on Strategic Alliances & Cybercrime Issues - United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)
Member PSG - European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
Founder & CTO, Mediaservice.net - Italy

C0c0n is a great conference, much bigger than I was expecting: all of the organizers, crew and sponsors have been so nice with me, and I've learned a lot about India's hacking underground and security challenges in this huge country.

Raoul Cheisa

Mr. Chiesa is a Senior Advisor on Strategic Alliances & Cybercrime Issues at the Global Crimes Unit for the United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute, a Member of the Permanent Stakeholders Group at the European Network & Information Security Agency, and is also the founder of @Mediaservice.net, a security advisory company. Mr. Chiesa has been active in the field of computer security research at a high level since 1997, when as a member of a team of experts and researchers contributed to national and international Security R&D projects.

Mr. Chiesa and Mediaservice works with research institutes, multinational companies, finance operators, Public Administration and Public health services, banking, telcos, and Computer Crime Special Units (LEAs), all asking for top-level and vendor-independent consultancy and/or training services.

Raoul belong to the following Board of Directors: ISECOM, OWASP Italy (www.owasp.org), HPP (Hackers Profiling Project), CLUSIT.
Raoul Chiesa is one of the WORLD'S FEW x.25 hackers around if not the ONLY ONE
Senior Advisor on Strategic Alliances & Cybercrime Issues
- United Nations Interregional Crime & Justice Research Institute (UNICRI)

Member PSG - European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
Founder & CTO, Mediaservice.net - Italy

Donn Hoffman

Deputy District Attorney, High Technology Crime Division, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office

c0c0n is a uniquely valuable event. Security conferences often promise to bring law enforcement and industry together or to embrace the hacker community. c0c0n actually delivers on that promise. No matter your infosec role, c0c0n will expand your professional horizons.

Donn Hoffman

Donn Hoffmanis a Deputy District Attorney for Los Angeles, California. He is an accomplished trial lawyer and a recognized authority on cybercrime. Donn is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Southern California School of Law. Before studying law, Donn worked as a research engineer and software developer. He entered public service and joined the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office soon after earning his JD. After a decade prosecuting murder, gang, elder abuse, and other crimes, Donn joined the High Technology Crime Division. He is assigned to prosecute the most complex network intrusion, cyber harassment and identity theft cases, working closely with local, state and Federal agencies, and with private industry security personnel. Donn serves as legal counsel and special prosecutor for the Los Angeles CIRT. He is an adjunct professor teaching computer forensics law and a sought-after speaker on cybercrime, identity theft, and digital evidence.
Deputy District Attorney

High Technology Crime Division
Cyber Investigation Response Team (CIRT)
Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office
hoffman@digitalda.org / vox: (213) 580-3378

Captain Frederick Gaudreau

Officer in charge, Technological Support Unit, Sûreté du Québec, Canada.

c0c0n is a great example of cooperation between the public and private sectors. Working together and without boarders, is the only way that we can fight cybercrime efficiently.

Captain Frederick Gaudreau

Captain Frederick Gaudreau is the Officer in charge of the Sûreté du Québec, technological support unit. He manages the investigative technological support for the Sûreté du Québec. He also coordinates a multitude of development projects in partnership with organizations dedicated to the fight against cybercrime. Mr.Gaudreau represents the Sûreté du Québec on several committees and study groups such as the Canadian Federal/Provincial/Territorial study group on cybercrime, FRANCOPOL, POLCYB (The Society for Policing in Cyberspace), NCFTA (National Cyber-Forensic and Training Alliance), ICANN (Internet Corporation on Assigned Names and Numbers) and the AFSIN (Association Francophone des Spécialistes en Investigation Numérique). He is the co-chair of the Canadian Association of Chief of Police E-Crime Committee and a member of the Concordia University CIISE Industrial Advisory Board. He also represented the Sûreté du Québec during several symposiums and conventions in Québec, Canada and Internationally. Mr. Gaudreau holds a BS from the Université du Quebec à Trois-Rivières on Public Safety.
Officer in charge

Technological Support Unit
Sûreté du Québec
Canada

Dr. Phil Polstra

University of Dubuque, USA.

Attending c0c0n was an amazing experience. I have never felt more welcome and every talk I attended was excellent.

Dr. Phil Polstra

Phil was born at an early age. He cleaned out his savings at age 8 in order to buy a TI99-4A computer for the sum of $450. Two years later he learned 6502 assembly and has been hacking computers and electronics ever since. Phil currently works as a professor at a private Midwestern university. He teaches computer security and forensics. His current research focus involves use of microcontrollers and small embedded computers for forensics and pentesting. Prior to entering academia, Phil held several high level positions at well-known US companies. He holds a couple of the usual certs one might expect for someone in his position. Phil is also an accomplished aviator with several thousand hours of flight time. He holds 12 ratings including instructor, commerical pilot, mechanic, inspector, and avionics tech. When not working, he likes to spend time with his family, fly, hack electronics, and has been known to build airplanes.
University of Dubuque

United States of America

Fyodor Yarochkin

Security Researcher at Academia Sinica/Taiwan.

i've spoken at c0c0n conference a number of times. c0c0n conference might not be big, but is well organized, everyone is extremely friendly and it does feel like great community to be a part of. More over, c0c0n held in a very special part of India that is well known for its spices and beautiful scenery.

Fyodor Yarochkin

Fyodor Yarochkin (xecure-lab, o0o.nu) is a Security Researcher at Academia Sinica/Taiwan. He is a happy programmer and AI hobbyist in his free time. He is also a major contributor to Open Source security tools (snort, xprobe, etc). Fyodor has extensive experience in forensic analysis of malicious software, computer crime incidents, and intrusion detection. With his recent interest in large-scale computing he has access to terabytes of interesting data at hand ;-)
Security Researcher at Academia Sinica/Taiwan.

Shashidhar CN

Global Information Security Adviser, IBM, IN.

CoCoN has been very well organized & conducted since its inception and has grown from strength to strength.

The team has raised the bar for Information Security & Hackers conferences in India using innovative & eye catching strategies. The cohesive & total involvement of State Govt. and other departments is another amazing feature and worth emulating.

I'm a regular delegate there and it's a must visit annual pilgrimage for the serious Information Security professional. Kudos to c0c0n team for putting up a great show every year. You guys rock !!.

Shashidhar CN

C N Shashidhar is a CISA, CRISC, ISO 27k1 LI, MBA & MCom with around 25 years of experience. He is a Global Information Security Adviser at IBM. He is also the Treasurer & Director Membership of ISACA Bangalore & also a founder member of India Honeynet.org. He has presented at various security conferences including C0C0N 2010 & 2011. His interests are Cloud Security, Cyberwarfare & Honeynets.