What will be the impact of blockchain technology and crypto-currencies on banking? National security no longer means protecting its borders, but how to re-imagine intelligence to counter threats of freedom of action on global common resources like the Internet, air and water.
These will be some of the questions that will be deliberated by the best of strategic thinkers and intelligence czars of the world in Bengaluru this weekend. Synergia Foundation, a city-based independent think tank, has organised its biennial conference, named Security 360, from November 17-19 at Taj West End.
The 2015 conference, called Cyber 360, focused on a holistic perspective on cyber security. Tobby Simon, founder and president of Synergia Foundation, said that this year's conference is more broad-based to re-imagine security in a holistic perspective in the next three to five years to come.
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This year, the event will also focus on international affairs with multiple sessions on China, Afghanistan, Russia and Japan, he said. The conference will continue with its focus on cyber security and digital threats.
Participants include Uzi Arad, former head of Mossad and former national security adviser to the Prime Minister of Israel; Sir David Omand, former chief of GCHQ, United Kingdom; Michael Chertoff, former secretary, Homeland Security, USA; former IB and RAW chiefs, including M.K. Narayanan, Shyamal Datta and Hormis Tharakan.