Speaker
Yogesh Gupta
Editorial Director, India & META, Events
Foundry
Yogesh is the editorial director for events – India and META (Middle East, Turkey & Africa) for Foundry (an IDG, Inc. Company). In an earlier role spanning over seven years, he was the executive editor for Foundry, the world’s largest technology media, research and data services conglomerate. Today, he leads the content curation and moderates the events (in-person and virtual) for Foundry brands – CIO and CSO – in India. He is also involved with editorial content, video interviews for CIO.COM in India and Middle East.
Yogesh has been with Foundry (earlier IDG Communications) for over seventeen years. He hosts the annual awards and symposium programs in India including CIO100 Awards, CSO100 Awards and Premier100 (Channel) Awards, since over a decade. From 2024 onwards, he will be responsible to launch Foundry’s awards program – CIO100, CSO30, CIO50 – in META region.
A keynote speaker, social media influencer and knowledge enthusiast, Yogesh impacts the technologists’ community (CIOs, CSOs, CDOs, ITDMs, Channels) across the enterprise technology ecosystem in India and globally. In 2019, Yogesh was recognized as ‘Star Editor’ or ‘B2B Influential Editor’ from an elite list of 26 tech editors across IDG globally.
With over two decades of experience in the media industry including seventeen years at Foundry, he kick-started his journalism career with The Times of India (Bennet Coleman & Co.) in 2003. He later joined IDG as senior correspondent for weekly publication ChannelWorld in 2007. Yogesh holds a Computer Engineering degree from Mumbai University.
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Upcoming and recent events
CSO 100 Awards & Conference
Welcome Address: 5 things CSOs can't get wrong in 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
18:00 PM - 18:20
AI, cloud, and the increasingly interconnected nature of business and technology present CISOs with a range of risks and threats that will be particularly challenging this year. Cybersecurity leaders have a lot to consider when trying to keep their organizations safe. But some things stand out more than others or…
CSO 100 Special Awards - Zero Trust Mavens
Thursday, May 14, 2026
19:00 PM - 21:30 PM
The CSO 100 Special Awards will recognize 7 security leaders who have successfully implemented Zero Trust Technology across high priority areas.
CSO 100 Special Awards - Data Security Maestros
Thursday, May 14, 2026
19:00 PM - 21:30 PM
The CSO 100 Special Awards will recognize 7 security leaders who have successfully implemented Data Security across high priority areas.
CSO 100 Special Awards - AI Security Innovators
Thursday, May 14, 2026
19:00 PM - 21:30 PM
The CSO 100 Special Awards will recognize 7 security leaders who have successfully implemented technologies across AI Security.
CSO 100 Special Awards - Data Privacy Evangelists
Thursday, May 14, 2026
The CSO 100 Special Awards will recognize 7 security leaders who have successfully implemented technologies across Data Privacy.
CSO 100 Awards - Game Changers
Thursday, May 14, 2026
The Game Changers Awards will recognize 50 cybersecurity leaders who have used IT innovatively to bolster cybersecurity posture and drive business value at their organization.
Security Priorities Study: Promise of AI and Role of CSO
Friday, May 15, 2026
09:00 AM - 09:20 AM
Companies continue to grapple with a highly complex and active cybersecurity landscape. While AI promises to simplify and improve safeguards, it also opens doors to new risks. As adversaries get more creative and aggressive, security organizations see value in AI as a means to quickly analyze massive datasets, allowing them…
CSO100 Awards - Hall of Fame
Friday, May 15, 2026
19:00 PM - 21:30 PM
The Hall of Fame awards will recognize CSOs who have received the CSO 100 award for 3 or more consecutive years while serving at the same organisation.
CSO100 Awards - The Fearless 100
Friday, May 15, 2026
19:00 PM - 21:30 PM
The Fearless 100 awards will recognize 100 CSOs & CISOs for outstanding leadership & Innovation.
The Editors' Chat: Compliance and Data Sovereignty across the Globe
Saturday, May 16, 2026
09:15 AM - 09:40 AM
In an era of rising digital protectionism, navigating the patchwork of global data sovereignty laws from GDPR to emerging local mandates is a defining challenge for modern CSOs. This session brings together senior editors to dissect the collision between cross border business needs and increasingly strict localization requirements.