Krishna Sastry Pendyala (Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young

(Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young

"Pendyala is a partner - cybersecurity at Ernst & Young. He has over 25 years of experience in proactive, predictive, and reactive domains of information and cybersecurity. Prior to EY, he held leadership roles in PwC, TCS, and the Ministry of Home Affairs. "

Panel Discussion: To Pay or Not to Pay Ransom: The C-Suite Debate

Presented by Parag Deodhar, Managing Director - Internal Audit, Global IT Audit Lead, Large IT Services Company , Krishna Sastry Pendyala (Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young , Ashish Gopal Saxena, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd • July 4, 2022

Ransomware attacks continue to plague organizations at an alarming pace; the debate among the C-suite on the issue of paying the ransom or refusing to pay and dealing with the consequences is getting critical. Some experts say that paying the ransom makes an organization vulnerable to reputational risk. This also...

Panel Discussion: Banking Fraud and Breaches: The Implications and the Security Lessons Learned

Presented by Nitin Bhatnagar , Samir Dani , Ashutosh Jain , Krishna Sastry Pendyala (Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young , Brijesh Singh, Principal Secretary to Hon. Chief Minister, Maharashtra, Government of Maharashtra • September 21, 2018

India recently witnessed a broad international attack on the banking system. Cosmos Cooperative Bank in Pune, Union Bank, Punjab National Bank and others were the victims of cyber fraudsters as hackers infiltrated bank system and siphoned money. Most breaches are caused by the failure of some processes in the...

Understanding the Dark Web and Malware-as-a-Service

Presented by Krishna Sastry Pendyala (Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young • November 6, 2017

The dark web has become synonymous with cybercrime, with a burgeoning underground economy for data, attack tools and malware flourishing in the parts of the internet inaccessible to the World Wide Web. Sophisticated hierarchies and support mechanisms that mimic real-world organizations have transformed the launch of a...

The Equifax Breach and What It Could Mean to India

Presented by Ravikiran Avvaru , K. K. Mookhey , Shivkumar Pandey, Group CISO, BSE Ltd. , Krishna Sastry Pendyala (Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young • November 6, 2017

Equifax, the credit reporting bureau, recently revealed that hackers had stolen the data of 145.5 million Americans, as well as millions in the U.K. and some in Canada. Like many high-profile breaches, the Equifax breach was caused by a failure to update software components that were known to be vulnerable....

Ransomware: Are You the Next Target?

Presented by Krishna Sastry Pendyala (Advisory Member), Partner, Cyber Security, Ernst & Young • April 27, 2017

Indian organizations: from large and medium banks, public sector organizations, pharmaceutical companies and many others have been the victims of destructive ransomware including Cerber, Locky, Cryptolocker, TeslaCrypt, among others, in the past year. Attacks involving encrypting data and demanding a ransom - often...