Saket Modi

Saket Modi.
Saket giving a talk for HSBC on Secure Banking Technologies in October 2015
Born 31 July
Kolkata (Calcutta), India
Nationality Indian
Occupation CEO, Lucideus.
Known for Web Space Security and
Ethical Hacking
Website Lucideus

Saket Modi (ca. 1990/91[1]) is an Indian entrepreneur[2] and an ethical hacker.[3][4][5] He is the co-founder and CEO of Lucideus Tech,[6][7] an online cyber security company[8][9] that is involved in securing government and enterprise digital setups.[1][10][11] He led the team that developed the smartphone privacy app UnHack.[12][13][14] He is an ocassional technology writer[15][16][17] in the Indian media.

Early life

Saket was born and raised in Kolkata (Calcutta). In the year 2009, he joined the LNM Institute of Information Technology, for engineering as a computer science major. He completed early schooling from Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. Before starting Lucideus in 2012, Saket initiated his career by giving seminars and workshops on ethical hacking and cyber forensics.[18][19][20] His workshops gradually became popular, as a result of which he was invited to over a hundred colleges across the globe.[21] Some of the major Institutions who have hosted his workshops include UIUC, IIT Kanpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, BITS Pilani, IIT Guwahati among others.[22]

Involvement with Government

Awards and Recognitions

Saket has been referred to as the "Indian Firewall"[1] in various media publications.

YearName of Award or HonorAwarding Organization
2018 Top Innovators of India [26] Forbes India (magazine)
2018 40 under 40 [27] Fortune (magazine)
2017 Champion of Change [28] NITI Aayog, Government of India
2017 40 under 40 [29] Business World (magazine)
2017 35 under 35 [30] Entrepreneur (magazine)
2016 20 under 26 [31] Vogue (magazine)
2016 Yuva Ratna Award Marwari Yuva Manch
2016 India's 21 Young Guns [32] World Consulting and Research Corporation (WCRC)
2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 [33] Forbes Asia (magazine)
2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 [34] Forbes India (magazine)
2014 Indian Ambassador of Cyber Security in Education [35] Government of India

Under Saket's leadership, Lucideus has also won several awards - the most prominent being the "Best IT Startup of India" at the National Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 organised by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India [36] and felicitated by Minister of Home Affairs (India), Sri Rajnath Singh.

He is a regular speaker on various subjects of information security[37] and entrepreneurship[38] at International Forums like Mobile World Congress,[39] CeBIT (Germany),[40][41] Forbes Under 30 Global Summit (Boston),[42] Confederation of Indian Industry,[43][44] Cyber Tech (Israel),[45] ASSOCHAM,[46] Data Security Council of India,[47] ISACA,[48] TiE,[49] TEDx[50] etc.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Saket Modi, The 22 Yr Old Who Saves Govt Agencies From Deadly Hackers". SiliconIndia. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
  2. ↑ "23-year-old Saket Modi talks about his cyber security firm Lucideus Tech". Live Mint. 5 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "CIO Hour: Understanding today's threat landscape in the IT ecosystem". Economic Times, CIO Hour. 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ethical hacking as a career: tips to gear up for this option". NDTV. 17 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "There may be a mole in your banking app". Live MINT. 10 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Saket Modi's Lucideus ensures your system is protected from threats that you did not even know existed". Forbes. 1 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Apping it: What the tech-preneurs are fiddling with". The Entrepreneur Magazine. 13 August 2013. Archived from the original on 10 October 2013.
  8. ↑ "Asian Cyber Security Start-Ups". Tech View Asia. 10 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Lucideus set to grow into a billion dollar cyber security". CNBC TV 18. 23 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "Spinning his own web". DNA India. 1 September 2013.
  11. ↑ "Delhi-based cyber security firm Lucideus battles hackers". The Economic Times. 19 April 2013.
  12. ↑ "CNBC: Tech Guru - Mobile Phone Hacks". CNBC. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "WWW - a Hackers Haven". Business World. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  14. ↑ "The nation wants the smart hacker". Open Magazine. 24 Jul 2014. Retrieved 24 Jul 2014.
  15. ↑ "Engage technology security experts right from the beginning". The Economic Times. 18 May 2015.
  16. ↑ "Shield your personal data from prying apps on your phone and the Internet". The Economic Times. 10 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "How shell shock vulnerability affects your computer". The Economic Times. 15 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "FREE ETHICAL HACKING SEMINAR by Mr. Saket Modi – Heyevent.com". heyevent.com. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  19. ↑ "Indian cybersecurity startup counts on being street smart, hands on". ZDNet. Retrieved 26 April 2013.
  20. ↑ "Careers for an Ethical Hacker". Ananda Bazar Patrika. 27 January 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-13.
  21. ↑ "Top Management Team of Lucideus".
  22. ↑ "Saket Modi explaining explains the impact of the rise of NextGen malware analysis within ethical hacking". The Education Times. 27 May 2013.
  23. ↑ "AICTE Notice".
  24. ↑ Alawadhi, Neha (3 January 2017). "How Team Lucideus spent sleepless nights to make BHIM invincible". The Economic Times. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  25. ↑ "BHIM app safer than mobile wallets, says e-security firm". 8 January 2017.
  26. ↑ "Innovation Nation : Saket Modi : Hacking for the greater good". 26 April 2018.
  27. ↑ "Fortune India 40under40 list". 22 Mar 2018.
  28. ↑ "Champion of Change List". 23 August 2017.
  29. ↑ "Avoid The Success/Failure Loop". 8 Nov 2017.
  30. ↑ "This Entrepreneur is a Password to Security". 26 February 2017.
  31. ↑ "Meet the 20 people under the age of 26 you need to know about". 7 February 2017.
  32. ↑ "Young Guns". 26 June 2016.
  33. ↑ "Meet The Asia 30 Under 30 Transforming Enterprise Technology". 26 February 2016.
  34. ↑ "30 Under 30: Saket Modi - Hacking and securing the world wide web". 19 February 2016.
  35. ↑ "Awardees for National Education Award 2013" (PDF). 19 April 2013.
  36. ↑ "National Entrepreneurship Awards 2016 Presented By Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh". Press Information Bureau (PIB). 31 January 2017.
  37. ↑ "Why you need this guy more than you think". Inc.India. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013.
  38. ↑ "3 Entrepreneurial guidelines where lot of people get misguided – Saket Modi". Brand Kahani. 5 December 2013. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
  39. ↑ "MWC Speaker List". 22 June 2016.
  40. ↑ "CeBIT Speaker List". 24 March 2015.
  41. ↑ "The Days of Mass Attack are Over". Fierce IT Security. 28 Mar 2015. Retrieved 28 Mar 2015.
  42. ↑ "Cybersecurity Expert Saket Modi Will Make You Afraid To Own A Smartphone". 18 Oct 2016.
  43. ↑ "CII Conference on Cyber Security Agenda" (PDF). 13 July 2013.
  44. ↑ "'Ethical Hacker' Saket Modi Calls for Stronger Cyber Security Discussions". The Centre for Internet & Society. 5 August 2013.
  45. ↑ "Cyber Tech Speaker List". 25 March 2015.
  46. ↑ "ASSOCHAM Conference on Cyber Security Agenda". 14 October 2013.
  47. ↑ "Annual Information Security Summit". 11 December 2013.
  48. ↑ "ISACA India Conference Afenda" (PDF). 29 November 2013.
  49. ↑ "TiE Smashup Event Speaker Videos". 29 November 2013. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
  50. ↑ "TEDx Talks". 19 May 2014.
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