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ISAP India Foundation, in collaboration with OCP Foundation, successfully organized a national-level workshop titled “Agrisankalp – Climate Resilient Soil & Smart Agriculture” at The Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. The event brought together a diverse group of stakeholders — including policymakers, scientists, industry leaders, development practitioners, Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs), and progressive farmers — to deliberate on sustainable agricultural practices and future-ready farming solutions.

The workshop served as a platform to showcase key learnings, field-level insights, and outcomes from ongoing interventions across Rajasthan, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, supported by OCP Foundation. These initiatives focus on promoting balanced fertilization, soil health management, climate-resilient practices, and strengthening farmer institutions for improved livelihoods. The event aligns with India’s broader vision of achieving sustainable agricultural growth and contributes to the national goal of building a climate-resilient and food-secure future under the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047.

Opening the Dialogue

The workshop commenced with a traditional lamp lighting ceremony, followed by welcome and inaugural addresses from leadership of both organizations. The opening session framed the day’s agenda — articulating the significance of the Agrisankalp initiative, the expected outcomes, and the critical role of balanced fertilizer management in building sustainable and climate-resilient agriculture in India.

“Our collaboration with ISAP reflects a shared vision of enabling farmers to adapt to climate challenges while improving productivity and incomes. Knowledge dissemination and local partnerships are key to driving this transformation.” — Hassina Moukhariq, Director – International Development, OCP Foundation.

“India stands at an important inflection point in its agricultural journey. Transitioning towards a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) crop-neutral incentive scheme presents a transformative opportunity to promote balanced fertilizer use, restore soil health, and encourage crop diversification. Placing regenerative agriculture and collective responsibility at the core of our food systems will be essential to securing a productive and sustainable agricultural future for the nation.” — Ashok Gulati, Distinguished Professor, ICRIER

“Our 17-year journey with OCP Foundation, beginning in 2009 in Northern Karnataka, has been a testament to the power of sustained collaboration. From Northern Karnataka to South Eastern Rajasthan, and now to Maharashtra in 2025, we have harnessed Information Communication and Technology (ICT) tools and community-based interventions to place smallholder farmers at the heart of agricultural transformation.” — Bhaskar Natarajan, Chairman, ISAP India Foundation

“Agrisankalp is not just a dialogue platform — it is a commitment to building resilient agricultural systems. By connecting science with grassroots realities, we aim to empower farmers with knowledge, innovation, and sustainable practices.” — Gaurav Vats, Director – COO, ISAP India Foundation

A Day of Substantive Dialogue

The technical proceedings unfolded across six thematic sessions. The first session, on Fertilizer Landscape and Policy Challenges, examined the current state of India’s agrochemicals and fertilizer sector, with a focus on N:P:K imbalances and their consequences for soil health and productivity. Experts from Farmgate Technologies Pvt ltd, Krishitantra, IFPRI, ICAR-NIAP, and the Agro Chem Federation participated in the panel discussion, deliberating on subsidy frameworks and policy reforms needed to sustain India’s food systems.

This was followed by a session on Linking Fertilizer Practices to Farm-Level Impact, which drew from field trial evidence presented by scientists from IARI, KVK Kalaburagi and SKNAU. The session highlighted how fertilizer imbalances directly affect farm income and crop productivity, engaging participants in an interactive reflection on the ground-level challenges of adopting balanced nutrition practices.

The afternoon session on Empowering Farmers through Livelihood and Collective Models spotlighted the role of FPOs, collectivization, and market linkages in improving smallholder incomes. Representatives from Walmart Foundation, Jindal Foundation, NAFED, DS Group, and NABARD explored value chains and collective bargaining models, identifying scalable approaches for replication across regions.

A session on Mechanization and Technology for Smallholders showcased affordable precision agriculture tools and custom hiring centre models accessible to small farmers. Speakers from CNH, EKL, Farmart, and ASCI demonstrated practical solutions to optimize fertilizer application, reduce input waste, and improve overall productivity.

The penultimate session focused on Building Climate Resilience, where experts from Grow Indigo, Takachar, and CIFOR-ICRAF examined the cascading impacts of climate change on cropping systems, water availability, and nutrient dynamics. The session underscored how proper fertilizer use can strengthen crops against climate stress and presented scalable climate-smart practices for adoption at the field level.

A Collective Commitment

The workshop concluded with a Way Forward and Commitments session, synthesizing the day’s key insights and formalizing a declaration of shared action points. A collaborative roadmap for continued partnership between ISAP, OCP Foundation, and all stakeholders was outlined, with participants invited to articulate one actionable idea to implement post-event — reinforcing the spirit of collective responsibility.

FPO representatives also shared on-ground experiences throughout the day, demonstrating the tangible impact of improved practices and institutional support. Through initiatives like Agrisankalp, ISAP India Foundation and OCP Foundation reaffirm their commitment to strengthening agricultural ecosystems, enhancing farmer resilience, and contributing to sustainable rural development across India.

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Address.co, India’s fastest-growing virtual office address brand, has been named the Best Virtual Office Company in India at the prestigious International Visionaries Summit and Awards (IVSA), by a leading business recognition platform.

The award ceremony was held at the iconic ITC Welcomhotel, Dwarka, New Delhi, a fitting venue for a brand that has spent the better part of a decade redefining what a business address truly means in the post-pandemic economy.

From Real Estate Instincts to the Virtual Office Revolution In India

Ankur Goel is a domain veteran with over 15 years of deep experience in Indian real estate. Goel had watched cycles of boom and correction, office oversupply and demand crunches, corporate migration from city centres to suburbs and back again.

When the coworking wave began to quietly reshape global workplaces, he adapted it specifically for the Indian context.

Because India, as anyone in business here knows, does not operate like Silicon Valley.

An MSME owner in Jaipur does not have the same needs as a funded startup in Bengaluru or A freelance consultant in Lucknow has a completely different pressure point than a D2C brand trying to look credible to its first institutional investor. Goel understood this texture deeply. And Address.co was built around it.

Address.co‘s core purpose is to provide business solutions to entrepreneurs by shifting their conventional mindset and enabling them to scale their businesses without incurring unnecessary costs.

Address.co grew into something the Indian market had been quietly craving: a professional business presence, without the burden of a long-term lease.

A Process and a Principle Driven company with 8 Years of Trust | 22,000+ Clients Served, Presence in all 28 States with over 400 Locations.

Address.co today serves over 22,000 clients across India, from solo entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to established consumer brands. Their client roster reads like a who’s who of Indian business: Rapido, HCC, HTC, Saregama, Relaxo. These are not names that sign up with a vendor unless the service is genuinely premium.

The company operates from more than 400 locations spread across the country, giving it one of the widest virtual office footprints in the Indian market. Whether a bootstrapped founder who needs a GST-compliant registered address across all 28 states or a multinational looking to establish a PAN-India presence without setting up brick-and-mortar in every city, Address.co has built the infrastructure to deliver that.

And the IVSA recognition is, in many ways, a validation of this model.

Why This Award Actually Matters

Being named the Best Virtual Office Company in India from this platform carries real weight, especially because the virtual office segment in India has become increasingly crowded over the last three years.

Post-COVID, everyone from tech aggregators to real estate giants tried their hand at the virtual office game. Most offered a basic GST address with a mailroom. Very few thought about the full-stack experience: professional image, compliance support, Office usage passes, meeting room access, and the confidence that comes with a credible corporate address.

Address.co did the hard work of building that full experience, consistently, across 400 locations.

The Bigger Picture: India’s Aspirational Economy Needs a Professional Backbone

India is currently home to over 63 million MSMEs. Millions of them are run by first-generation entrepreneurs who are highly capable but often underserved when it comes to professional infrastructure. The virtual office is no longer a shortcut. It is a legitimate, smart, and aspirational choice for a new generation of Indian business owners who want a Connaught Place address without the Connaught Place rent.

Address.co, through its network and its ethos, is quietly powering this shift. Every client they onboard is one more entrepreneur who can walk into a client meeting, hand over a card, and say, with complete confidence: “This is where we operate from.”

A Homegrown Story With a Global Stamp

Winning an international award is always gratifying. But for Address.co and Ankur Goel, this recognition from IVSA Dubai means something specific. It confirms that a homegrown Indian brand, built on local insight and genuine operational depth, can set standards that the world measures itself against.

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• While 46% of employers actively recruit from this segment, 38% of recruiters identify it as the most constrained talent pool
• 40% of employers expect moderate-to-minimal AI impact on roles, with focus on task redesign and productivity gains rather than job loss
• AI, Cybersecurity, digital and data skills emerge as India’s most critical future capabilities

NIIT Ltd., a leading Skills & Talent development corporation, today launched the NIIT India Skills Gap Report 2026, a nationwide study conducted in partnership with YouGov. The survey, based on insights from 3,500 respondents spanning students, working professionals, recruiters, CXOs and academic leaders across key sectors, highlights how digital, data and cybersecurity skills are emerging as foundational capabilities for employability and workforce growth, while industry-recognised certifications and diversity-led skilling are increasingly shaping hiring confidence across organisations.

The study draws responses from 2,800 students and working professionals ranging from early jobbers to senior management and 700 recruiters, CXOs, senior leaders and academic heads, spanning industries such as IT/ITeS, BFSI, manufacturing, healthcare, e-commerce, EdTech, government, FMCG, telecom and auto.

Mid-career talent, reskilling and institutional readiness

The study underscores the importance of mid-career professionals (6–15 years of experience) in India’s talent pipeline. While 47% of employers actively recruit from this segment, 38% of recruiters identify it as the most constrained talent pool, strengthening the case for continuous upskilling across career stages.

Encouragingly, 69% of organisations increased their learning and development budgets in the past year, driven by business growth and digital transformation priorities. Additionally, 54% of employers run structured apprenticeship or internship programmes, while scalable EdTech partnerships are gaining traction as a preferred model for delivering industry-aligned, inclusive skilling at scale.

Digital, data and cybersecurity drive future hiring demand

Across the hiring ecosystem, digital and data skills consistently rank among the top three most critical capabilities for the next 3–5 years across all cohorts surveyed, i.e. students, employees, recruiters, CXOs and academia. Early-career professionals demonstrate higher confidence than students in cybersecurity basics (64 vs 57), cloud tools (66 vs 56) and data analysis (67 vs 56), while senior management reports the highest overall confidence levels, reflecting experience-backed skill accumulation.

Recruiters and CXOs continue to prioritise technical and domain-specific expertise, supported by project management and organisational skills, as organisations accelerate technology-led transformation.

Notably, 86% of recruiters and CXOs express confidence in their ability to access skilled talent over the next 3–5 years, with internal reskilling and upskilling capacity (26%) and industry–academia partnerships (24%) cited as the strongest enablers of hiring confidence.

AI accelerates the shift from degree-led to skills-first hiring

As organisations integrate AI into business operations, hiring signals are becoming more precise and outcome-driven. The study reveals that 38% of respondents agree that employers increasingly value certifications and micro-credentials beyond traditional degrees, reflecting a clear move away from degree-only hiring norms.

Encouragingly, this shift is accompanied by rising awareness among learners and professionals. 43% of respondents say they are aware of the specific skills employers expect, while an equal proportion actively track in-demand skills within their target industries, indicating stronger alignment between workforce aspirations and evolving industry needs.

Diversity-led skilling moves to the mainstream

The report highlights a clear shift in how organisations approach inclusion through capability building. 44% of organisations now explicitly integrate diversity and inclusion (D&I) goals into all skilling and development programmes, indicating that diversity-led skilling is increasingly embedded into core workforce strategies rather than treated as a standalone initiative.

Employers report that early-career and first-generation graduates (53%) and women professionals (48%) are the primary beneficiaries of D&I-linked skilling initiatives, as organisations seek to widen participation in high-growth, technology-driven roles. Academic institutions mirror this intent, placing strong emphasis on supporting students from rural or underserved backgrounds (54%) and first-generation learners (49%) to improve employability outcomes.

Commenting on the findings, Pankaj Jathar, CEO, NIIT Ltd., said: “The NIIT India Skills Gap Report 2026 reinforces that digital, data and cybersecurity skills are now core capabilities across roles and industries. At the same time, organisations are recognising that sustainable talent growth requires inclusive skilling strategies that expand access to these capabilities across diverse talent pools.”

On the importance of inclusive skilling, he further added, “Diversity-led skilling is no longer peripheral to workforce planning. By aligning inclusion goals with industry-recognised digital skills, organisations are addressing talent shortages while creating more equitable pathways into emerging roles.”

To access the full report: Link

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Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider, today announced the expansion of its partnership with Syrma SGS Technology Ltd, a leading electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider, to manufacture IoT antennas in India. The move strengthens Quectel’s regional manufacturing capabilities and builds on the companies’ existing collaboration to produce IoT modules locally.

 

The expanded partnership reflects Quectel’s focus on strengthening its IoT supply chain and scaling manufacturing operations in high-growth markets. India continues to emerge as a major hub for electronics manufacturing and IoT innovation, driven by strong demand, a skilled workforce and a rapidly developing ecosystem. By expanding local antenna production in India, Quectel is enhancing supply chain resilience while improving flexibility, scalability and responsiveness to customer needs.

 

 

“Expanding our collaboration with Syrma SGS to include antenna manufacturing in India is a key step in strengthening our local IoT ecosystem,” said Dinesh Patkar, Regional Sales Director (India), Quectel Wireless Solutions. “By localizing production, we can deliver faster lead times, improve supply chain stability and provide IoT solutions that are better aligned with local requirements, helping customers accelerate time to market.”

 

 

“Syrma SGS Technology Limited has made strong progress in its partnership with Quectel, manufacturing cellular, IoT and GNSS modules in India at its Manesar facility for telecom, automotive and Digital India initiatives,” said Sanjeev Kr Pandey, Vice President, Business Development, Syrma SGS Technology Ltd. “As demand for locally manufactured connectivity solutions continues to grow, we are expanding our capabilities beyond modules to include antenna manufacturing, strengthening our ability to support demand in India alongside the Make in India initiative.”

 

 

The collaboration between Quectel and Syrma SGS Technology delivers significant benefits for IoT customers in India by combining global expertise with localized manufacturing and support. Local antenna production enables shorter lead times, improved supply chain reliability and greater flexibility for project-specific requirements. Customers also benefit from solutions aligned with local regulatory standards and deployment environments, alongside faster technical support and closer collaboration. Together, these advantages help businesses accelerate IoT deployment and innovation across key industries.

 

 

Quectel will also be exhibiting at Electronica India at the India Expo Mart (IEML) in Greater Noida, Delhi, where it will showcase its complete portfolio of IoT solutions, including cellular, short-range, GNSS and automotive modules, as well as high-performance antennas. Visitors can meet the Quectel team at Booth H10.F03, Hall 10, to learn how its IoT modules, antennas and certification services can support next generation connected applications.

 

 

About Quectel

 

 

Quectel’s passion for a smarter world drives us to accelerate IoT innovation. A highly customer-centric organization, we are a global end-to-end IoT solutions provider backed by outstanding support and services.

 

 

With a worldwide team of over 5,800 professionals, we lead the way in delivering end-to-end IoT solutions, spanning cellular, GNSS, satellite, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules, high-performance antennas, value-added services and full turnkey offerings including ODM services and system integration.

 

 

With regional offices and support across the globe, our international leadership is devoted to advancing IoT and helping build a smarter world.

 

 

For more information, please visit: www.quectel.com or LinkedIn

 

 

 

 

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In fiscal year 2025, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) reaffirmed its position as global leader in SecurityTech for mission-critical infrastructure. In a market where security is becoming essential for technological and societal stability, G+D demonstrates strong growth prospects.

 

In 2025, G+D achieved a record order intake of €3.6 billion (+8%). Revenue increased to €3.2 billion (+1%), although exchange rate effects dampened growth. The key figures underscore the company’s strong operational performance and profitability: Adjusted EBIT reached a new high of €211 million. The substantial free cash flow of €119 million provides additional leeway for future investments.

 

 

With its equally strong segments – Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology – G+D boasts a resilient portfolio that effectively cushions market volatility. The company’s success reflects this strategic strength, combining technological depth, a global presence and operational reliability.

 

 

G+D is making targeted investments in the next generation of security technologies, including post-quantum cryptography, cybersecurity, AI-powered security architectures, and highly secure identity solutions. A newly established AI hub in Canada is expanding the global development base and accelerating the transfer of innovative AI technologies into market-ready products.

 

 

Targeted M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of Xtec Inc., a U.S. specialist in digital identity and access management, are also expanding the portfolio in high-growth fields and supporting the long-term transformation strategy. The effects of these transactions will be fully reflected in the 2026 financial statements.

 

 

Significant large-scale projects highlight G+D’s technological leadership. For example, as the first-ranked contractor in the ECB framework agreement for offline payments for the planned digital euro, G+D is playing an active role in supporting the future of digital currencies in Europe.

 

 

“SecurityTech forms the indispensable foundation of modern societies. Record-breaking order intake and profitability and pioneering customer projects in critical security areas, highlight the company’s current performance and future relevance,” explains G+D Group CEO Ralf Wintergerst. “G+D is investing decisively, transforming with a clear vision, and bringing innovations into real-world applications quickly, reliably, and securely. This combination of technology and strategy makes us a reliable partner in an increasingly digitalized world.”

 

 

About Giesecke+Devrient

 

 

G+D is a global SecurityTech company headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company shapes trust in the digital age, with built-in security technology in Digital Security, Financial Platforms and Currency Technology. Founded in 1852, G+D now has more than 14,500 employees.

 

 

 

 

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Vonage, a part of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC), has announced that Broot.ai, an India-based, AI-powered contact management and enrichment platform designed for B2B sales, marketing, and event professionals, is leveraging Vonage APIs to transform how sales and marketing teams connect with people worldwide. By integrating the Vonage Voice API and enabling local phone number provisioning, Broot.ai brings real-time, in-app calls directly to the enterprise.

 

For teams using customer relationship management (CRM) platforms for fast-paced campaigns, speed and context are critical. With the Vonage integration, Broot.ai users can make a call with a single click immediately after identifying a prospect. This means Broot.ai can instantly follow-up with registered event attendees and qualified sales opportunities, helping to improve the speed of engagement and conversion.

 

 

“Broot.ai’s mission is to remove obstacles for sales and marketing teams so they can focus on building real connections,” said Mithun Waghela, Founder and Chief Product Officer, Broot.ai. “Vonage APIs allow us to deliver seamless, in-app calling and instant number provisioning, transforming the way our users engage with their customers and prospects.”

 

 

The Vonage integration allows Broot.ai to set up new user access of local business numbers in the U.S., European and Asia Pacific markets, giving enterprises a local presence that builds trust and drives response rates. With centralised call data and metrics, Broot.ai users gain clear visibility into team activity and campaign performance, and can make data-driven decisions faster.

 

 

“Vonage is committed to helping software innovators, like Broot.ai, create intelligent, scalable solutions for the modern enterprise – accelerating digital transformation through advanced programmable communications capabilities,” said Christophe Van de Weyer, President and Head of Business Unit API, Vonage. “By bringing real-time voice and easy number management directly into CRM workflows, Vonage is enabling enterprises to connect with customers faster and more effectively around the world.”

 

 

About Vonage

 

 

Vonage, a part of Ericsson, creates technology that empowers enterprises and equips developers to lead in the next era of digital transformation. Its AI-powered platforms and tools enable new value creation and innovative customer experiences across mobile networks and the cloud.

 

 

The company’s technology portfolio includes Network APIs, CPaaS, CCaaS, and UCaaS solutions. Trusted by enterprises across industries and embraced by developers around the world, Vonage is committed to reimagining every digital interaction.

 

 

Vonage is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and operates within Ericsson Group Business Area Global Communications Platform (BGCP). For more information, visit www.vonage.com and follow @Vonage.

 

 

Copyright^Ⓒ 2026 Vonage. All rights reserved. VONAGE^Ⓡ, the V logo, and other Vonage marks are registered trademarks of Vonage or its affiliates in the United States and other countries.

 

 

About Broot.ai

 

 

Broot.ai provides innovative AI solutions that empower sales and marketing professionals in global enterprises by delivering actionable data insights to drive business growth. The platform helps organizations capture, organize, and enrich business contacts from networking events, digital channels, and existing databases into a unified system. With integrated communication capabilities such as VoIP calling, Broot AI enables teams to engage contacts more efficiently and strengthen professional relationships. Learn more at https://www.broot.ai/.

 

 

 

 

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Black Hat, the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security event series, today announced Violet Blue, investigative journalist, and Ari Herbert-Voss, CEO and Co-Founder of RunSybil, as Keynote speakers for Black Hat Asia 2026. These security experts will take the stage on Thursday, April 23 and Friday, April 24 at Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre in Singapore, examining how privacy-first frameworks and autonomous AI systems are fundamentally reshaping security strategy across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.

 

With APAC nations facing a surge in ransomware attacks and fragmented data protection regulations across jurisdictions, these threats pose unique challenges to the region’s rapidly digitizing economies. To address these challenges, morning Keynotes will open each day of Briefings, delivering critical insights on data sovereignty, offensive automation, and the defensive adaptations required to meet these evolving challenges.

 

 

Black Hat Asia 2026 Keynote Lineup:

 

 

• Thursday, April 23 at 9:00 AM – Privacy is the Captain. Security is the Practice
  • Speaker: This Keynote will be presented by Violet Blue, six-time award-winning author and investigative journalist on cybersecurity, Covid-19, and privacy. Her bylines include WIRED, Engadget, Financial Times, CNN, CBS News, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular Science, O The Oprah Magazine, The Spinoff, and many others.
  • Topic: Blue will challenge the fracturing global consensus on data privacy, examining how researchers, scholars, and activists are redefining privacy and security through principles of agency and data sovereignty. She’ll explore what sustainable privacy policy looks like as traditional frameworks become increasingly obsolete across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond.
• Friday, April 24 at 9:00 AM – From Prompt Tricks to Autonomous Hackers: The Rise of Agentic Offensive Security
  • Speaker: This Keynote will be presented by Ari Herbert-Voss, CEO and Co-Founder of RunSybil, an AI-native cybersecurity company pioneering automated offensive security solutions. Previously, Herbert-Voss was the first research scientist at OpenAI focused on developing algorithmic exploits for large language models and led the red team engagements for the GPT3 and Codex model releases.
  • Topic: Herbert-Voss will trace the three-year evolution of autonomous offensive security systems, evaluating where automation is already effective and where human expertise remains essential. They’ll explain why traditional point-in-time security testing is obsolete when attacks can now run continuously at scale and without human intervention.

 

 

Beyond Keynotes, two high-priority Main Stage sessions will deliver actionable intelligence on the defensive blind spots and automation failures security teams can no longer afford to ignore.

 

Main Stage Lineup:

 

 

• Thursday, April 23 at 12:15 PM – Vulnerable Drivers: The Gaping Hole in Defenses that Nobody Wants to Talk About
  • Speaker: This Main Stage session will be presented by Dick O’Brien, Principal Intelligence Analyst on the Symantec + Carbon Black Threat Hunter Team at Broadcom. Threat Hunter is responsible for investigating critical threats, including espionage and high-level cybercrime, in order to improve their detection capabilities and share threat intelligence with customers.
  • Topic: O’Brien will expose the alarming rise of Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks, now standard in ransomware campaigns, that disable endpoint security at the kernel level. He’ll reveal why Microsoft’s protections are failing, how attackers weaponize signed drivers undetected, and defensive strategies to counter this threat.
• Friday, April 24 at 12:15 PM – A Framework for Secure, Intelligent Workflows
  • Speaker: This Main Stage session will be presented by Eoin Hinchy, co-founder and CEO of Tines. Prior to Tines, Eoin spent 15 years leading security operations at companies like eBay, PayPal, and DocuSign.
  • Topic: Hinchy will reveal how poorly implemented AI and automation introduce new security vulnerabilities. He’ll present a framework for building secure workflows that combine human expertise, deterministic automation, and AI capabilities, outlining how to scale operations without compromising control, auditability, or security.

 

 

Registration and Event Details

 

To attend these sessions and explore the full Black Hat Asia 2026 program, registration is now open at blackhat.com/asia-26/.

 

 

Top Sponsors and Partners of Black Hat Asia 2026 include:

 

 

• Platinum Sponsors: Bitdefender, Broadcom, Concentric AI, SOCRadar Cyber Intelligence, ThreatLocker, and Tines.
• Silver Sponsors: Astra Security,Censys,Corellium, Dream Security, EasyDMARC, Filigran, Fortra, ManageEngine, SecureFlag, Sparrow, Sumo Logic, TuxCare, and Varonis.
• Sustaining Partners: Armis, Cyera, Google, ManageEngine, Qualys, SentinelOne, Sophos, Tenable, ThreatLocker, TrendAI, Varonis, and Wiz.
• Global Partners: Broadcom, Censys, Concentric AI, Corellium, EasyDMARC, HackerOne, Semgrep, ThreatLocker, Tines, Tracebit, VulnCheck, wolfSSL, and Zenity.

 

 

About Black Hat

 

Black Hat is the cybersecurity industry’s most established and in-depth security event series. Founded in 1997, these annual, multi-day events provide attendees with the latest in cybersecurity research, development, and trends. Driven by the needs of the community, Black Hat events showcase content directly from the community through Briefings presentations, Trainings courses, Summits, and more. As the event series where all career levels and academic disciplines convene to collaborate, network, and discuss the cybersecurity topics that matter most to them, attendees can find Black Hat events in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Asia. For more information, please visit blackhat.com.

 

 

 

 

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Bureau Veritas, a global leader in Testing, Inspection, and Certification services (TIC), announces the launch of an AI systems audit to help European enterprises assess and demonstrate their compliance with the European Union’s “AI Act” regulatory requirements. This offering combines on-site audits, document analysis, and direct testing to deliver an independent maturity report.

 

Since the EU’s AI regulation came into force in 2024, companies have faced major implementation challenges. According to a recent report*, 68% of them struggle to interpret the provisions of the text, while 60% have yet to put in place the governance needed to comply. Non-compliance can cost them up to 7% of annual revenue. Bureau Veritas has developed this new audit offering to help companies identify their compliance gaps and remedy them.

 

 

Bureau Veritas’s new audit offering comprises a pre-audit, document review, on-site audit, and direct testing, resulting in an independent report on the client’s AI maturity. This assessment is built on eight standardized pillars covering the full spectrum of risks: security, robustness, data privacy, governance, fairness, explainability, controllability, and transparency.

 

 

To develop this offering, Bureau Veritas relies on AWS AI Risk Intelligence (AIRI), the automated governance solution developed by the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, a global team of AWS experts who help companies design, develop, and deploy AI solutions. AIRI enables automation of document review and direct testing, thus reducing audit cycles from several weeks to just a few days.

 

 

Bureau Veritas has adapted this tool to its audit processes to meet the specific needs of its auditors. With this new offering, they have clear indicators enabling them to quickly and precisely identify vulnerabilities in AI systems, transform abstract governance concepts into measurable and actionable information, and formulate remediation recommendations to help companies achieve compliance.

 

 

“With this unique offering on the market, we combine Bureau Veritas’s expertise in compliance with AWS’s expertise in artificial intelligence. We enable companies to better navigate the European regulatory environment and work more broadly towards the emergence of more responsible AI by managing the risks associated with its use,“ says Marc Roussel, Executive Vice President of Urbanization and Assurance at Bureau Veritas.

 

 

The offering targets large enterprises and mid-sized companies in Europe. Deployment will begin in the second quarter of 2026 in several key markets: France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, the Netherlands and Nordic countries. In the United Kingdom, the offering relies on international standards, notably ISO, applicable independently of the European regulatory framework.

 

 

Bureau Veritas plans to deploy this offering beyond Europe and adapt AIRI to integrate other regulatory frameworks and international standards related to AI.

 

 

* AWS survey, Unlocking France’s AI Potential 2025.

 

 

About Bureau Veritas:

 

 

Bureau Veritas is a world leader in inspection, certification, and laboratory testing services with a powerful purpose: to shape a world of trust by ensuring responsible progress. With a vision to be the preferred partner for customers’ excellence and sustainability, the company innovates to help them navigate change.

 

 

Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas’ 82,000 employees deliver services in 140 countries. The company’s technical experts support customers to address challenges in quality, health and safety, environmental protection, and sustainability.

 

 

Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, SBF 120 indices and is part of the CAC SBT 1.5° index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.

 

 

For more information, visit http://www.bureauveritas.com, and follow us on LinkedIn.

 

 

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The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (NYSE: EL) today announced WPP as its first-ever global media partner, marking a significant advancement of its One ELC operating model, a scalable system designed to operate faster, execute with greater discipline, and drive growth. In fully establishing One ELC, the Company also reached a significant milestone in its Profit Recovery and Growth Plan’s (PRGP) Restructuring Program — a key action plan priority of Beauty Reimagined.

 

Stéphane de La Faverie, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies, said, “With the appointment of WPP as our first-ever global media partner, our One ELC operating model is now fully established. This more unified and scalable system will enable us to be faster, more agile and efficient, and support unlocking additional growth. Together with our execution progress, we are confident that we are on a trajectory to deliver sustainable, profitable long-term growth.”

 

 

de La Faverie added, “Building on our strong fiscal 2026 first half results, which included increased consumer-facing investments to restore sustainable sales growth, today we announced an important milestone in the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan’s Restructuring Program. We have now approved initiatives to achieve the high-end of the target gross savings range and affirmed we are on track to realize the vast majority of PRGP’s full run-rate benefits in fiscal 2027. The PRGP has instilled a strong sense of cost discipline into our organization that is now embedded in our ways of working.”

 

 

Advancing a New Operating Foundation

 

 

The Company has fundamentally changed how it operates and now has the foundational pieces in place to complete its transformation. At the center of this is the Company’s One ELC operating model, an integrated system built on three elements: One Team, One Culture, and One Operating Ecosystem.

 

 

One Team, deployed swiftly in July 2025 to simplify the organization with fewer layers and silos, clearer ownership, and faster decision making.

 

 

One Culture, introduced in February 2026, to reinforce how teams work every day, grounded in accountability, bold, entrepreneurial thinking, and agility.

 

 

One Operating Ecosystem, built over the last year and now fully in place, brings together shared platforms, data, and strategic partners to enable consistent, scalable, and effective execution across brands, regions, and functions.

 

 

Establishing a Unified Global Media Model

 

 

As a core component of its One Operating Ecosystem within One ELC, the Company has appointed WPP as its first global media partner, establishing a unified, enterprise-led approach to media buying designed to enable greater scale, precision, and impact.

 

 

The Company is moving from a decentralized regional media structure to a connected global system powered by data, technology, and AI. This model strengthens the Company’s ability to generate and capture demand while improving media effectiveness and efficiency at scale and at speed.

 

 

Aude Gandon, Chief Digital and Marketing Officer, The Estée Lauder Companies, said, “Today, beauty is discovered and experienced across a constantly evolving mix of platforms. To lead in this environment, we are building a connected, AI-enabled media system that brings brand building and performance together at global scale. Partnering with WPP strengthens our ability to invest with greater precision, move with greater speed, and deliver stronger, more measurable returns, while keeping creativity and brand leadership at the center of everything we do.”

 

 

Delivering a Connected Ecosystem with Strategic Partners

 

 

With WPP’s appointment, the Company’s One Operating Ecosystem is now in place and brings together a coordinated set of best-in-class strategic partners to modernize and scale how it operates globally.

 

 

Accenture is transforming shared services through the Company’s Enterprise Business Services (EBS) model, driving standardization, efficiency, and scalability across core functions. The Company has designed EBS and begun transitioning services, with the model on track to be fully in place before the end of calendar year 2026.

 

 

Shopify powers the Company’s global direct-to-consumer omnichannel experience, creating a modern and unified commerce foundation. Initial implementation with TOM FORD BEAUTY’s brand.com in the U.S. has already delivered improved sales, conversion, and average order value performance — all encouraging signs as the foundation scales. Following the initial implementation phase, the Company expects to have launched 50% of the in-scope direct-to-consumer business by the end of calendar year 2026.

 

 

By partnering with best-in-class organizations, the Company is transitioning from a fragmented data landscape to a more unified one. This will create a scalable foundation for real-time insights, a single consumer view, and more effective activation across brands and markets.

 

 

Delivering Against the Profit Recovery and Growth Plan

 

 

Since expanding the Restructuring Program when it introduced Beauty Reimagined in February 2025, the Company has taken decisive actions to reshape its cost structure and operations, allowing for increased consumer-facing investments. As of March 31, 2026, the Company has approved initiatives expected to deliver total gross benefits at the high end of its targeted range of $0.8 billion to $1.0 billion, a portion of which has been and will continue to be reinvested in consumer-facing initiatives, with expected total charges at the mid-point of the estimated range of $1.2 billion to $1.6 billion.

 

 

With a line of sight to additional gross benefits, all business case approvals for the Restructuring Program are still expected to be made by June 30, 2026. This progress reflects disciplined delivery against clearly defined priorities and has supported the Company’s ability to reinvest for growth. The Company expects execution of the PRGP to be substantially complete by the end of fiscal 2027 and affirmed that the vast majority of PRGP’s full run-rate benefits, including its Restructuring Program, are to be achieved during fiscal 2027.

 

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

 

The forward-looking statements contained herein, including those relating to our expectations regarding restructuring and other charges, involve risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements include current economic and other conditions in the global marketplace, actions by retailers and consumers, competition, The Estée Lauder Companies’ ability to successfully implement its long-term strategic plan, and those factors described in The Estée Lauder Companies’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025.

 

 

About The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.

 

 

The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers, marketers, and sellers of quality skin care, makeup, fragrance, and hair care products, and is a steward of luxury and prestige brands globally. The Company’s products are sold in approximately 150 countries and territories under brand names including: Estée Lauder, Aramis, Clinique, Lab Series, Origins, M·A·C, La Mer, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, Aveda, Jo Malone London, Bumble and bumble, Darphin Paris, TOM FORD, Smashbox, AERIN Beauty, Le Labo, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, GLAMGLOW, KILIAN PARIS, Too Faced, Dr.Jart+, the DECIEM family of brands, including The Ordinary and NIOD, and BALMAIN Beauty.

 

 

About WPP

 

 

WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands. We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth. For more information, visit wpp.com.

 

 

About WPP Media

 

 

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, it brings the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com.

 

 

 

 

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Digitide Solutions Limited (NSE: DIGITIDE), a global leader in AI-first digital transformation, today announced the launch of Pulse.nerve, a first-of-its-kind enterprise orchestration platform designed to unify the “fragmented intelligence” currently slowing down global organizations.

Built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP)—the emerging “USB-C for AI” standard—Pulse.nerve acts as a universal control layer, allowing enterprises to manage, govern, and synchronize AI agents across siloed technology stacks. The launch is supported by the release of 100+ ready-to-deploy AI agents within the Pulse.ai ecosystem, targeting high-impact functions in BFSI, Healthcare, and Retail.

Solving the “AI Chaos” Crisis

As we enter 2026, the enterprise AI landscape has reached a breaking point. While Gartner projects that over 40% of enterprise applications will embed role-specific AI agents by the end of this year, most organizations are struggling with “disconnected intelligence.”

Current industry data reveals:

• The Fragmentation Gap: 73% of enterprises now run five or more disconnected AI agents, leading to an average of $2.1 million in annual waste due to redundant integrations.
• The Governance Risk: Without a central control layer, AI-related incidents take an average of 47 minutes to resolve, exposing firms to significant compliance and operational risks.
• The Market Opportunity: The global Agentic AI market is estimated to reach $10.8 billion in 2026, yet only 14% of enterprises have deployment-ready orchestration systems.

“Enterprises are no longer struggling with a lack of AI; they are drowning in it,” said Gurmeet Chahal, CEO & Executive Director of Digitide Solutions. “Pulse.nerve is the central nervous system the industry has been waiting for. By providing a unified execution layer, we are moving organizations from fragmented experimentation to a coherent, governed, and high-ROI agentic strategy.”

Pulse.nerve: The Universal AI Control Layer

Pulse.nerve sits above the enterprise stack, using MCP-native connectors to bridge the gap between enterprise platforms like Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, Guidewire, and Duck Creek. Key capabilities include:

• Intelligent Task Routing: Automatically directs complex workflows to the most efficient agent based on real-time context and enterprise policy.
• The Enterprise “Kill-Switch”: A centralized governance dashboard that allows for instant rollback or halting of any AI agent across the ecosystem.
• Universal Compliance: Enforces global security and audit rules once, applying them automatically across every connected agent.
• 100+ Specialized Agents: Pre-trained digital personas for engineering, HR, CXM, and collections, designed to deliver “Day 1” productivity.

 

Measurable Impact: A Case Study in Insurance

In a recent production deployment for a leading global insurer, Pulse.nerve orchestrated agentic workflows across Guidewire, Salesforce, and Oracle. The result was a 45% improvement in operational productivity and a 3.4x acceleration in AI time-to-value, achieving 100% audit visibility for the first time.