Science TechnologyThursday, 30 April 2026·The Hindu
CERT-In hosts SAMVAAD 2026 cybersecurity conference in Goa
CERT-In organised SAMVAAD 2026 in Goa from 27 to 29 April 2026 to strengthen India’s cyber audit ecosystem.
Key highlights
Direct fact
From 27 to 29 April 2026, CERT-In under MeitY organised the SAMVAAD 2026 national cybersecurity conference in Goa at the BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus.
Key specifics
- The conference theme was Securing Digital Bharat through Future-Ready Audits: Adapting, Assuring, Advancing.
- More than 500 delegates attended the event.
- 87 presentations were selected from over 200 submissions.
- AMBAK stands for Audit Monitoring, Benchmarking, Analysis and Kinetic Interventions.
- An advanced cybersecurity certification course for Rural Financial Institutions was launched with BIRD and NABARD.
Exam lens
Question type: cyber security organisation, acronym, event-theme match. Key facts: CERT-In, MeitY, Goa, 27-29 April 2026, AMBAK, 500 delegates. TNPSC one-liner: “Which national cybersecurity conference in Goa introduced AMBAK and a certification course for RFIs?”