Please welcome our newest member from Poland, Damian Banat

Please welcome our newest member from Poland, Damian Banat

Damian Banat is a senior Cybersecurity SME and Risk Management professional supporting regulated and complex enterprise environments as a freelance B2B contractor, with extensive experience across Information Security, GRC, Security Architecture, and IT/OT security. He specializes in designing and implementing enterprise cybersecurity frameworks aligned with 

Please welcome our newest member from Barcelona, Spain, Ahmet Can Kan

Please welcome our newest member from Barcelona, Spain, Ahmet Can Kan

Ahmet Can Kan is a cybersecurity professional with hands-on experience across offensive security, digital forensics, and threat intelligence. His work focuses on understanding adversary behaviour end to end, from initial access through to impact, and translating real-world attack techniques into practical defensive improvements. Ahmet is 

Welcome New Members 2025

Welcome New Members 2025

As we begin 2026, we want to start by thanking everyone across the CyAN community for the trust, time, and energy you continue to invest in this network. We would also like to take a moment to spotlight the individuals who joined CyAN and our 

Please welcome our newest member from Australia, Sanchay Joshi

Please welcome our newest member from Australia, Sanchay Joshi

Sanchay is a techno legal cybersecurity professional with over eight years of experience across Deloitte in the United States offices in India, KPMG India, and PwC India. He is currently pursuing a Master of Cyber Security in Cyber Defence at The University of Queensland. He 

Please welcome our newest member from India, Shireen Vakil

Please welcome our newest member from India, Shireen Vakil

Shireen Vakil is a distinguished social sector leader whose career spans child protection, gender and education across the UK, India and the broader Asia Pacific region. She spent two decades with Save the Children in both the UK and India and was part of the 

MaTeCC 3rd edition in Rabat, Morocco, 4-5 Dec. 2025

MaTeCC stands for “Maroc, Terrain de Confiance pour la Cybersécurité et la Protection des Données Personnelles” (Morocco, a Trusted Ground for Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection), and is co-organised by Ecole High Tech (Rabat, Morocco) and CyAN. Its 3rd edition takes place on 4-5 December 

Please welcome our newest member from the United States, Prasad Shinde

Please welcome our newest member from the United States, Prasad Shinde

Director, Automation and Cybersecurity OT Practitioner With over sixteen years of experience in industrial automation and cybersecurity, Prasad specialises in architecting secure and resilient systems across Oil and Gas, Cement, and Power sectors. As a PMP certified project leader and Agile practitioner, he brings extensive 

CyAN Webinar: Malicious Packages – the Danger’s Already in the Build

CyAN Webinar: Malicious Packages – the Danger’s Already in the Build

Join us for a presentation by CyAN member Karthyikeyan Ramdass about the 2025 npm supply chain attack

Please welcome our newest member from India, Prof. (Dr.) Shilohu Rao!

Please welcome our newest member from India, Prof. (Dr.) Shilohu Rao!

Prof. (Dr.) Shilohu Rao is a Professor of Law and Technology and Research Director of the Centre of Excellence at National Law University, Jodhpur, with over 25 years of interdisciplinary expertise in AI governance, data protection, and digital public policy. Holding a PhD in Data