The Invisible Threat: Secure & Sovereign Digital Backbone

As India’s critical infrastructure shifts from a hardware-heavy setup to “softwarized” environments, our national security now depends on the integrity of the software supply chain. Join us for an in-depth session with Arpit Tripathi as we move beyond traditional cybersecurity tropes to discuss why the real battlefield isn’t the radio—it’s the interface.

We will explore how modern, cloud-native telecom systems are vulnerable not just to hackers, but to fundamental modeling failures in Service-Based Interfaces (SBI) and API trust assumptions.

Key Discussion Points

• The Shift to Softwarization: Why software supply chain security is now a geopolitical imperative.
  Beyond the Radio: Understanding the new attack surfaces in API-driven, interconnected systems.
  Policy & Standards: Insights into Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) governance and the role of the TSDSI in India.
  Proactive Defense: Why designing security at the interface level is the only way to move from “reacting” to “preventing.”

Meet the Speaker

Arpit Tripathi is a Telecom Engineer and Research Scholar at the Networked and Wireless Systems Lab (IIT Hyderabad). With a unique background spanning both deep technical engineering and public policy, Arpit’s work focuses on the intersection of open-source security, telecom infrastructure, and the doctrinal analysis of tech policy governance in India.

Date: 11th March 2026

Time: 2 PM IST