ENGINEERING
DIGITAL
SOVEREIGNTY

An independent applied research collective advancing deep tech, autonomous AI systems, open testbeds, and resilient defense architectures across six strategic domains.

EST. 2023//6 STRATEGIC RESEARCH TRACKS//SOVEREIGN ARCHITECTURES
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RESEARCH MANDATE // STRATEGIC DOMAINS

Six Strategic Tracks. One Sovereign Syndicate.

0x0 PIR4T3S bridges the gap between offensive cybersecurity, frontier artificial intelligence, and open public-interest engineering. Choose your research vector to collaborate, deploy testbeds, or build with our collective.

DOMAIN_01APPLIED FRONTIER

DEEP TECH

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & CYBERSECURITY

Frontier AI models, autonomous agents, offensive cybersecurity, robotics, quantum computing, and next-gen defense technologies.

DOMAIN_02OPEN ARCHITECTURE

OPEN LABS

INNOVATION & ENGINE LABS

Building open-source tooling, hardware security testbeds, firmware reverse engineering engines, and public verification benchmarks.

DOMAIN_03TALENT & ACADEMIA

ACADEMIA

KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT

Empowering student researchers through expert mentorship, technical documentation, academic sprints, and lab fellowships.

DOMAIN_04GLOBAL ARENAS

SUMMITS & CTFS

TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN INITIATIVES

Orchestrating high-impact global summits, cybersecurity hackathons, CTF competitions, and technical roundtables.

DOMAIN_05STRATEGIC EXPANSION

GOVERNANCE

GOVERNANCE & GLOBAL ALLIANCES

Fostering international expansion, strategic defense partnerships, cyber policy frameworks, and executive governance.

DOMAIN_06SPECIAL OPERATIONS

SPECIALIZED

SPECIALIZED WORKING GROUPS

Targeted research sprints addressing kernel exploitation, cryptographic attestation, hardware fuzzing, and sovereign cloud infrastructure.

IMPACT // MEASURABLE_PROGRESS

Institutional reach backed by empirical results.

Over the past three years, 0x0 PIR4T3S has brought together corporate defense leaders, distinguished armed forces officers, and elite academic researchers to address real-world vulnerabilities across cloud, AI, and firmware attack surfaces.

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30+
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FACULTY & KEYNOTE // DISTINGUISHED_GUESTS

Keynote Guests & Advisors

Distinguished defense veterans, corporate CISOs, research scientists, and technology innovators featured across 0x0 PIR4T3S conferences.

ACP Priyanshu Dewan
SPEAKER

ACP Priyanshu Dewan

Assistant Commissioner of Police, Cyber Crime

Gurugram Police↗
Oommen Thomas
SPEAKER

Oommen Thomas

Director, Cybersecurity & GRC Practice Head

Infosys↗
Brigadier Saurabh Tewari (Retd.)
KEYNOTE

Brigadier Saurabh Tewari (Retd.)

Indian Army Veteran & TSSC Master Trainer

Indian Army / IIT Delhi↗
Lt Cdr Dheeraj Yadav
SPEAKER

Lt Cdr Dheeraj Yadav

Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)

Mitigata↗
Yugal Pathak
SPEAKER

Yugal Pathak

Sr. Digital Forensic Expert

Independent / Forensic Specialist↗
Manoj Kumar Kushwaha
ADVISOR

Manoj Kumar Kushwaha

Founder & Director

StrikeBytes↗
Soenil Soebedar
SPEAKER

Soenil Soebedar

Founder & Sr. Security Engineer

SOEBIT Cybersecurity↗
Vishal Gautam
SPEAKER

Vishal Gautam

Director, AI & Cyber Threat Research Center

Zscaler↗
Mandar Naik
SPEAKER

Mandar Naik

Director & Consultant (A.C.P. Retd.)

All Pro Solution / Maharashtra Police↗
Abhijeet Kumar
SPEAKER

Abhijeet Kumar

Security Researcher

CyberWarFare Labs↗
Ashwani Kumar
SPEAKER

Ashwani Kumar

Threat Hunter

Microsoft↗
Dr. Ramkumari Harisankar Iyer
SPEAKER

Dr. Ramkumari Harisankar Iyer

CISO & CIO

Reliscale Consulting↗
Nikhil Mahadeshwar
SPEAKER

Nikhil Mahadeshwar

Founder

Cyber Secured India↗
Sunil Kumar BV
SPEAKER

Sunil Kumar BV

Sr. Security Analyst

Rakuten↗
Shalabh Pradhan
SPEAKER

Shalabh Pradhan

Sr. Solution Engineer (Security)

Microsoft↗
Prof. NK Goyal
KEYNOTE

Prof. NK Goyal

President

Cyber Security Association of India↗
Dr. Deepak Kumar D3
SPEAKER

Dr. Deepak Kumar D3

Sr. Cyber Intelligence & DFIR Expert

Government of India↗
Dr. Suresh A Shan
SPEAKER

Dr. Suresh A Shan

Chairman

Computer Society of India (CSI)↗
Sam Stepanyan
SPEAKER

Sam Stepanyan

Global Board Member

OWASP Global↗
Prem Kumar A S
SPEAKER

Prem Kumar A S

Chief Technology Officer

eCosmos India Private Limited↗
Dr. Rakshit Tandon
KEYNOTE

Dr. Rakshit Tandon

Cyber Security Consultant & CIO

Haryana Police↗
Sydney Nyirenda
SPEAKER

Sydney Nyirenda

Information Security Consultant

Belea Enterprise↗
Philip Gyimah Appiah
SPEAKER

Philip Gyimah Appiah

Founder

Ideation Axis Group↗
Vandana Verma
KEYNOTE

Vandana Verma

Security Leader & Speaker

Snyk / OWASP Board↗
Kulbhushan Upadhyay
SPEAKER

Kulbhushan Upadhyay

Information Security Manager

MTNL↗
Mohsin Quresh
ADVISOR

Mohsin Quresh

Hardware Security Specialist

Embedded Security Labs↗
PARTNERS // TRUSTED_BY
INFOSYS
ZSCALER
MICROSOFT
OWASP
STRIKEBYTES
ENGAGE // COLLABORATE

Join the collective

Whether you are an independent vulnerability researcher, an enterprise security leader looking to sponsor summits, or an academic lab seeking collaborative benchmarks, we invite you to connect with our organizing committee.