New Delhi: FutureCrime Summit 2026 will feature four intensive, hands-on workshops designed to help police officers, cybersecurity professionals, regulators, investigators and government institutions move beyond broad cyber awareness and develop practical operational capability.
The workshops will be held as part of the summit on 6–7 August 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi, and will focus on some of the most pressing challenges confronting India’s cybercrime and digital-security ecosystem: AI-powered security operations, regulatory compliance, simulated cyberattack response and the development of police cyber laboratories.
The four featured workshops are:
- AI-Powered Security Operations Centre Workshop
- Tabletop Exercise on Indian Regulators’ Mandates
- Cyber Range Workshop
- Setting Up a Police Cyber Lab Workshop
Each workshop has been structured around real-world application, live demonstrations, expert facilitation and practical learning rather than theory alone.
FutureCrime Summit 2026 is being positioned as India’s largest conference focused on technology-driven crime. The official summit platform lists more than 1,800 delegates and security professionals, 120-plus speakers and experts, over 50 represented organisations and more than 30 panels, talks and workshops.
Building and Optimising an AI-Powered SOC
The AI-Powered Security Operations Centre workshop will examine how organisations can build and improve modern SOCs using machine learning, automation, security orchestration and advanced analytics.
Traditional security operations teams frequently struggle with overwhelming alert volumes, fragmented security tools and the shortage of experienced analysts. A large portion of analysts’ time may be consumed by repetitive triage, manual data correlation and the investigation of alerts that eventually prove to be false positives.
AI-assisted security operations can help teams classify incidents, correlate indicators across systems, identify anomalous behaviour and prioritise threats that require immediate human attention.
The workshop will explore areas such as:
- AI-driven threat detection and alert prioritisation
- Security orchestration, automation and response platforms
- Threat hunting using behavioural analytics
- Incident response and escalation workflows
- Integrating AI into existing SOC architecture
- Balancing automation with human oversight
This workshop will be particularly relevant for CISOs, SOC managers, security analysts, incident responders, managed security service providers and organisations planning to establish or modernise their security operations capabilities.
The larger summit agenda will also examine AI-powered cybercrime, synthetic identities, deepfakes, critical infrastructure protection, predictive policing and intelligence-led investigations.
Tabletop Exercise on Indian Regulators’ Mandates
The second workshop will be a simulation-based tabletop exercise covering the cybersecurity and incident-reporting expectations of Indian regulators and national agencies.
Cyber incidents do not create only technical problems. They can also trigger reporting obligations, audit requirements, regulatory scrutiny, legal exposure and questions about whether an organisation followed its approved policies and incident-response procedures.
The exercise will examine mandates and expectations associated with institutions such as:
- Reserve Bank of India
- Securities and Exchange Board of India
- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
- CERT-In
- National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre
- Other sectoral and national authorities
Participants will work through simulated cyber incidents and consider how an organisation should respond from a regulatory and governance perspective.
The workshop is expected to cover breach reporting, internal escalation, documentation, evidence preservation, management communication, compliance obligations and audit readiness.
A well-designed tabletop exercise allows organisations to test whether their response plan works before they face a real attack. It may expose confusion over who has decision-making authority, which regulator must be informed, what evidence should be preserved and whether legal, compliance and technical teams are working from the same playbook.
This workshop will be valuable for regulated entities, banks, insurance companies, listed businesses, critical-infrastructure operators, compliance professionals, risk leaders, auditors, CISOs and senior management teams.
Experiencing a Realistic Cyber Range
The Cyber Range Workshop will place participants in a controlled environment where they can experience realistic attack-and-defence scenarios without putting actual organisational systems at risk.
Cyber ranges are used to simulate hostile activity, security incidents and operational pressures. Participants can examine indicators of compromise, investigate suspicious behaviour, coordinate incident response and make decisions while an attack scenario develops.
The workshop will focus on areas such as:
- Cyberattack and defence simulations
- Incident triage and escalation
- Threat identification and analysis
- Team-based response exercises
- Operational decision-making under pressure
- Communication during cyber incidents
- Detection, containment and recovery
Such exercises are valuable because cybersecurity performance depends not only on individual knowledge but also on how effectively teams coordinate.
A technically skilled analyst may identify malicious activity, but the broader response can still fail if the incident is not escalated quickly, evidence is mishandled, responsibilities are unclear or the organisation communicates poorly.
Cyber-range training helps participants identify these weaknesses in a safe and measurable setting.
It will be particularly useful for SOC teams, cyber police units, defence cyber professionals, incident responders, digital-forensics investigators, threat hunters, cybersecurity students and professionals preparing for operational security roles.
How to Establish a Police Cyber Lab
The fourth workshop will address one of the most practical institutional challenges in cyber policing: how to set up and operate an effective police cyber laboratory.
Police organisations and government agencies increasingly need internal capability to examine digital evidence, assist investigators and respond quickly to technology-enabled crime.
However, building a cyber laboratory involves much more than buying forensic tools.
The workshop will cover:
- Cyber-lab design and infrastructure planning
- Hardware and forensic workstation requirements
- Procurement of tools and software
- Mobile, computer and network forensics capabilities
- Storage and preservation of digital evidence
- Software integration
- Standard operating procedures
- Chain of custody
- Investigation readiness
- Training and staffing requirements
A cyber laboratory must be able to support investigations while maintaining evidentiary integrity.
Poorly designed facilities may suffer from incompatible tools, inadequate storage, weak access controls, insufficient documentation or a lack of trained personnel. These weaknesses can delay investigations and raise questions about the reliability or admissibility of evidence.
The workshop will therefore focus not only on technology procurement but also on workflow, governance, documentation, staffing and operational sustainability.
It is likely to be especially useful for State Police forces, district cybercrime units, central agencies, forensic science laboratories, government departments and institutions planning to establish or expand digital-forensics capability.
Why Practical Workshops Matter
Cybercrime evolves too quickly for professionals to rely solely on classroom knowledge or periodic policy documents.
Investigators and security teams need opportunities to test what they know against realistic situations.
A SOC analyst must be able to distinguish a serious threat from thousands of routine alerts. A regulated organisation must know what to report after a breach and how quickly. A police cyber lab must preserve evidence in a way that can withstand legal scrutiny. An incident-response team must be able to coordinate under pressure.
The four workshops are designed to address these practical requirements.
According to the organisers, participants who successfully complete the workshops will receive a Certificate of Participation.
The workshops will also give attendees the opportunity to engage with specialists, ask implementation-focused questions and compare approaches with professionals from other institutions.
Part of India’s Largest Cybercrime Conference
The workshops form part of the wider programme of FutureCrime Summit 2026, organised by the Future Crime Research Foundation.
The summit will bring together law-enforcement leaders, cybersecurity professionals, digital-forensics experts, defence personnel, regulators, policymakers, financial-crime investigators, lawyers, academics, researchers and technology providers.
Its programme covers cybercrime, artificial intelligence, fraud, digital forensics, privacy, threat intelligence, critical infrastructure and national cyber resilience. The official agenda includes discussions on AI-powered crime, dark-web intelligence, coordinated digital-fraud response, predictive policing, financial crime, digital evidence and courtroom admissibility.
Among the announced speakers are senior figures from intelligence, defence, cybersecurity, policing and government, including former Director of the Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Jain, former National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt Gen (Dr.) Rajesh Pant, former National Cyber Security Coordinator Dr. Gulshan Rai and CERT-In Director General Dr. Sanjay Bahl.
The diversity of the programme reflects how modern cyber incidents cut across institutional boundaries.
A digital-fraud case may involve police, banks, telecom providers and online platforms. A ransomware incident may require technical response, management decisions, regulatory reporting and criminal investigation. A deepfake case may involve identity theft, fraud, privacy and evidentiary questions.
The summit is intended to bring these different professional communities into the same conversation.
Awards and Hackathon Recognition
FutureCrime Summit 2026 will also host the FCRF Excellence Awards, recognising contributions across cyber policing, cybercrime investigation, digital forensics, fraud prevention and digital trust.
The awards are intended to highlight operational achievements by officers, institutions, cyber units and professionals whose work has produced measurable impact.
Categories for policing and law enforcement include cyber policing, cybercrime investigation, State cybercrime response, cyber forensics, cyber-intelligence operations, social-media crime investigation, cyber patrol, digital-policing innovation, cyber-helpline operations and cyber-lab development.
The summit will also formally recognise the top performers from the FCRF Hackathon 2026.
The hackathon was designed around realistic cybercrime scenarios requiring participants to analyse forensic traces, reconstruct incidents, identify attacker techniques and prepare structured investigative findings. The top five performers are scheduled to receive separate winner certificates and formal recognition at the summit.
Together, the awards, hackathon and workshops give the summit a strong practical and recognition-oriented dimension.
Who Should Attend the Workshops
The four workshops will be relevant for a wide range of participants, including:
- Police officers and cybercrime investigators
- Digital-forensics and FSL professionals
- SOC analysts and incident responders
- CISOs and security managers
- Risk, compliance and audit professionals
- Regulators and government officials
- Defence and national-security personnel
- Banking, insurance and financial-sector professionals
- Cybersecurity students and researchers
- Organisations establishing SOCs or cyber laboratories
The official summit audience includes government and law enforcement, defence cyber units, investigation agencies, cybersecurity teams, forensic professionals, fraud investigators, policymakers, executives, researchers and students.
A Chance to Learn Before the Next Incident
The most valuable cyber training often occurs before an organisation faces a serious incident.
Once an attack begins, teams have little time to study procedures, understand regulatory mandates or determine how evidence should be preserved.
The four FutureCrime Summit workshops offer participants an opportunity to examine these issues in advance.
Whether the goal is to modernise a SOC, test regulatory readiness, experience an attack simulation or establish a police cyber lab, each workshop addresses a real operational need within India’s rapidly evolving digital-security environment.
FutureCrime Summit 2026 will take place on 6–7 August 2026 at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi.
