Ritesh Bhatia is a well known Cybercrime Investigator and Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Consultant with an experience of 20 years in the cyberspace. He is popularly known for his Cybercrime Investigations and has been successful in solving many cases for corporates, law enforcement agencies and individuals in India and abroad. His recent case on busting a WhatsApp group that was circulating child sexual abusive material was well appreciated not just by the Indian police but also by Interpol. Ritesh also played the role of his real life self as cybercrime investigator in MTV's award winning show - MTV Troll Police.
He is on the board of many companies, serving as a cyber security consultant and auditor. He has been instrumental in securing systems and critical business information from cyber attacks. His key areas of interest include Infrastructure and Data Protection, Security Audits, Risk Assessment, Business Continuity, New Age Cybercrimes, Dark Web and Digital Forensics. His views on trending cybercrimes and cyber security have been published by many national publications including Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, DNA, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-day, The Week, Open Magazine and many other regional newspapers. He frequently appears on national television channels such as NDTV, Mirror NOW, CNBC, Zee, Aaj Tak, NewsX and many others which seek his opinions on the trending cyber crimes. He has also been interviewed by international media houses such as BBC and Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Ritesh has been a very sought after speaker to discuss issues related to new age cyber crimes, dark web, mobile security, data privacy, cyber security and prevention. He has been a distinguished speaker at many national and international conferences and organisations such as the RBI, Anti Narcotics Cell, Economic Offences Wing Indian Air Force, State Police, leading corporate houses, schools and colleges and many more where he spoke on new age cybercrimes, data privacy and dark web.
Along with his partner, Nirali Bhatia who is a cyberpsychologist, Ritesh has formed an anti cyber bullying organisation called Cyber B.A.A.P. which stands for Cyber Bullying Awareness, Action and Prevention.
Technical Certifications
Certified Privacy Lead Assessor
DSCI Data Privacy Professional
ISO 27001:2013 Lead Implementer
EC Council Certified Ethical Hacker
Diploma in Cyber Law -Government Law College, Mumbai
Certified Cyber Forensics Analyst
Services
Cybercrime Investigations
Darknet Research and Investigations
IT Security Audits
Implementing Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
Digital Forensics
Cyber law consultancy
System hardening
Software Compliance and Dispute Resolution for Microsoft, Adobe, Autodesk and others
Infrastructure and Data Security
Source Code Review and Application Security
Cyber Security Awareness, Drills and Training
Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration testing
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
Faculty
Visiting Faculty at SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney
Visiting Faculty at Mumbai University, Kalina Campus
Awards
Zee Indian Telly Awards
MTV Troll Police - Best Youth Show in Non Fiction Category
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The "CYBER CRIME HELPLINE AWARD 2018" in the category Fortune Hunters of Digital India (Cybercrime Investigations) awarded by DTF Pune
This award honours individuals and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation and leadership in Financial Fraud, Cyber Crime Investigation, Insurance, Risk Assessment, Computer Forensic, Legal, Compliance, Audit, Information Security, Technology, and Law Enforcement.
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Conferred the award for The Best Individual For Creating Cyber Security Awareness by Computer Society of India on 7th October 2017 at CSI IT 2020 Conference
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TV Shows
Official Cybercrime Investigator for MTV Troll police
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Theatre / Drama
Cybercrime investigations consultant for the super hit Gujarati drama Jaanta Ajaanta which is based on revenge pornography
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TV Interviews - National
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116 - Personal Data Leakage from Apps
CNBC Awaaz - 16th January 2020
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115 - Cybercrimes with Senior Citizens
Mirror Now - 15th January 2020
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114 - Tech Guru
CNBC Awaaz - 27th December 2019
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113 - How to protect yourself from debit and credit card fraud
Mirror Now - 19th December 2019
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112 - What is Juice Jacking and how to prevent it?
CNBC Awaaz - 10th December 2019
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TV Interviews - International
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Tax scammers traced back to India (Marketplace)
CBC News - 21st September 2018
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Petya Ransomeware Attack
Hir TV
Hungary - 29th June 2017
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JNPT Operations Shut Down
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada - 28th June 2017
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Radio Interviews
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Trending Cybercrimes
Rj Archana on Kasa Kay Mumbai - 02nd Jan 2020 -
FaceApp Security and Privacy Issue
Rj Abhilash - 17th July 2019 -
Facebook Cambridge Analytica Issue
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Wanna Cry Ransomware Prevention
Rj Prerna - 17th May 2017 -
Wanna Cry Ransomware Awareness
Rj Suren - 16th May 2017
Press - Special Coverage
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Guest Column - The Digital Trap
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India Today Magazine - 11th November 2019
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Troll Police: Meet the Mumbai Couple Taking on India's Cyber Bullies & Internet Criminals
The Better India - 15th April 2019
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How to Tame Online Trolls
Indian Express - 27th January 2019
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Press Articles - National ( - As seen in newspaper | 
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Kandivli woman loses ₹1.62L in credit card data breach
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Hindustan Times - 3rd January 2019
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Cyber safety remains a concern in Mumbai
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Hindustan Times - 29th December 2019
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Off The Grid
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Mid-day - 25th December 2019
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Hit by data breach? Here's how to reboot your life and control the damage
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Business Standard - 9th December 2019
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Link your FASTag to a prepaid card, not a savings or current account
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Business Standard - 26th November 2019
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Press Articles - International
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10 - RCMP Stepping Up Efforts to Nab Suspects in CRA Phone Scams
- The Epoch Times - 26th August 2019
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9 - Why Fraud Examiners Need to Be Familiar With the Dark Web
- Fraud Conference News - 08th March 2019
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8 - Police raid Indian call centres linked to 'CRA phone scam' that have victimized Canadians
- CBC News - 30th October 2018
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7 - Indian court upholds legality of biometric database
- The Nation - 27th September 2018
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6 - Indian court upholds legality of world's largest biometric database
- Rappler - 26th September 2018
Seminars & Conferences
Panelist - "Real life case studies on online harassment of women: Cyber bullies and Cyber criminals" at a seminar organised by United Nations and DSCI, New Delhi
International Speaker - - "Challenges in Dark Web Investigations" at Fraud Conference Middle East, organised by ACFE and ADAA, Abu Dhabi
Panelist - "Cybersecurity - From Indo-Israel perspective" organised by the Consulate General of Israel in association with Maharashtra Cyber
Guest Speaker - "Darknet Threat Intelligence and Investigations" at an in-house event organised by Larsen & Toubro, Mumbai
Panelist - "AI based cybercrimes and security" at a seminar organised by ISACA Mumbai Chapter
Keynote Speaker - "Dark Web" at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology's Conference organised by DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Pune
Guest Speaker - Cybercrimes for Bankers and Technology for Data Protection at National Judicial Academy (NJA), Bhopal
Cyber Safety Awareness Campaigns
Techniques Used By New Age Cyber Criminals - A training session to Reserve Bank of India (RBI), BKC
Web Application and Data Security - Training given to the developers and IT professionals of SBI Mutual Fund, Mumbai for making secured web applications
Being Safe in the Cyber Space - Talk given to members of FICCI Flo Pune Chapter at Taj Vivanta, Pune
Protecting Businesses In the Cyber Space - Guest Lecture to Small and Medium Business Owners at SP Jain School of Global Management
New Age Cybercrimes and Online Protection of Children - Interactive talk given to students of Ecole Mondiale, Juhu, Mumbai
Memberships
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Federation of Data Privacy Professionals of India
Data Security Council of India
Computer Society of India
Council For Fair Business Practices
Contact
- KINDLY DO NOT CONTACT ME FOR CYBER SPYING, CYBER STALKING OR HACKING RELATED ACTIVITIES.