Ritesh Bhatia, founder of V4WEB Cybersecurity, is a well known Cybercrime Investigator and Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Consultant with an experience of 20 years in the cyberspace. He is a four time TEDx speaker and a Certified Fraud Examiner from ACFE, USA, and is popularly known for his cybercrime Investigations. He has been successful in solving many cases for large corporates, organisations, law enforcement agencies, celebrities, and individuals in India as well as abroad. One of his most successful cases 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 a cybercrime investigator in MTV's award-winning show - MTV Troll Police.
He is on the board of many companies, serving as a cybersecurity consultant and auditor. He has been instrumental in securing systems and critical business information from cyber attacks. His key areas of interest include Cybercrime Investigations, Infrastructure and Data Protection, Security Audits, Risk Assessment, Business Continuity, New Age Cybercrimes, Dark Web and Digital Forensics. His views on trending cybercrimes and cybersecurity have been published by many national publications including Times of India, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, DNA, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-day, The Week, Open Magazine, Business Standard, Dainik Bhaskar and many other regional newspapers . He frequently educates citizens of the latest in cybercrimes on national television channels such as NDTV, ET Now, Mirror Now, CNBC, Zee, Aaj Tak, NewsX, India Ahead, etc and radio channels such as Radio Mirchi, Radio City, Big Fm, Spotify, etc. 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, the dark web, mobile security, data privacy, cybersecurity, and prevention. He has also been a distinguished speaker at over 100 national and international conferences. He is a well-known trainer and has trained employees of many small and large organisations including RBI, Anti Narcotics Cell, Economic Offences Wing, Indian Air Force, State Police, leading corporate houses, national and international banks, schools and colleges. Some of his well-known clients include SBI, TransUnion Cibil, Mashreq Bank, Larsen and Toubro, Future Group, Reliance Industries, Canara Robeco, ITC, Byjus, Asian Paints and many more.
The popular cyber couple, Ritesh and Nirali Bhatia (a well renowned cyberpsychologist) has formed an anti cyberbullying organisation called Cyber B.A.A.P. which stands for Cyber Bullying Awareness, Action and Prevention.
He was recently felicitated by the Hon. Governor of Maharashtra for supporting the women tribals of Palghar District, Maharashtra.
Services
Cybercrime Investigations
Incident Response
Darknet Research and Investigations
IT Security Audits
Implementing Information Security Management Systems (ISMS)
Digital Forensics
Cyber law consultancy
System hardening
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
Cybercrime Cases Investigated
Business Email Compromise Scams, CEO frauds, Man-In-The-Middle Attack
Ransomware, Phishing
Identity Theft, Spoofing
Data Theft, Source Code Theft
Sextortion, Revenge Pornography, Romance Frauds, Sextortion Scams
Digital Wallet Frauds, OLX Scams
Child Sexual Abuse Material
Cyberbullying, Cyber Harassment
Website Attacks, SQL injection, Cross Site Scripting, Domain Squatting
Technical Certifications
Certified Fraud Examiner - ACFE, USA
Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator - EC Council
Certified Cyber Forensics Analyst
Certified Ethical Hacker - EC Council
Diploma in Cyber Law - Government Law College, Mumbai
Certified Privacy Lead Assessor - DSCI
Data Privacy Professional - DSCI
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Lead Auditor
ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Lead Implementer
Faculty
Visiting Faculty at SP Jain School of Global Management - Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore and Sydney
Industry Representative - Departmental (Cybersecurity) Advisory Board of Shah & Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College, Mumbai
Visiting Faculty at Mumbai University, Kalina Campus
Awards
Zee Indian Telly Awards - MTV Troll Police
Best Youth Show in Non Fiction Category
Influencer Titan in Cybersecurity
Recognised by Cyberfrat as one of the top cybersecurity influencers
Outstanding Personality in Cyber Security
Recived this recognition from Computer Society of India, Mumbai chapter on 26th May 2023.
The Best Individual For Creating Cyber Security Awareness
Conferred the award by Computer Society of India on 7th October 2017 at CSI IT 2020 Conference
The "CYBER CRIME HELPLINE AWARD 2018"
Awarded in the category Fortune Hunters of Digital India (Cybercrime Investigations) 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.
Cyber Soldier 2021
Certificate of Recognition received from CyberFrat
10 MOST TRUSTED CYBER SECURITY COMPANIES IN 2017
Recognized by Insights Success magazine.
An annual listing of "The 10 Most Trusted Cyber Security Companies in 2017" which are serving advanced and ingenious solutions to help the businesses save their confidential information at this challenging juncture of cyber threats.20 Most Trusted Cybersecurity Companies in India
Honoured under "20 most trusted Cybersecurity companies in India" by The Global Hues for the incredible contribution in the Cybersecurity sector
Top 25 Web Design & Development Companies
Recognized by Silicon India
An annual listing of the top. 25 Web design and development service providers who demonstrate vendor maturity and are in the forefront of offering the best web apps thereby impacting the marketplace.
Four TEDx Talks
Movies
TV Shows
Theatre / Drama
TV Interviews - National ( - 266 Videos )
TV Interviews - International
Radio and Podcasts
Press - Special Coverage
Press Articles - National ( - As seen in newspaper | - Link to online article )
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Should India Follow Australia’s Example And Ban Social Media For Children Under 16?
- ETV Bharat - 29th November 2024
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Coldplay Ahmedabad concert tickets to go live today: Here’s how you can protect yourself from scams
- Mid-day - 16th November 2024
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You are under digital arrest! How fake cop scams are draining victims’ bank accounts
- The Economic Times - 04th November 2024
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Digital Arrest: The Cambodia Connection And How To Protect Your Hard-Earned Money!
- Inventiva - 01st November 2024
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11 FIRs in 10 days: Hoax bomb threats to airlines keep cops on their toes
- Mumbai Mirror - 27th October 2024
Press Articles - International
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18 - Mumbai Businessman Tricked by AI Voice Cloning in Embassy Impersonation Scam
- ELBLOG.PL - 11th April 2024
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17 - Artificial Intelligence to Change Elections in India & Worldwide
- Sputnik News - 21st November 2023
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16 - Unveiling Dark Side of AI: Why Deepfakes Are a New Pandemic?
- Sputnik News - 20th November 2023
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15 - Insurance scams growing in Mumbai region
- Insurance Business - 09th November 2021
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14 - Sweeping Pegasus Spyware is Expensive: Indian Cyber Investigator Urges Apple, Google to Take Action
- Sputnik News - 22th July 2021
Testimonials (1108 Reviews)
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
Awareness and Training
Memberships
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Della Leaders Club - Honorary Committee Member of Global Security and Cybersecurity Committee
Federation of Data Privacy Professionals of India
Data Security Council of India
Computer Society of India