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25 SeptEmployer briefing · how to read the registry10 OctEmpanelment Examination · Management & leadership track24 OctHyderabad Chapter · tabletop: ransomware in a public utility14 NovIndustry immersion · securing payments infrastructure07 DecCadet Bootcamp · Phygital Cyber Range09 JanNSD Scholar Program · Cohort 08 opening immersion12 JunAnnual Convening & Scholar Convocation 2027

25 SeptEmployer briefing · how to read the registry10 OctEmpanelment Examination · Management & leadership track24 OctHyderabad Chapter · tabletop: ransomware in a public utility14 NovIndustry immersion · securing payments infrastructure07 DecCadet Bootcamp · Phygital Cyber Range09 JanNSD Scholar Program · Cohort 08 opening immersion12 JunAnnual Convening & Scholar Convocation 2027

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NSD events, examinations and immersions

One calendar for everything NSD runs: examinations, chapter drills, industry immersions, the annual convening and the Scholar convocation.

Employer briefing · how to read the registry

Online, 90 minutes · For hiring teams · What a grade means and how to verify it

Empanelment Examination · Management & leadership track

Full-day assessment · Delhi examination centre · Case work and governance scenarios

Hyderabad Chapter · tabletop: ransomware in a public utility

Members only · Half day · Decision-making exercise, no consoles

Industry immersion · securing payments infrastructure

One day, Mumbai · Practitioner-led · How payment rails are defended in production

Cadet Bootcamp · Phygital Cyber Range

Five days, Hyderabad campus · Practical assessment environment · Winter cohort

NSD Scholar Program · Cohort 08 opening immersion

Two days, Bangalore · Cohort 08 · Optional residential opening to the six-month program

Annual Convening & Scholar Convocation 2027

Bangalore campus · Certificate ceremony · Chapter elections and the year in review