Be Fearless Podcast by SquareX
SquareX is excited to launch The Be Fearless Podcast Series, where we bring together industry experts and professionals from the cybersecurity community.
Hosted by SquareX Founder - and cybersecurity veteran - Vivek Ramachandran, look forward to insights about our guests’ journeys in security, the evolution of the field, the changing threatscape and how enterprises across industries are addressing them today.
Be Fearless Podcast by SquareX
Security and Tech Leaders Should Be Peers | Mohana Balakrishnan, CTO, Schools Insurance Authority
Mohana Balakrishnan, Chief Technology Officer at Schools Insurance Authority, shares his remarkable journey as a geophysicist discovering chromite deposits in Canada to leading technology and security for California schools. In this conversation, Mo opens up about why he transitioned from CISO to CTO, shares his philosophy on AI adoption and discusses why security leaders should be peers to CTOs, not subordinates.
0:00 Breaking into a new field field, even without qualification
17:00 Working together with the CISO, as a CTO
22:00 Balancing enterprise AI adoption with data control and oversight
36:33 On building a successful cyber career
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-melnikova-1012/
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