Shankar Viswanathan serves as Head of Cloud Security at Credit Karma. He has over 15 years of experience in IAM, Applied Crypto, Security Engineering, Cloud Engineering, especially in the FinTech industry. He's a Startup Advisor and Forbes Technology Council Member.
GUEST:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarnviswanathan/
HOST:
Blake Williams - https://linktr.ee/blakewilliamshq
TIMESTAMPS:
2:39 - How he landed in Cybersecurity4:07 - Forbes Technology Council5:06 - What is Applied Crypto?6:58 - What's Happening in Cyber?9:14 - Non-Human Identity Security Challenges22:24 - What Keeps Cyber Talent Engaged & Happy26:20 - His Approach to Hiring Junior Level Engineers28:54 - What Tools Would he Learn First?30:07 - Sources of Threat Intel32:10 - Favorite Movies (it's not Star Wars)33:12 - Hiring33:46 - Questions for a Recruiter37:02 - Resume Reviews & Career Coaching38:44 - Why AI Can't Write Your Resume For You40:35 - What's Led to His Success44:57 - Blake's Cruise Ship Mucker Story48:34 - How He Deals with the Stress of the Job
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