IAM & CEO Journey | Archit Lohokare | BIC

Discover how to break into cybersecurity by mastering foundational technologies like cryptography and scaling your career from engineer to CEO with Archit Lohokare. In this episode, we explore the mindset required to build secure enterprise systems from the ground up.

- How building the RSA algorithm from scratch launched Archit's career.

- The evolution of Identity and Access Management (IAM) in enterprise environments.

- Transitioning from a founding full-stack engineer to a high-level leader.

- Why curiosity is the most critical skill for modern security professionals.

- Lessons on building secure, scalable systems in a fast-moving startup.

Archit Lohokare is an experienced cybersecurity leader and current CEO with over 22 years of industry expertise. He began his journey as a founding engineer at Incentuate, where he developed deep technical proficiency in identity, access management, and hardware-level security.

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The Breaking into Cybersecurity: It's a conversation about what they did before, why they pivoted into cyber, what the process was they went through, how they keep up, and advice/tips/tricks along the way.

The Breaking into Cybersecurity Leadership Series is an additional series focused on cybersecurity leadership and hearing directly from different leaders in cybersecurity (high and low) on what it takes to be a successful leader. We focus on the skills and competencies associated with cybersecurity leadership, as well as tips/tricks/advice from cybersecurity leaders.

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📘 The Cybersecurity Advantage - https://leanpub.com/the-cybersecurity-advantage

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📘 Hack the Cybersecurity Interview: Navigate Cybersecurity Interviews with Confidence, from Entry-level to Expert roles - https://www.amazon.com/Hack-Cybersecurity-Interview-Interviews-Entry-level/dp/1835461298/

📘 Hacker Inc.: Mindset For Your Career - https://www.amazon.com/Hacker-Inc-Mindset-Your-Career/dp/B0DKTK1R93/

About the hosts:

Renee Small is the CEO of Cyber Human Capital, one of the leading human resources business partners in the field of cybersecurity, and author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book, Magnetic Hiring: Your Company's Secret Weapon to Attracting Top Cyber Security Talent. She is committed to helping leaders close the cybersecurity talent gap by hiring from within and encouraging more people to enter the lucrative cybersecurity profession. https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneebrownsmall/ Download a free copy of her book at magnetichiring.com/book

Christophe Foulon focuses on helping secure people and processes, drawing on a solid understanding of the technologies involved. He has over ten years of experience as an Information Security Manager and Cybersecurity Strategist. He is passionate about customer service, process improvement, and information security. He has significant expertise in optimizing technology use while balancing its implications for people, processes, and information security, through a consultative approach. https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophefoulon/

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