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.

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shankarnviswanathan/

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TIMESTAMPS:

2:39 - How he landed in Cybersecurity

4:07 - Forbes Technology Council

5:06 - What is Applied Crypto?

6:58 - What's Happening in Cyber?

9:14 - Non-Human Identity Security Challenges

22:24 - What Keeps Cyber Talent Engaged & Happy

26:20 - His Approach to Hiring Junior Level Engineers

28:54 - What Tools Would he Learn First?

30:07 - Sources of Threat Intel

32:10 - Favorite Movies (it's not Star Wars)

33:12 - Hiring 33:46 - Questions for a Recruiter

37:02 - Resume Reviews & Career Coaching

38:44 - Why AI Can't Write Your Resume For You

40:35 - What's Led to His Success

44:57 - Blake's Cruise Ship Mucker Story

48:34 - How He Deals with the Stress of the Job

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