The Asia Tech Podcast had a fascinating conversation with Phoram Mehta, Senior Director, APAC Chief Security Information Officer at PayPal.

Some of the topics Phoram discussed:

• Studying engineering and going to the United States for graduate school
• Loving puzzles and solving complex problems
• The nature of online security and the adversary on the other side
• The power of a community when working in cybersecurity
• An Asian perspective
• Mobile phones and devices brining a lot of first time users onto the internet
• The growth of gaming in Asia and the impact on cybersecurity
• Why partnerships are so important

Other titles we considered for this episode:

1. Programming Was My Nature
2. It's a Real-life Competition Going On
3. The Competition Is Always Improving
4. Striking the Right Balance
5. Preserving the Trust

This episode was expertly produced by Isabelle Goh.