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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