Parthasarathi Chakraborty - cybersecurity architecture, engineering & strategy

Zero Hour Podcast

Partha is the Director of Infrastructure Security Architecture at Bank of Montreal. Partha last week left Insurance company Guardian Life for a new exciting challenge at BMO in New York! Partha has worked at major organisations such as Bank of America and JP Morgan all within cyber security architecture, engineering and strategy. He has two Masters of Science within Technology and Cyber Security. Key Minutes 03:10 - Getting into cybersecurity 04:20 - Why engineering & architecture 05:30 - Definition of Cybersecurity & AAA 08:02 - Goal of Architecture 10:42 - Changing cybersecurity architecture 15:50 - How do you work across a large organisation to impact risk? 19:00 - Banking to Insurance 21:35 - Linking strategy to architecture 23:30 - Prioritising what needs to be worked on 25:21 - Managing a large number of customers for architecture 27:20 - Implementing new technologies like Cloud 28:22 - What do you class as a strong security framework? 29:50 - Biggest challenges 31:45 - What is your recommendation in securing funding for new roles or technologies? 34:30 - What advice would you give to people looking to get into cybersecurity? 37:00 - 10 Quick Fire Questions Key Points - AAA within cybersecurity: Awareness, agility & advanced technology - Be close to the business - Always plan and prioritise You can find Partha at: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/parthasarathi-chakraborty-baa24810/ Follow us: Twitter: @zero_hourpod Instagram: @zerohourexperience Website: www.beechermadden.com This podcast is sponsored by: BeecherMadden - www.beechermadden.com Cyber Security Professionals - www.cybersecurity-professionals.com