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 qualification17:00 Working together with the CISO, as a CTO22:00 Balancing enterprise AI adoption with data control and oversight36:33 On building a successful cyber career🔔 Follow Mohana and Aleksandra on:https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohana-b-24012016/https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandra-melnikova-1012/ 🔥 Powered by SquareXDeployed as a lightweight extension, SquareX turns any browser, on any device, into a secure enterprise browser. Find out more about SquareX at https://hubs.la/Q03rPcbf0

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