Chitra Dharmarajan

Chitra Dharmarajan is a senior technology executive with experience in Security Engineering & Data Privacy encompassing securing solutions architecture, applications & data security posture management, cloud infrastructure and containerized services security.  Over the past 20 years she has worked in Silicon Valley  technology companies such as Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, General Electric, Argo AI & Box. At present, she is working for Okta | Auth0 and heading the Security Engineering initiatives for Okta Customer Identity Cloud. Chitra frequently connects with senior executives of global customer base, to build deep trust by delivering highly secure products serving billions of login per month. As an innovative technical leader, she has efficiently scaled global teams to successfully deliver Secure By Design & Privacy By Design initiatives. With her forward-thinking vision, she strives for a continuous validation framework, which allows to detect and reduce security issues. She’s also created a community of white-hat security researchers and accredited security validation partners who have become an extension of Security Engineering initiatives. Finally, the accountability she has established with product owners to have transparency and visibility on their security posture, through metrics, has helped to reduce post-production vulnerabilities and total cost in remediation.  She contributes as a micro-mentor in startup accelerator programs,  focusing exclusively on scaling organizations with the best technology to achieve sustainable business models. She is actively engaged with security community with active participation in NDISAC, Global Purple Book Club and Gartner Evanta SFO CISO community. Chitra’s deep expertise in the area of high-growth, enterprise SaaS, and cybersecurity is frequently published in the press and podcasts.

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