Episode 3: Interview with Aaron Clark

“Cybersecurity is about thinking out of the box,” said Mr. Aaron Clark, a 20-year security veteran who has worked at IBM, Microsoft, and is now a people manager at Oracle. In this episode, Mr. Clark explains why security professionals need to put themselves in the shoes of the threat actors to think of not just the “use” cases, but also the “misuse” cases, to analyze a computer system’s vulnerabilities. Mr. Clark shares with us his career journey from a security consultant to a security leader, enlightens us about the various soft skills needed to be a successful security professional like influencing your project sponsors and senior executives, and finally, examines the impact of AI and Quantum Computing on the future of Cybersecurity.