NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Karan, an accomplished leader in cloud and application security, has dedicated his career to solving complex security challenges. He holds a B.E. in Telecommunication from Visvesvaraya Technological University, India, and an M.S. in Information Assurance from Northeastern University, USA, equipping him with a strong theoretical and practical foundation in information security.
Currently, Karan serves as the Application Security Lead at Arctic Wolf Networks, where he leads efforts to fortify cloud and application security. His responsibilities include establishing security standards, managing vulnerabilities, and fostering secure development practices across product teams. He is also instrumental in driving the threat model and security champions program, promoting a culture of continuous security learning and awareness.
Throughout his career, Karan has successfully strengthened the application security posture of various enterprises through consulting and hands-on implementation. This experience is justified where he was a Security Consultant at Amazon Web Services(AWS). His time there was incredibly rewarding as he helped many enterprises enhance their cloud security. He conducted comprehensive security assessments and played a key role in developing robust security frameworks. This experience gave him a broad view of the current security landscape and the critical issues that need to be addressed. His contributions include two patents and several publications. While at IBM, he authored the DevSecOps Badge, a framework focused on integrating security into continuous integration (CI), continuous delivery (CD), and development workflows. This initiative emphasized web application security, automation, and collaboration within security processes.