Karthik Bhat
Director Of Engineering, Identity Security at TiE
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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SeniorKarthik Bhat is a seasoned engineering leader specializing in security, identity, and privacy, currently directing the Identity Security and Device Identity Platform teams at Okta. He champions a UX-first approach to InfoSec and empowers developers as the first line of defense, blending product development with data-centric security, threat detection, and cloud security. His track record spans leadership roles in both startups and established security firms, including co-founding SecureDB, leading Virtru's Dev Platform and Data Protection Gateway, and founding GreyPencil as CTO. At Okta, he is accelerating passwordless authentication and cryptographically secure device identity, using AI/ML to assess risk per transaction. He also contributes to the security and privacy community as a TiECon track manager and has been a recognized speaker at industry events such as PostgreSQL Conf US and various security meetups. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, he combines hands-on engineering with strategic product leadership to bring security-first solutions to market.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
English, Kannada, Hindi
Github Skills (17)
encryption5
protocols5
data-format5
operation5
schema-validation4
spec4
json4
metadata4
security4
javascript2
drag-and-drop1
drag1
typescript1
integrate1
sdk1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
karthikbhat/karthikbhat.github.io
Oct 2019 - Nov 2020
Minimal Mistakes GitHub Pages site starter
Contributions:43 pushes in 1 year 1 month
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karthikbhat/RepoSe
Oct 2019 - Oct 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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