Karthik Lokesh is an Cybersecurity and IT Risk professional with more than a decade of experience associated with top consulting firms leading multiple engagements to transform organizations to strengthen their security governance, architecture, and enterprise risk management across complex and highly regulated technology environments. His career is focused on enabling cyber resilience by liaisoning across cyber governance & strategy, enterprise architecture, and engineering..

With a Master's degree in Information Security Management, Karthik's expertise includes security operations, security architecture, threat modeling, Secure SDLC, API governance, cyber risk assessments, technology regulatory compliance, and executive risk reporting. Throughout his career, he partnered with engineering, architecture, infrastructure, privacy, legal, and business stakeholders to improve security decision-making while balancing operational, regulatory, and business priorities.

His recent contributions to thought leadership include the development of an AI-Driven Secure SDLC Framework, a Threat-Informed Risk and Governance Framework, and a Quantum-Resilient Governance Framework.