Rehman Khan joined Netskope in February 2024 as Chief Information Security Architect after previous positions at Charles Schwab, Bayer, Ameriprise Financial, and Wells Fargo. Read on to learn more about what drew him to Netskope, his vision for the role, and what excites him most about his future here.
What first drew you to this role at Netskope?
It was Netskope’s leadership in cybersecurity innovations that I’d been observing as an outsider. And for me, it was, “hey, I can be part of this journey; innovating in cybersecurity and countering threats.” That was one big component: the innovation and the foresight that Netskope has. As a customer I really liked the leadership team here and I think that they’ve done a great job. They have a customer focused and employee empowerment culture, and I’m now experiencing that internally.
Can you tell us a bit about your role and what it entails?
I came in to create and lead the security portfolio, architecture and engineering services function. My role is Chief Information Security Architect, and the idea is to continue to build our security architecture and engineering program. Our goals with that program are to achieve security governance, enable our internal teams to be successful, build innovative capabilities that serve our internal teams, and to enable business or technical capability development. We’ll be leveraging cutting-edge concepts like zero-trust architecture, AI, and use automation to stay ahead of the curve.
Why do you feel like Netskope is a good fit for you?
Netskope is growing and maturing internally from a processes perspective and I think that I can contribute to that. I bring 20+ years of experience in building teams that are focused on enterprise architecture, security architecture and engineering. I’ve been in that role in a few organizations helping digital transformation internally. For me, this role is an opportunity for us to get a little bit more formalized from a process perspective, and really continue to build our cybersecurity program.
Can you take us through your overall vision for this role?
My vision is to build innovative, reliable, zero trust architecture-based security solutions that empower us to proactively govern, protect and respond to cyber threats. I want to design core information security architecture and engineering principles that revolve around proactive defense, zero trust architecture, artificial intelligence, and automation. I am also building an operating model that is built to provide services for our internal ‘c