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Indus Khaitan shared thisListening to Vinod Khosla live is like getting that energy, vibe, and charging your batteries directly from a turbine. You walk out thinking a little bigger. A few more dots connect. And slightly more okay with being uncomfortable while doing it. Left thinking less about what’s realistic and more about what’s worth attempting. Thanks Anand Chandrasekaran for hosting this.
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Indus Khaitan shared this⚡ 🎉 I’m proud to announce the formation of the 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗚𝗦𝗜𝗔). For years, the identity industry has talked about APIs, SCIM, automation, and governance. And yet, in more organizations than anyone wants to admit, the workflow still looks like this: 1. Export the file 2. Edit the file 3. Email the file 4. Upload the file 5. Confirm whether latest version 𝗦𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴. The GSIA is publishing CSV 2.0, a proposed standard for identity operations. Key features include: • Semicolon compatibility for European deployments • Human-readable schema drift • Formal file lineage (final.csv, final_v2.csv, and final_FINAL_use_this_one.csv) • A standardized 7-layer spreadsheet stack • Out-of-band credential obfuscation through formatting controls We’ve also published the core specification, supporting technical materials. A short launch video will be posted when we are done moving the files. I’ll be participating in this effort as 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿, alongside 𝗥𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝘄𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘁, as we work to formalize one of the most widely deployed identity exchange formats in enterprise history. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? 📅 Launch website went live at 1:23 AM HAST/HST. Link in comments. 👇 👀 Know an IAM/IGA visionary who still believes CSV is the most resilient protocol in enterprise identity? #Identity #IAM #Standards #Long_Live_CSV #GSIA
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Indus Khaitan shared this"Hotmail used to allow 3 character passwords." Yesterday at RSAC, I bumped into someone who was part of the early days of this fabled webmail. And this is not a dunk on Hotmail. This is how simple life was. There is an amazing amount of destruction of simple UX for web apps in the last 30 years. We went from rawdogging the internet with one short password…to juggling 2FA apps, backup codes, rotating credentials, and security questions we never answer the same way twice. Security improved. No doubt. But somewhere along the way, usability became collateral damage. cc Sabeer Bhatia
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Indus Khaitan reposted thisIndus Khaitan reposted thisDay 3. RSAC Early stage quick hits: - Biscoff (airline size!) at our booth - Dirty soda bar by Capsule Security
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Indus Khaitan shared thisApparently we’ve rebranded. Pulled up to my RSAC session and found the change. Roadblock Security. Honestly… not entirely wrong. Stopping bad things in identity from going where they shouldn’t. Accidental brand clarity courtesy of RSAC. 🚧 Anamitra Banerji Gaurav Jain Mendy Yang Amit Chadha Steve Zalewski Gopi Ramamoorthy
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Indus Khaitan shared thisRock and roll at RSA!Indus Khaitan shared thisBooth is done. Team is ready to go! 🚀🚀🚀 Early stage expo. Moscone South. Room 207. #RSAC
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Indus Khaitan posted thisSuddenly offers to acquire and do M&A increase a few days before RSA. I wish these came during Christmas holidays, when I’m better dressed and my t-shirt is ironed, and hair is gelled. 😅 Right now it’s peak founder mode. Half coffee, half chaos, fully unprepared for “let’s talk numbers.” Timing is everything in M&A. Apparently, so is dry cleaning. #RSAC2026
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Indus Khaitan shared thisWe’re not bringing socks or pens with logos to RSAC. We’re bringing a machine. A 150-year-old Morse telegraph you can actually assemble and use. I’ve always liked old machines like this. Everything is visible. You press a key, a signal goes through, something happens on the other side. No guessing. Somewhere along the way, modern systems stopped working like that. Today, automation in software means: • Tickets assigned to humans • Data moving around in CSV files This thing on the table looks archaic, but in some ways it feels more honest. There’s a direct line between intent and action. Humans are not carrying the signal to the other side. Anyway, we’ll have a limited number of these at our booth at the Early Stage Expo (Moscone South Level 2, Room 207). Come by and grab one. #RSAC2026 #Cybersecurity #Identity
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Indus Khaitan shared thisMost of the 25,000 people at #RSAC2026 will never leave the Main Expo. But the ones who look for brand new signal make the trek to the Early Stage Expo. The people who make the walk to Level 2 aren't just passing through. They do because they are curious. They are innovative. They care. They want to discover what is next before the rest of the market catches up. The Early Stage Expo at #RSAC2026 is tucked away from the noise. And it feels exactly right. Every company in that room starts with conviction. A small team. A big belief. A willingness to build before the outcome is obvious. There is something deeply energizing about being around that kind of ambition. It is a reminder that the future is not built in the most crowded halls. It is often built in the quieter corners, by founders and teams who simply cannot help but keep going. If you’re heading to Moscone next week, do not miss the builders. 📅 March 25th & 26th 📍 Find us: Moscone South, Level 2, Room 207. 👇 Check the PDF below for the easiest route. Who else is hunting for the "next big thing" at RSAC this year? I know Steve Zalewski, Puneet Thapliyal, Puneet Bhatnagar, Pramod Gosavi, Rohan Singla are! 😊 Tagging a few founders who are going to be there: Apurv Garg, Abhay Kulkarni, Ankur Shah, Piyush Sharrma
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If the output was wrong, we need more than a shrug and a model score. Was the input wrong, did the prompt change, did the model change, did the reasoning drift...and the evidence that supported the action.
As an industry we are in the early innings of AI traces, no different from when raw verbose logs and debug statements were all we had.
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Rupesh Mishra oh man! that is such a cool idea. Need to work on supporting that. Can you send a memo to the mailing list? 😂
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Indus Khaitan liked thisIndus Khaitan liked thisI wrote something personal this week. It starts with a black and white television and ends with building an AI lending agent. In between: a begged entry into a computer lab, four years of sleeping under my desk, a Panasonic phone from a South Delhi basement, and a chat room handle called mouse_potato. Every shift in my career started the same way, playing with something before I understood it. This one is no different. Link in comments If you've ever felt the pull of the next thing before you could explain why, this might resonate.
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Indus Khaitan reacted on thisIndus Khaitan reacted on thisServiceNow's security business crossed $1B in ACV last year and grew roughly 100% YoY. I don't think these disclosures have been talked about enough. These were the most comprehensive set of disclosures yet for their security business unit. (Remember, they don't have to disclose BU-level revenue figures, so all of this was voluntary.) The numbers are super impressive: – Security and Risk appeared in 19 of their top 20 deals. – Net new ACV grew nearly 40% YoY. – They had their largest OT quarter ever. ...and then they went and spent ~$8.75B acquiring Armis and Veza in rapid succession. That's on top of $2.85B for Moveworks (not security, but relevant to the strategy). I saw some discussion about framing this as ServiceNow trying to compete with the security platforms. That's directionally correct, but the strategy is a lot more nuanced. They're not becoming a cybersecurity company. They're becoming the *workflow layer* where security-related workflows (and agents, ofc) run. At a very pedantic level, ServiceNow does workflows. They just happen to be more well known for other types of workflows (mostly in IT). They've been building a nice collection of native products (and revenue) across SecOps, GRC, VM, and several other security-adjacent domains. Gradually, then suddenly, all of this became a fast-growing billion dollar business. As the saying goes, time to pour gas on the fire and do more of what's clearly working: – Armis brings OT and asset visibility that goes with their existing patch orchestration capabilities. – Veza adds identity governance workflows for humans and agents. – Moveworks (adjacent, but relevant here) adds the AI interface layer on top. Each one plugs into a platform and distribution machine that already has the enterprise relationships and the process automation muscle. After the Armis deal, ServiceNow made some relatively subtle references that these strategic moves will more than triple their TAM for security and risk solutions. TAM is a fuzzy number, of course – but you can crudely interpret that as "we're shooting for a lot higher than a billion dollars of revenue." Revenue aspirations aside, the strategic direction is pretty clear: they're building a consolidation story around visibility, identity, and orchestration. They're in for intense competition, but they've set themselves up to take advantage of multiple strengths they've been building over time.
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Indus Khaitan liked thisExcited to share I’ve joined the Forbes Technology Council. I’m looking forward to contributing practical insights on #AI, #Cybersecurity, #product innovation, #digital transformation and connecting with leaders shaping what’s next.Indus Khaitan liked thisWelcome Kapil Bareja, CyberRisk Leader of Deloitte, to the Forbes Technology Council! With a strong background in innovation, digital strategy, and tech leadership, Kapil brings valuable insights that will enrich our community. Forbes Technology Council is an invitation-only organization for world-class technology leaders and innovators. https://hubs.li/Q046pdRZ0
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Indus Khaitan liked thisIndus Khaitan liked thisControlled Chaos: The Art and Discipline of Modern IAM Roadmaps If you have ever led an IAM team in any capacity, you would have been asked to create a clean roadmap. Yet after years of reviewing these maps, what’s promised and what’s get done are very different. Folks in IAM know that IAM is structurally chaotic. It’s downstream of every bold strategy slide, every new regulation, and every fresh threat actor earning street creds. My advise is to not pretend that the chaos will go away, rather embrace it and master the art of controlled chaos. For me, that means few foundational moves: Name the flood Put the noise on the table: digital initiatives, audit findings, SaaS sprawl, AI agents, legacy directories, and privilege debt. Chaos feels less political when everyone can see its sources. Design a control system, not a project list. Group work into a few stable streams: • Foundational plumbing • Risk & compliance • Business enablement • Strategic bets Give each stream 2–3 outcomes and KPIs, then plan in horizons (0–6, 6–18, 18–36 months) instead of pretending every dependency will behave. Wire in feedback loops by design Threat retros, audit cycles, and strategy shifts should move the roadmap, not derail it. If identity really is the control plane, it must be allowed to respond at the same speed as the environment it protects. IAM will never be neat. Don’t try to domesticate it into a static plan. Use it as an instrument of continuous change. We’re not shepherds out in a quiet pasture; we’re bull riders hanging on for 8 seconds at a time and still expected to smile for the team photo. One common anti‑pattern is using “chaos” as an excuse to duck accountability, instead of doing the hard work of bringing just enough order to it. #TheIdentityNavigator
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Indus Khaitan reacted on thisIndus Khaitan reacted on thisOn this World Autism Awareness Day, I am reminded of an old Japanese proverb: fall seven times, rise eight. It is a simple line, but it carries within it the weight of lived wisdom - a quiet insistence that no matter how often life brings us to our knees, we must find a way to rise again. Rooted in the spirit of gaman, it speaks of enduring hardship with dignity, patience, and grace. As parents, Deepali and I often reflect on how blessed we are to have Vivaan in our lives. I do not wish to romanticize the journey - because it has demanded of us more than we ever imagined. And yet, in ways both subtle and profound, Vivaan has reshaped us. He has taught us to see the world through gentler eyes - to respond with empathy where there was once impatience, with compassion where there was once certainty, and with love that asks for nothing in return. In his presence, we have discovered what it means to live not in scarcity, but in abundance. I often return to Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl, a book that has stayed with me through the years. Frankl writes that meaning in life can be found in three ways: through purposeful work, through loving someone deeply, and through finding courage in the face of suffering. In Vivaan, we have been gifted all three. To everyone living with autism, and to every parent, caregiver, and loved one walking this path each day - know this: your journey, though often unseen, is filled with quiet acts of courage. And within it lies a rare and profound gift - the ability to experience the world with a depth of love that transforms not just lives, but hearts.
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University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
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Project Aldus
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Project Aldus is a non-profit movement, and an attempt to provide families with tools and awareness to live a healthy digital life.
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nasscom
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Science and Technology
Co-chaired NASSCOM Product Conclave, an annual melee of 1500 entrepreneurs, VCs and product professionals in Bangalore. Worked in a team which created the event, curated the program and played host to hundreds of speakers including Guy Kawasaki, Naveen Jain, Ram Shriram, Vinod Khosla and others.
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Building a Web directory & a Search engine using Open Directory and Java
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