Lokesh Pidawekar

Lokesh Pidawekar is a seasoned security practitioner with more than 14 years of experience in information security. Presently, he leads the Product Security Architecture team at Cisco Secure and partners with product development teams on a secure software development lifecycle that includes architecture review, security pattern design, and paved path. Lokesh has a master’s degree in cybersecurity and information assurance from Northeastern University, Boston. In the past, he has led product security teams and collaborated with engineering teams to deliver threat modeling, code reviews, and penetration testing offerings. He also worked as an individual contributor focusing on cloud and vendor risk management, security architecture, and application security reviews.