Episode 277 Deep Dive: Jagdish Mahapatra | Microsegmentation and the Path Forward

In this episode of KBKast, we’re joined by Jagdish Mahapatra, Chief Revenue Officer of ColorTokens, as he discusses the imperative of achieving digital resilience against cyber attacks. Jag delves into the critical role of the right partners in business digital security, the importance of microsegmentation in preventing lateral movement within networks, and why businesses should focus on breach containment rather than just prevention. He also sheds light on the importance of maintaining business continuity through digital resiliency, the need for ongoing support from vendors, and how businesses can better prepare for inevitable cyber breaches.

Jagdish Mahapatra is the Chief Revenue Officer of ColorTokens, a leader in Cybersecurity  industry in helping organisations “ Be Breach Ready”. He is responsible for the Global Go to  Market strategy of ColorTokens. 

Prior to joining ColorTokens Jagdish Mahapatra was the Vice President for CrowdStrike for  Asia Region which included South East Asia, North Asia and South Asia. His key responsibilities  included Building a Strong Business for Asia Region with the focus on providing next Gen  Cybersecurity solutions to Enterprise customer and Govt. and build Strategic Alliances for  CrowdStrike. Aside from growing business in hypergrowth mode which made Asia one of the  fastest growing regions in the world for CrowdStrike, he topk a lot of pride in incubating a 

culture of a highly engaged team with CrowdStrike Singapore being amongst the Top 5 Workplaces of 2022 and CrowdStrike India in Top 10 Workplaces in 2023. ( GPTW). 

Jagdish has previously worked for Cisco and McAfee. In Cisco he built a Strong Enterprise  business of 250M USD when he took charge as the Managing Director for McAfee India.  Having built a successful business and culture in McAfee India, he went to run the Strategic  Alliances for APJ for McAfee before joining CrowdStrike. 

He was recognized as one of the Top 40 Executives in India Inc under 40 in 2011 by Business  World.  

He has delivered a TED talk for Star TV which was aired in Jan 2018 where he spoke about how  we should keep our kids safe in the online world. He has also spoken as TEDx speaker in Feb  2018 on Cybersecurity and impact of Digital footprints. 

In the formative part of his career, he was instrumental in creating the manufacturing off  shoring model in India which emerged as a significant game changing industry phenomenon  during his stint at Larsen and Toubro, a large Engineering Conglomerate in India.  

On the academic front, Jagdish is an Electrical Engineer with MBA in Marketing and Finance.  Jagdish loves to explore travel to experience cultures, food and local mythology and loves to  relate the stories to work. Born in the holy city of Puri, one of the 4 top pilgrimages of India,  he finds Indian mythology inspiring to fulfil todays’ life. He is an avid reader from fiction to  Business and Technology and loves to blog regularly on all topics on Social media. Right now,  his passion is to rekindle his music desires with Piano and Drums.