Thought Leadership

Cracking the code to overcome developer and security team differences

Not long ago, narrow interests governed IT operations. Each business function had separate sets of vendors, applications, or hardware preferences. Eventually, organizations realized that these business silos resulted in operational inefficiencies such as missed growth or cost-saving opportunities.

However, the vestiges of siloed thinking and tribalism remain. When developer and security teams clash, it manifests in ...

“Not Exactly This” — How Sanjay Beri Hatched Netskope

He’s sixteen and raising cash for college, performing IT support for Microsoft in Toronto, Canada. His boss pushes him a help desk ticket and says, “Go to the President’s office and fix his problem.” He thinks, wow, I’d better not mess this up. But then he sees that the big boss merely miswired a cable. “I left that room, going, ‘I can do this,’” recalls Sanjay Beri, who would later make good on that vow.

Viewed through the kaleidoscope of time, Sanjay’s trajectory to leading a tech company wit