How Andrew Baker, a CTO 'seduced by complexity,' came to embrace zero trust

06/08/23 • 33 min

He never planned to climb the ladder of corporate technology leadership. But an obsession with hard problems led him down the path to becoming the CTO for South Africa's Capitec Bank. In this episode, learn more about Andrew Baker's career arc, including going from "my very first project was to remove Zscaler because I didn't see the value in it," to leading three successful zero trust transformations and becoming a Zscaler advisor.

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