AfroTech Conference 2026

Karthik Ramakrishnan

Director, PwC

Track Cybersecurity

Biography

Karthik Ramakrishnan is a Director at PwC with 16+ years in Cyber, Data, and Tech Risk across Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, and Telecom. He specializes in AI Risk Management, cyber risk frameworks, breach remediation, and regulatory compliance. Karthik has led large-scale risk program transformations and developed AI risk frameworks for major North American financial institutions. He has driven cyber risk assessments, controls testing, and maturity strategies for top-tier banks and credit reporting agencies.​

Sessions

  1. The Battle of Agentic AI: Securing vs. Security Usage Presented by PwC

    Wed, Nov 4, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM CT

    Track Cybersecurity

    This session is intended to provide insights into key security considerations for organizations and individuals using agentic AI, explore effective use cases and potential benefits of adopting agentic AI within CISO organizations and security departments, and address additional AI-related security measures to help safeguard enterprises.

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