Today's guest is Yogesh Ailawadi, Head of Products & Innovation - Identity, Safety and Security at Alert Enterprise. Founded in 2007, Alert Enterprise's mission is the seamless convergence of advanced physical access control, identity management and workspace automation. Their solutions are designed to empower businesses with secure, flexible and efficient work environments, catering to the dynamic needs of today’s workforce. They understand that in the digital era, the security of physical and digital assets is paramount.

Yogesh leads Alert Enterprise’s global product management and solutions engineering teams and brings over 15 years of experience in information security, identity and access governance across IT, Physical and OT systems. He has led global deployments of PIAM/IAM solutions for Fortune 100/500 customers across various industries. Yogesh is well versed in industry regulatory standards with a deep understanding of engineering concepts and technologies, and their usage in the security domain.

In the episode, Yogesh discusses:

0:00 An insight into his 20-year career in security, product and innovation

3:10 Pioneering physical security governance across critical industries at Alert Enterprise

5:27 Expanding physical GRC by integrating with the ServiceNow platform

8:04 Seeing a high-demand from large, regulated industries using ServiceNow workflows

10:07 Product live on ServiceNow with focus on AI-driven access solutions

11:39 Focusing on product innovation, scaling through global partners

13:42 Bringing physical security workflows and AI use cases to ServiceNow