Akhil Babel
Deputy To The Chief Information Security Officer
Stockholm, Sweden
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Top SchoolAkhil Babel is an experienced cybersecurity leader with 11 years of cross-border experience, currently serving as Deputy to the Chief Information Security Officer at Klarna in Stockholm. He progressed through technical and managerial roles—from IT analyst and COO in India to senior leadership at EY—bringing deep expertise in PAM, domain security, and operationalizing large-scale security programs. Known for blending hands-on technical acumen with strategic risk management, he has a track record of translating compliance and audit requirements into pragmatic, scalable controls. Based in Sweden after a decade of work across India and Europe, he combines global perspective with a practitioner’s focus on secure, reliable systems.
11 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
12th Grade Arts, 12th Grade Arts at Modern Senior Secondary School, KotaPrimary and high school, Primary and high school at The Lawrence School, SanawarBCA Computer Science, BCA Computer Science at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
English, Hindi
Github Skills (15)
tvos8
swiftui8
passwords8
swift7
jellyfin6
ios6
linux6
security5
command-line5
secrets5
macos5
windows5
reader3
ipad3
developer-tools3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
buggerman/SwitchBlockerForPiHole
Jul 2018 - Feb 2019
Contributions:1 review, 17 commits, 5 PRs in 7 months
buggerman/Textual
May 2019 - May 2024
Textual is an IRC client for OS X
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years
irc-clientsaslos-xtextualirc-protocol
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