Leadership Team
David LaBianca
Google
CoSAI PGB co-chair
David LaBianca is a Senior Director of Security Engineering in Privacy, Safety & Security at Google where he is responsible for Google’s efforts focused on Protected Computing technologies and the Secure AI Framework. Prior to joining Google, David was the Managing Director of Security Platform Engineering at Goldman Sachs, responsible for public cloud integration engineering, authentication, and privilege management. David also served as the Goldman Sachs Chief Security Architect and the Global Head of Infrastructure Risk. David was also previously at Merrill Lynch, Salomon Smith Barney, and two NY-based startup companies. David holds an MS in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University and a BSE in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
Google
PGB Co-Chair, ESC Member
Omar Santos
Cisco
CoSAI PGB co-chair
Omar Santos is a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco focusing on AI security, cybersecurity research, advanced hacking techniques, and vulnerability disclosure. He is a Board member of OASIS Open, the co-chair of the Coalition for Secure AI (CoSAI), the chair of the Common Security Advisory Framework (CSAF), co-chair of OpenEoX, and co-chair of the FIRST PSIRT SIG. Omar is also the co-founder of the DEF CON Red Team Village and is the author of over 25 books, over 20 video courses, and over 50 academic research papers. His dedication to cybersecurity has made a significant impact on technology standards, businesses, academic institutions, and government agencies striving to improve their cybersecurity programs.
Cisco
PGB Co-Chair, ESC Member
Nidhi Aggarwal
HackerOne
Nidhi Aggarwal is the Chief Product Officer at HackerOne, where she leads the vision and development of the platform that combines human expertise with AI to help enterprises secure software at scale. She is a tech entrepreneur and product leader with over 15 years of experience across startups and global enterprises. Nidhi co-founded Qwiklabs and her earlier roles include leadership positions at Tamr, Wellington Management, and McKinsey & Company. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where she received the Early Career Achievement Award.
HackerOne
Jonathan Begg
Fr0ntierX
Jonathan Begg is the Chief Executive Officer of Fr0ntierX, a leading technology company specializing in cybersecurity and safeguarding sensitive data.
Prior to joining Fr0ntierX, he served as a technology investment banker at Credit Suisse, focusing on large-scale enterprise software companies. His background includes significant research in financial markets, economic theory, and econometrics, solidifying his understanding of the underlying principles driving technological innovation. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences: Economics from New York University and an MBA from the Stern School of Business. His expertise in finance and enterprise software is instrumental in guiding Fr0ntierX toward sustainable growth and success.
Under Jonathan's leadership, Fr0ntierX has pioneered Janus, a secure AI productivity platform for enterprises, including secure containers for AI workloads and cloud environments. These groundbreaking innovations demonstrate his commitment to driving technological advancements and addressing the evolving needs of enterprises.
Fr0ntierX
Geoff Bibby
Snyk
Geoff Bibby is the Senior Vice President of AI Strategy and Innovation at Snyk. He brings extensive experience in the technology sector, particularly within cybersecurity. Prior to his current role, Geoff held the position of SVP, Cybersecurity Marketing & Strategy at OpenText Cybersecurity, where he played a key role in marketing and strategy. His background also includes serving as Chief Marketing Officer at Zix, where he contributed to the company's growth as a cloud-based security leader before its acquisition by OpenText.
Snyk
Morgan Bjerke
Thomson Reuters
Morgan Bjerke is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Thomson Reuters. In this role, Morgan is responsible for the company’s global information security risk management program. Morgan has experience driving cyber transformations for Fortune 500 organizations while at Ernst and Young and Booz Allen. Morgan also led global incident response and recovery efforts while at FireEye Mandiant and Stroz Friedberg. Morgan served as a Senior Manager at Amazon Web Services, responsible for driving security automation across AWS services and teams. Morgan holds a degree in Management Information Systems with a focus in Information Assurance from Oklahoma State University.
Thomson Reuters
Tobias Boelter
Harvey
Tobias Boelter is the Head of Security at Harvey, where he leads efforts to build the most secure platform for legal AI. With experience as a Security Engineer at Jump Trading, Nuro, and Google, Tobias develops resilient systems and organizations from the ground up by finding practical solutions to the important problems. He holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from UC Berkeley and is recognized for his contributions to cryptography and vulnerability research.
Harvey
Dr. Konstantin Böttinger
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC)
Dr. Konstantin Böttinger is a Distinguished Scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Applied and Integrated Security (AISEC). He has 14 years of experience translating applied research into advanced security solutions across multiple industries, specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. Dr. Böttinger earned his PhD from Technical University Munich and an MBA from the University of Oxford. Prior to joining Fraunhofer AISEC, he studied mathematics and physics at Heidelberg University.
Fraunhofer AISEC
Nicholas Butts
Microsoft
Nicholas is a Director of Cybersecurity and AI Security Policy at Microsoft. In this role he’s responsible for Microsoft’s global policy efforts at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI. Before joining Microsoft, Nicholas held senior commercial roles at one of Europe’s leading AI startups. He was previously Head of Global Government Relations and Trade at HP and started his career at Maersk. Nicholas holds graduate degrees from Peking University, the London School of Economics, and Harvard University.
Microsoft
ESC Member
Jason Clinton
Anthropic
Jason is Chief Information Security Officer at Anthropic. Previously, he led Chrome Infrastructure Security at Google. Earlier work includes ChromeOS build integrity, Android Pay security, digital coupons, beowulf computing, and secure thin clients. He's the author of Ruby Phrasebook and contributed to the GNOME project.
Anthropic
ESC Member
Vincent Danen
Red Hat
Vincent Danen is the Vice President of Product Security at Red Hat, which is responsible for security and compliance activities for all Red Hat products and services. Vincent has been involved with open source and software security for over 20 years, leading security teams and participating in open source communities and development. He is a governing board member of the OpenSSF.
Red Hat
Manish Garg
VE3
Manish Garg is the Managing Director at VE3, where he combines his roles as an entrepreneur, investor, strategist, and passion for innovation and a keen eye for strategic growth opportunities, Manish excels in navigating complex business landscapes and transforming ideas into tangible success. His leadership at VE3 is marked by a commitment to excellence and a proven track record of achieving remarkable growth. Manish’s approach is characterized by his adeptness in merging technology with business strategies, making him a pivotal figure in the industry and a respected leader among his peers.
VE3
Matan Getz
Aim Security
Matan is the CEO and Co-founder of Aim Security. Throughout his extensive service in Israel’s renowned military intelligence Unit 8200, Matan attained a proven track record of leading and managing cutting-edge technology departments. As a graduate of the elite leadership program, Talpiot, and in his role as Deputy CISO of the Israeli Defense Forces, Matan built the military’s largest data science defensive AI project. As a CIO at Unit 8200, Matan led an R&D division of 150 engineers, where he led the secure and safe adoption of AI and big data, enabling their use by the unit.
Aim Security
David Girard
Trend Micro
David Girard is the Senior Director of Product Management for AI Security and AI Alliances at Trend Micro, where he's been a key leader for 14 years. With over 30 years in cybersecurity and software development, David has contributed to research, threat intelligence, automation, and AI-driven security. He has been involved in OASIS OpenC2 and CTI technical committees and has pioneered AI solutions, including a US-patented automated mitigation system and Trend Companion, a generative AI tool.
Trend Micro
ESC Member
Kevin Ha
CipherData
Kevin Ha is the founder and CEO of CipherData, building the AI-driven security operations platform designed to empower enterprises to build and scale cost-effective Security Operations Centers. Before founding CipherData, Kevin held leadership roles across the tech industry, serving as Head of Privacy Incident Response Engineering at Meta, Head of Security Engineering at Amazon Alexa AI, and Head of Security Engineering at Samsung SDS, Arlo Technologies, and Poshmark. He has also contributed to the FIDO UAF v1.0 Standard as a member of the FIDO Alliance. Kevin holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from UC Berkeley.
CipherData
Nick Hamilton
OpenAI
Nick Hamilton is the Head of Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) at OpenAI. He brings 20 years of experience in technology, security and GRC. Throughout his career, Nick has focused on solving challenging compliance problems by leveraging technology and data. His expertise includes integrating robust compliance, regulatory, and security frameworks within emerging software technologies, particularly in dynamic, rapidly evolving environments.
OpenAI
ESC Member
Malcolm Harkins
HiddenLayer
Malcolm Harkins is Chief Security and Trust Officer at HiddenLayer. Harkins has more than two decades of experience in information security leadership roles at top technology companies, including Intel, Cylance, and others. He’s written multiple books on risk management, information security, and IT and earned awards from the RSA Conference, ISC2, Computerworld, and the Security Advisor Alliance. Harkins has testified before the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Harkins is a Fellow with the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology, a non-partisan think tank providing cybersecurity expertise to the House of Representatives, Senate, and various federal agencies. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California at Irvine and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of California at Davis. Harkins also previously taught at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and Susquehanna University.
HiddenLayer
Umaimah Khan
Opal Security
Umaimah Khan is the co-founder and CEO of Opal Security, a next-generation identity security company. As a mathematician and engineering leader, Umaimah knows first-hand the challenges of managing secure authorization and access management pathways. She began her career as a researcher in the federal government, before leading infra and security at several startups. Umaimah graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science.
Opal Security
Munish Khetrapal
Palo Alto Networks
Munish Khetrapal is the VP for Google at Palo Alto Networks. He is responsible for Cloud Engagement, driving the GTM, and building joint solutions that securely accelerate customer adoption of multi-cloud infrastructure. He has worked with Cisco as the Chief Growth Officer and CTO for Cisco’s Global Public Sector business. He has also run solution specialist teams and managed the P&L for IoT Data platforms and solutions targeting Smart Cities, Critical Infrastructure, and Operations technology. He holds an MBA from the Booth School of Business in Chicago.
Palo Alto Networks
ESC Member
Jacob Lagerros
Ulyssean
Jacob Lagerros is the founder of Ulyssean, building security and verification for AI data centers. He's the co-lead for the UK Secure Cluster, an open and collaborative effort to prototype a new kind of AI data center, and red team it with a global group of elite attackers. Jacob has a background as a researcher at Oxford, project lead in construction, and engineering lead for projects across AI, mechanism design and security. He's been an invited speaker on AI and export controls at the National Security Council, National Intelligence Council, BIS, and various house and senate committees.
Ulyssean
Sarah Liang
EY
Sarah is EY Global Responsible AI Leader, driving the development and implementation of global solutions that enable clients to establish and mature their responsible AI practices. She leads efforts to integrate ethical frameworks into AI systems, helping organizations scale their AI capabilities while maintaining privacy, security and human rights compliance. Previously, Sarah held leadership roles at Ernst & Young LLP, focusing on technology and gaming industries. She has over 25 years of experience leading complex projects, integrating global teams and advising companies on risk management across all three lines of defense and automation transformation initiatives.
EY
ESC Member
Dhinesh Manoharan
Intel
Dhinesh Manoharan is VP & GM, Security of AI and Security Research at Intel Corporation. In this role, he drives ‘Security for AI’ and ‘AI for Security’ strategy across the company. He has the privilege of leading an eclectic global team of systems-level security researchers focused on proactive research of threats, zero day vulnerabilities, mitigations and exploits in the Client, Edge, Datacenter and AI ecosystems to keep billions of people across the world secure in their digital lives. He works very closely with world-wide customers, industry consortia, academia collaborators and government agencies on contemporary cybersecurity initiatives. Dhinesh holds an MS degree in Computer Science from Portland State.
Intel
ESC Member
Robert Michel
Lenovo
Robert Michel holds the position of Director of Cloud Security at Lenovo's Global Security Lab. He is responsible for cloud product security and leads the Penetration Testing, DevSecOps, and Security Operations Center teams. Over the course of his career in cybersecurity, Robert has implemented incident response strategies, security awareness campaigns, threat modeling, and professional training initiatives for a variety of organizations. His background also includes designing network security solutions across a diverse range of organizations in various industry sectors. Driven by his dedication to cybersecurity, Robert holds or has held certifications from SANS, Microsoft, Cisco, EC-Council, CompTIA, and ISC2. He also holds degrees in Computer Communications and in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance.
Lenovo
Joe Nicastro
Legit Security
Joe Nicastro is a seasoned cybersecurity expert with over a decade of experience in the field, specializing in application security for the past six years. With a diverse background working at industry-leading software security companies. Joe has honed his skills and knowledge in securing software development environments and applications across a wide array of technologies and verticals.
Legit Security
Prutha Parikh
Cohere
Prutha Parikh is Head of Security at Cohere, the leading security and data privacy-focused enterprise AI company. She is a cybersecurity leader with over 18 years of experience building security products and scaling information security programs at enterprises and startups. Her areas of expertise span information security domains, such as network and cloud security, vulnerability management, threat research, offensive security, incidence response, governance, risk management, and compliance. She also holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and her past accolades include industry recognition, such as a SC Media Women in Information Security honoree.
Cohere
ESC Member
Manoj Parmar
Sovereign AI Security Labs
Manoj Parmar is an accomplished technology leader and entrepreneur, currently serving as the Founder and CEO of Sovereign AI Security Labs (SOAISec), headquartered in Bangalore, India. With over 17 years of experience across AI security, automotive, and broader technology sectors, Manoj brings a unique combination of technical depth, operational excellence, and visionary leadership.
Sovereign AI Security Labs
Alex Polyakov
Adversa AI
Alex Polyakov is an AI Security Pioneer and AI Red Teaming evangelist, co-founder of Adversa.AI, vice chair at IEEE AI Cybersecurity group, and member of the Forbes Technology Council. He has 20 years of experience in applying AI for cybersecurity and cybersecurity for AI, from practical red teaming expert to C-level executive. He has found over 300 vulnerabilities, presented his research at over 100 conferences in 30+ countries, and published dozens of whitepapers, two books, and multiple trainings, including the world's first practical training on securing AI. His work is mentioned on such websites as WSJ, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, TechCrunch, Wired, MIT, and others.
Adversa AI
J.R. Rao
IBM
J.R. Rao is an IBM Fellow and CTO, Security Research for IBM. The Security Research team comprises over 200 researchers working in Cybersecurity, AI Security, Cloud and Systems Security, Information Security and Cryptography. J.R. works closely with commercial customers, government agencies and academic partners to create and drive differentiating innovation into IBM's offerings. He has published widely and holds numerous US and European patents. He obtained his doctorate degree from University of Texas at Austin, a Master's degree from State University of New York at Stony Brook, and a Bachelor of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
IBM
ESC Member
Daniel Riedel
GenLab
Daniel Riedel is an entrepreneur with a strong track record of founding multiple companies in the media and technology sectors. He has extensive experience in building large-scale, secure technologies and businesses, with a broad background in engineering, operations, security, analytics, and product development. He is particularly passionate about the intersection of technology and user experience, creating engaging solutions that blend excellent UX/UI design with media and entertainment, all while ensuring security and privacy are maintained.
GenLab
ESC Member
Daniel Rohrer
NVIDIA
Daniel Rohrer is VP of software product security, architecture and research at NVIDIA. In his 24 years at NVIDIA, he's led efforts to enhance AI security, deliver GPU confidential computing, and advance research efforts in secure platform design. Daniel has taken his integrated knowledge of "everything NVIDIA" to hone security practices, explore novel cybersecurity solutions, and help deliver some of the world’s most advanced and trustworthy computing platforms.
NVIDIA
ESC Member
Matt Saner
Amazon
Matt Saner is a security leader at AWS focused on helping the largest and most complex enterprises on earth transform security challenges into strategic business enablement. Leading a team of security specialists across the globe, he enables organizations to achieve both rapid innovation and robust security postures. With the emergence of generative AI, Matt has played a key role in driving secure adoption of this transformative technology, both internally at AWS and externally through prescriptive customer and partner enablement, and the industry as a whole. Prior to joining AWS in 2021, he spent nearly two decades in the highly regulated, global financial services sector. Beyond his professional endeavors, Matt is a private pilot who finds fulfillment exploring the skies through general aviation.
Amazon
ESC Member
Alon Schindel
Wiz
Alon Schindel is VP of AI & Threat Research at Wiz. Alon leads the group that owns detection, cloud risks, threat intelligence and AI research at Wiz. He’s an experienced cybersecurity professional who has filled various lead roles in both development and research of cybersecurity products and specializes in threats and how to detect them. In his last position, Alon served as a Security Program Manager on Microsoft M365 Defender team. He is also enthusiastic about data research and AI and holds an MSc in Computational Neuroscience from the Hebrew University.
Wiz
ESC Member
Elad Schulman
Lasso Security
Elad is a seasoned tech entrepreneur, with experience in both corporates and startups. Elad recently launched Lasso Security, a startup focused on LLM Security. After selling his company Segasec to Mimecast in 2020, Elad acted as the VP of Brand Protection, focusing on protecting organizations from phishing attacks on their customers. Elad is also investing in and mentoring early-stage startups, helping them build great companies.
Lasso Security
Markus Sosnowski
Technical University of Munich
Markus Sosnowski is a researcher at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Chair of Network Architectures and Services. His work focuses on advancing secure and future-proof digital communication infrastructures in the face of rapidly evolving technologies and threats. He develops methodologies and frameworks to strengthen the security, performance, and availability of web services at Internet scale.
Technical University of Munich
James Stewart
TrojAI
Dr. James Stewart is the CTO and co-founder of TrojAI. He has over 25 years of experience in deep learning and cybersecurity, including Lead Data Scientist at Raytheon Cyber and Manager of R&D at the Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity. Before joining TrojAI, he was SVP of Video Analytics at Patriot One Technologies, which acquired his company, EhEye. James holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of New Brunswick and represents Canada on ISO/IEC SC 42 (AI).
TrojAI
Priyanka Tembey
Operant AI
Priyanka Tembey is a Co-founder and CTO at Operant AI. A technologist with a PhD in distributed systems from Georgia Tech, Priyanka has spent over 10 years as a software engineer at the forefront of cloud-native technologies, security, and AI. Priyanka was one of the foundational engineers who built VMware's hybrid cloud product, architecting its distributed policy control plane and analytics layers. She is passionate about building products that simplify the reliability and security of applications at scale.
Operant AI
Daphna Wegner
MagicMirror Security
Daphna is the Founder of MagicMirror Security, a startup dedicated to enhancing LLM security. She is a seasoned tech entrepreneur, with a wealth of experience and expertise in software development. Before founding MagicMirror, Daphna held several leadership positions across multiple SaaS companies, where she played a pivotal role in shaping product strategies and leading engineering teams. Her leadership experience spans both technical and strategic domains. Daphna holds a master’s degree in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
MagicMirror Security
Marina Zeldin
Dell Technologies
Marina Zeldin leads a pan-Dell team focused on security and zero trust as part of Dell Technologies' Chief Technology Office. In this role, Marina is working with the key stakeholders to ensure consistency in security strategy and architectures across the Dell product portfolio with a focus on Dell AI solutions. Marina is also leading services enablement for Dell Zero Trust private cloud solution. In the past Marina led security teams at Nortel Networks Voice over IP enterprise product portfolio. Marina holds a MSc degree in Electrical Engineering from St. Petersburg Polytechnic University and Executive MBA from Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa.
Dell Technologies