Vandana Verma

Vandana Verma Sehgal is a security leader, speaker, author, and community builder whose work spans application security, DevSecOps, software supply chain security, cloud security, and AI security. Her recent public work increasingly focuses on secure AI-native development, LLM security, MCP security, and helping teams build practical security programs that developers can actually adopt.

She has spoken, trained, and led panels across global and regional events including OWASP Global AppSec events, Black Hat, RSA Conference, Def Con / AppSec Village, Women in Tech, BSides, and many community-led conferences and webinars. She has served in leadership and community roles across OWASP and other industry initiatives, and has contributed to projects, podcasts, review boards, and open community programs that help make security more accessible.

Vandana is also deeply involved in mentoring and ecosystem building through initiatives such as InfosecGirls, InfosecKids, and other diversity and community efforts in security. Her public writing and sessions cover modern application security, secure development practices, cloud and platform risk, AI security, and the evolving role of security leadership.

This site keeps an archive of talks, webinars, writing, awards, media features, panels, podcasts, trainings, and community leadership milestones, with newer highlights added alongside long-running work.