Conference Talks

A curated archive of conference talks, keynotes, and security speaking sessions by Vandana Verma across the global cybersecurity community.

OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026 — When AI Agents Go Rogue

June 25, 2026

A conference session on the OWASP MCP Top 10 and the emerging security risks created by Model Context Protocol-enabled AI agents.

Serverless Toronto 2025 - Securing Model Context Protocol (MCP)

December 5, 2025

Meetup talk by Vandana Verma on securing Model Context Protocol trust boundaries and MCP-connected systems.

AI Security Summit - Secure AI

October 28, 2025

Talk by Vandana Verma on securing AI systems, added from the public LinkedIn announcement and embedded YouTube session.

Operation: Defend the North 2025 - Vancouver (siberX)

October 23, 2025

Operation: Defend the North 2025 - Vancouver Speaking engagement at siberX’s Operation: Defend the North 2025 in Vancouver, Canada. The session continued the Defend the North tour with a focus on practical AppSec, …

Operation: Defend the North 2025 - Calgary (siberX)

October 20, 2025

Operation: Defend the North 2025 - Calgary Speaking engagement at siberX’s Operation: Defend the North 2025 in Calgary, Canada. The session focused on modern application security, DevSecOps, and building resilient …

The Cybersecurity Meetup - Exclusive Charter (siberX)

October 1, 2025

The Cybersecurity Meetup - Exclusive Charter Speaking engagement at siberX’s The Cybersecurity Meetup, a closed-door charter session bringing together security leaders to discuss modern application security, …

Women in Tech Global Conference 2025 - Implementing Zero Trust in an Organisation to be Uncertainty Ready

June 11, 2025

Session: Implementing Zero Trust in an Organisation to be Uncertainty Ready Session at the Women in Tech Global Conference 2025 exploring how organisations can operationalise Zero Trust to stay resilient in uncertain …

Black Hat Asia 2025 - Cloud Security: Building Connections in the Cloud

April 3, 2025

A Black Hat Asia 2025 meetup session focused on cloud security, identity, compliance, and multi-cloud realities.

Testflix 2024- Defending the unknown using AI and cybersecurity

October 6, 2024

“Atomic Talk Title: Defending the unknown using AI and cybersecurity” New and unknown threats emerge daily, making traditional cybersecurity methods insufficient. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming …

Future Tech Summit 2024

May 24, 2024

Title: The Hackers World Reference:- https://www.bloombloom.co/futureworldsummit-kkem

Blackhat MEA 2023 - Trust the Process: Optimizing Open Source Security with OWASP Frameworks

November 16, 2023

Title: Trust the Process: Optimizing Open Source Security with OWASP Frameworks Security has become an integral component, with DevSecOps emerging as a revolutionary approach to integrating security at every development …

Blackhat MEA 2023 - From Vulnerability to Viability: Tackling Supply Chain Challenges Head-On

November 16, 2023

Title: From Vulnerability to Viability: Tackling Supply Chain Challenges Head-On From Vulnerability to Viability: Tackling Supply Chain Challenges Head-On" dives deep into the pivotal realm of supply chain …

Defcon - AppSec Village 2023

August 12, 2023

Title: Appsec on a Limited Budget- DEF CON 31- AppSec Village We are all heading towards the modernization of applications. However, we still see the companies being impacted with the most common website vulnerabilities …

Secure Software Summit 2022 - New Way of Envisioning Security in the Dependencies

September 15, 2022

TechStrong Secure Software Summit session by Vandana Verma on dependency security and modern software supply chain risk.

Apidays 2022 — API Security

June 27, 2022

Speaker at Apidays conference, presenting on API security topics and best practices for securing APIs in modern application architectures. Reference https://www.apidays.global/speaker/vandana-verma/

React Summit 2022 - New Way of Envisioning Security in the Dependencies

June 17, 2022

Conference talk by Vandana Verma Sehgal on supply chain thinking and dependency security in modern software development.

RSA Conference 2022 - Continuous Security - Integrating Pipeline Security

June 7, 2022

Title - Continuous Security - Integrating Pipeline Security Vandana Verma Sehgal presented this RSAC 2022 session on building security into modern CI/CD workflows. In a world of continuous delivery and cloud native, …

WeAreDevelopers 2022 - Walking into the Era of Supply Chain Risks

April 29, 2022

Public conference talk by Vandana Verma Sehgal on software supply chain risks and modern application security realities.

WeAreDevelopers 2022 - Stranger Danger: Your Java Attack Surface Just Got Bigger

January 26, 2022

Public talk by Vandana Verma Sehgal on Java attack surface growth and the security impact of dependency risk.

ROOTCON 15 - The Curious case of knowing the unknown

October 14, 2021

Title: The Curious case of knowing the unknown Reference:- https://www.rootcon.org/html/archives/rc15#curios_case_unknown

BSides Singapore 2021 - Finding the unknown before it finds you

September 29, 2021

Title - Finding the unknown before it finds you Reference Link: Black Hat USA

Cocon 2021 - New way of looking at the hidden mysteries in the code

September 6, 2021

Title - New way of looking at the hidden mysteries in the code https://india.c0c0n.org/2021/agenda 13-Nov-2021 (DAY 4), TRACK 3

Defcon - AppSec Village 2021

August 7, 2021

Title: The Curious Case of Knowing the Unknown Reference:- https://www.appsecvillage.com/events/dc-2021/the-curious-case-of-knowing-the-unknown

RSA Conference 2021 - Let's Talk, Open-Source Application Security

May 19, 2021

RSA Conference 2021 included multiple appearances for Vandana Verma, with the official RSAC presentation archived as “Let’s Talk, Open-Source Application Security.” Official RSAC presentation …

Grace Hopper Celebration 2021 - India

February 26, 2021

Fri Feb 26, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM GMT +5.5 (45 Min) [Track : Security & Privacy] Title : Redefining Trust in Security If you ask a security expert on “how to protect their network” they would mostly say …

Society for Data Science: Spice of Data Analytics in Cyber Security

January 15, 2021

The Society for Data Science team is back with an exciting set of Workshops and Tutorials as a part of ICDMAI 2021 to happen on 15th January 2021. Join the Workshops on Spice of Data Analytics in Cyber Security by …

Cybersecurity Career Conference 2020

November 15, 2020

Speaker at the Cybersecurity Career Conference 2020 organized by Niloufer Tamboly, focused on helping professionals navigate cybersecurity career paths.

ROOTCON: Zero Trust in the era of cloud - 2020

October 25, 2020

Title : Applying OWASP Web Security Testing Guide by Vandana Verma - 12 Jun

Black Hat Asia 2020

October 1, 2020

Reference Link: Black Hat Asia

DevOps India Summit 2020 - Kickstarting DevSecOps with OpenSource Tools

September 25, 2020

Talk at the DevOps India Summit 2020 discussing various Open Source Tools available from OWASP to be used in the journey of DevSecOps. Published on Techstrong TV.

Diana Initiative 2020 - Trust, No Trust or Zero Trust - Myth Demystifying

August 21, 2020

Talk at The Diana Initiative 2020 exploring the myths around Zero Trust architecture, breaking down the concept of trust models and demystifying common misconceptions about Zero Trust implementation.

Defcon - AppSec Village 2020

August 9, 2020

Title: Running an appsec program with open source projects We are all heading towards the modernization of applications. However, we still see the companies being impacted with the most common website vulnerabilities …

Defcon - Red Team Village 2020: Zero Trust

August 7, 2020

Title: Zero Trust - A Vision for Securing Cloud and Redefining Security Reference:- https://redteamvillage.io/day0.html

Black Hat USA 2020

August 6, 2020

Reference Link: Black Hat USA

CII Karnataka Cybersecurity Digital Conference 2020

June 20, 2020

Panel discussion on Ethics and Privacy

OWASP Sendai 2020 - DevSecOps Deep Dive

June 12, 2020

OWASP chapter talk by Vandana Verma on DevSecOps and secure application delivery.

Open Security Summit

June 12, 2020

Title : Applying OWASP Web Security Testing Guide by Vandana Verma - 12 Jun

Women Tech Network Global Conference: Implementing Zero Trust in an organisation to be uncertainty Ready

June 10, 2020

Session: Implementing Zero Trust in an organisation to be uncertainty Ready The Current unprecedented situation has changed the IT World forever, no matter what the outcome is, the conceptual changes in the working …

CyberDay4Girls 2020

May 28, 2020

Sarcon 2020

April 25, 2020

OWASP Seasides 2020 - Goa

February 28, 2020

Speaker at OWASP Seasides 2020 held in Goa, India. OWASP Seasides is a security conference organized by the OWASP community bringing together security professionals from across India and beyond.

AppSec California 2020 — Conference Speaker

January 22, 2020

Speaker at OWASP AppSec California 2020, presenting on application security topics to the West Coast security community.

SACON 2020

January 8, 2020

Security Guild 2019

November 15, 2019

Speaker at Security Guild 2019, presenting on application security and DevSecOps topics to the security community.

Shifting the DevSecOps Culture, Taking away the sugar piece and giving the pile to ants : Defcon - AppSec Village 2019

August 11, 2019

Title: Shifting the DevSecOps Culture, Taking away the sugar piece and giving the pile to ants We have been talking about the technical angle of DevSecOps. How do I go about building the DevSecOps culture in the …

BSides Las Vegas 2019

August 6, 2019

Speaker at BSides Las Vegas 2019, part of Hacker Summer Camp alongside DEF CON and Black Hat USA.

DevSecCon: Cloud Security and the Myths Around it

July 18, 2019

The talk would be around the general myths we have on Cloud Security and Cloud Computing. Also, we will map the myths with different roles and discuss how to resolve that.

Global AppSec Tel Aviv 2019 - Trainer: Introduction to Web Application Hacking

May 28, 2019

Provided free training on Introduction to Web Application Hacking at OWASP Global AppSec Tel Aviv 2019. Also served on the Call For Papers Review committee for the event.

Nullcon 2019

March 1, 2019

Speaker at Nullcon 2019, one of India’s premier cybersecurity conferences, presenting on application security topics.

AppSec California 2019 — Conference Speaker

January 23, 2019

Speaker at OWASP AppSec California 2019, one of the premier application security conferences on the West Coast.

BSides Delhi 2018

October 20, 2018

Speaker and organizer at BSides Delhi 2018, contributing to the Indian security community through both presentation and event management.

OWASP AppSec Europe 2018

July 5, 2018

Thursday, July 5 • 12:30pm - 1:30pm OWASPWIA (Women In AppSec) hosted a talk and luncheon for all the Ladies Venue: Byron- 4th Floor QEII Centre Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London. SW1P 3EE Reference:- …

c0c0n 2017 - Kerala Police Cybersecurity Conference

September 15, 2017

Speaker at c0c0n 2017, the annual hacking and cybersecurity conference organized by Kerala Police, presenting on security topics to law enforcement and security professionals.