Katie Paxton-Fear

Dr Katie Paxton-Fear is a hacker and security advocate at Semgrep, she used to make applications and now she breaks them. A former developer, she sees security vulnerabilities as small mistakes by overstressed developers, and wants to find ways to make their life easier while making sure that we are all secure. She's found vulnerabilities in everything from the military to AI, in her own words, 'without really knowing what I was doing'. She is passionate about giving back to the security community, delivering security training, writing and sharing her security research and also through her YouTube channel where she teaches almost 100,000 subscribers how to follow in her footsteps! She combines easy-to-understand explanations with key technical details, turning security into something everyone can understand and engage with. She's been featured as an expert in the Wall Street Journal, BBC news, ZDNet, The Daily Swig, Vodafone and more.