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Past (2019-Present)

Secure by Design: Reducing the Attack Surface of AI and Coding Agents
Presented at Applied Machine Learning Days
Lausanne, Switzerland (February 2026)

Who Is Responsible? Governing and Regulating AI Agents in the Real World
Presented at Applied Machine Learning Days
Lausanne, Switzerland (February 2026)

Highly Vulnerable, But Feeling Great: Vibes Won’t Save Us From What Comes Next (Keynote)
Presented at the AI Security Summit at Black Hat Europe
London, UK (December 2025)

Guardians of the Tommorrow: AI, Risk, and the Human Element
Presented at BSidesJax
Jacksonville, FL (November 2025)

Defending The Future In an Uncertain World: AI, Risk, and Resilience (Keynote)
Presented at c0c0n
Kochi, Kerala, India (October 2025)

Cybersecurity, AI, and Our Brains: A Fireside Chat with Cognitive Scientist and AI Expert Gary Marcus
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2025)

Hack to the Future: Owning AI-Powered Tools With Old-School Vulns
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2025)

Debunking Myths and Misconceptions: What Security Leaders Need to Know
Presented at the AI Summit at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2025)

Alice in Generative AI Land
Presented at BSidesJax
Jacksonville, FL (November 2024)

How AI is Revolutionizing the Entire SDLC (Keynote Panel)
Presented at Agile DevOps USA
Orlando, FL (October 2024)

Everything Old Is New Again: Using What We Already Know For A Safer Future (Keynote)
Presented at Agile DevOps USA
Orlando, FL (October 2024)

The Rising Tide of AI: Navigating The Legal Landscape of Artificial Intelligence
Presented at The Independent Show 2024
Nashville, TN (August 2024)

Conclusions & Key Takeaways from Black Hat USA 2024 (Locknote)
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2024)

Quantum Security: Myths, Facts, and Realities
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2024)

AI Safety And You: Perspectives on Evolving Risks and Impacts
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2024)

Deciphering AI: Unpacking the Impact on Cybersecurity
Presented at Decipher AI Security Event
Virtual (July 2024)

Perspectives on AI, Hype, and Security
Presented at Black Hat Webinar
Virtual (March 2024)

AI Friend or Foe
Presented at AI & Central Bank Conference
Virtual (December 2023)

AI Risk and Privacy First Steps
Presented at AI & Central Bank Conference
Virtual (December 2023)

Perspectives on AI and Security
Presented at Modern CISO Summit
Atlanta, GA (November 2023)

Addressing Risks in LLM-Based Applications
Presented at Agile DevOps East
Orlando, FL (November 2023)

Handling Risks From AI Coding Assistants
Presented at InfoSec World
Orlando, FL (September 2023)

Forward Focus: Perspectives on AI, Hype, and Security
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2023)

Risks and Realities of Software Engineering in the Age of LLMs
Presented at The Future of AI & Software Engineering
Miami, FL (June 2023)

Web3 Security For The Enterprise
Presented at Black Hat Webcast (Black Hat, Dark Reading)
Virtual (April 2023)

Off The Beaten Path: Web3 Security (Keynote)
Presented at Cybersecurity Outlook 2023
(Black Hat, Dark Reading) Virtual (December 2022)

From Hackathon to Hacked: Web3’s Security Journey
Presented at Black Hat USA
Las Vegas, NV (August 2022)

Web3: The Great Debate
Presented at Nullcon Berlin
Berlin, Germany, 2022 (April 2022) 

Preventing Random Forest Fires: AI Risk and Security First Steps
Presented at Black Hat Webcast
Virtual, 2021 (June 2021)

Technical Debt and Tears: Attacking and Defending AI
Presented at BSides Tampa
Tampa, FL (February 2020)

Click Here To Fix Everything (Keynote)
Presented at BSidesJax
Jacksonville, FL (November 2019)