Vandana Verma Sehgal

Vandana Verma is a multi-award winning Cybersecurity leader, a Hands-on Senior Solution Architect at Snyk, Podcast host with ITSP, Diversity and Inclusion Advocate and an International speaker and influencer on a range of themes in Information Security including Application Security, DevSecOps, Cloud Security and Security Careers.

From being the Co-Chair on the OWASP Global Board of Directors to running various groups promoting security to organizing conferences to even delivering keynote addresses at several of them, she is engaged continuously and proactively in making the global application security community a better place for individuals, organizations and communities.

As a true leader who leads by example and uplifts others, she nurtures people right at the grassroot level by coaching ,mentoring and most importantly conducting free workshops, training and meetups across the globe in Infosec for different age-groups right from Industry professionals, school and college students and diverse socio-economic backgrounds.

• First Indian to become Global Board of Directors OWASP

• Cyber Security Leader of the year 2023

• “We Applaud” Award for Security Testing

• Won Ninja Hacking Challenge in Nullcoon 2015.

• 40 under 40 in Cybersecurity 202240 under 40 in Cybersecurity 2022

o Issued by Top Cyber News MAGAZINE · Jan 2022Issued by Top Cyber News MAGAZINE · Jan 2022

• Women of The Year - Public AcademiaWomen of The Year - Public Academia

Issued by Executive Women's Forum on Information Security, Risk Management & Privacy · Oct 2021Issued by Executive Women's Forum on Information Security, Risk Management & Privacy · Oct 2021

• Advisory Board for Women in Cybersecurity Beyond Border 2021Advisory Board for Women in Cybersecurity Beyond Border 2021

Issued by SiberX · Feb 2021Issued by SiberX · Feb 2021

• Advisory BoardAdvisory Board

Issued by EC-COUNCIL · Jan 2021Issued by EC-COUNCIL · Jan 2021

• AppSec Influencer of 2020 AwardAppSec Influencer of 2020 Award

Issued by WhiteSource · Jan 2021Issued by WhiteSource · Jan 2021

• Women in Cyber Security Advocate Award by SC MediaWomen in Cyber Security Advocate Award by SC Media

Issued by SC Media · Dec 2020Issued by SC Media · Dec 2020

• Cyber Security Woman of the Year Award 2020Cyber Security Woman of the Year Award 2020

Issued by Cyber Security Awards · Oct 2020Issued by Cyber Security Awards · Oct 2020

• Cyber Security Women of the year awardCyber Security Women of the year award

Issued by Women Cyberjutsu · Aug 2019Issued by Women Cyberjutsu · Aug 2019

• Global cybersecurity influencerGlobal cybersecurity influencer

Issued by IFSEC Global · Jun 2019Issued by IFSEC Global · Jun 2019

• Honored to be counted as Top #5 Global cybersecurity influencer among IFSEC Global's "Top Influencers in Security, Fire" for 2019:

• One of the Top women in Cyber security in IndiaOne of the Top women in Cyber security in India

Jan 2019