Tanya Janca
Head of Education and Community, Semgrep Tanya Janca, aka SheHacksPurple, is a best-selling author, award-winning IT security expert, and educator with 28 years of experience, known for training thousands and being a global authority on software security.
About this speaker
Tanya Janca, aka SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of 'Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’ and ‘Cards Against AppSec'. Over her 28-year IT career she has won countless awards (including OWASP Lifetime Distinguished Member and Hacker of the Year), spoken all over the planet, and is a prolific blogger. Tanya has trained thousands of software developers and IT security professionals, as Head of Education at Semgrep, via her online academies (We Hack Purple and Semgrep Academy), and her live training programs. Having performed counter-terrorism, led security for the 52nd Canadian general election, developed or secured countless applications, Tanya Janca is widely considered an international authority on the security of software.
