Bandana Kaur

Security Consultant

India6 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Youngest speaker at Black Hat MEA 2025.
  • Designed curriculum for Gen-Z hackers.
  • Led global youth discussions on cybersecurity.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cybersecurity and Education specialist focused on youth engagement and AI security.

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Skills

Core Skills

Security ResearchApiPenetration TestingAi Policy, Governance, And RegulationPublic SpeakingAi SecurityYouth LeadershipPublic PolicyOsintMicrosoft AzureProblem Solving

Other Skills

Python (Programming Language)Information Security GovernanceSocial EngineeringSQLVulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT)Web Application SecurityCryptographyInformation TechnologyNetworkingRobotic Process Automation (RPA)Digital ForensicsGeolocationException HandlingpytestHTML

About

I’m passionate about securing technology at every layer; from web and networks to APIs and AI systems, to humans. Basically, if it can be hacked, I want to understand how. My work spans hands-on vulnerability research, explorations into AI Security since I was 15, and policy conversations around the future of cybersecurity. I love yapping and sharing what I learn through talks, podcasts, and public writing, and I've spoken at international conferences and podcasts on topics ranging from OSINT and Social Engineering to attacks against LLM APIs. At the heart of it all, I care about building safer, more inclusive digital spaces. I believe the world must be secure to be liveable, and my motto as HackWitHer is “making the cyberspace liveable for all" and I mean that in the most practical (and occasionally chaotic) way possible. 👩‍💻 Reach me at bandana@hackwither.co.in

Experience

Spar research

Research Fellow: Proving Safety Properties of Guardrail Models

Feb 2026Present · 1 mo

E-cell iit roorkee

Panel Moderator & Partner

Feb 2026Feb 2026 · 0 mo · Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India · On-site

  • Moderated a 1-hour panel discussion titled “AI: From Buzz to Business” at E-Summit ’26 on AI adoption, human-in-the-loop systems, trust, and operational risks in production environments
  • Partnered with E-Cell IIT Roorkee as an official Outreach Partner for E-Summit ’26
AI Policy, Governance, and RegulationAI SecurityPublic Speaking

Black hat mea

Conference Speaker / Technical Presenter

Dec 2025Dec 2025 · 0 mo · Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · On-site

  • Invited to speak across three distinct tracks at Black Hat MEA 2025, while being recognized as one of the youngest speakers ever at BlackHat.
  • Technical Briefing on "Hack One, Hack Them All? Weaponising LLM Jailbreak Transferability"
  • BlackHat Campus on "The Last Human Hacker : What comes after AI?"
  • Women In Focus Panel Discussion on "AI Gone Rogue : Deepfakes, GenAI Scams, and Agentic Attacks"
AI SecurityPublic Speaking

Apisec

Security Research Engineer

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos · San Francisco, California, United States

  • Engineering scalable, automation-ready penetration testing logic within the security research lab to enable continuous security validation across products
  • Driving measurable improvements in product security posture, with a focus on reusability, coverage, and impact by aligning technical research with organisational goals
Security ResearchAPIPython (Programming Language)

United nations

Board Member and Cybersecurity Lead at the DTC: Internet Governance Forum

Apr 2025Oct 2025 · 6 mos

  • Appointed as Cybersecurity Channel Lead for the United Nations Dynamic Teen Coalition (UN DTC) under the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
  • Led global youth-driven discussions on cybersecurity, internet safety, and digital policy across UN DTC platforms.
  • Appointed as Board member in July 2025 to represent teen voices at UN and IGF events, and participate in decision-making while advocating for youth inclusion in digital policy.
  • Represented youth voices on cybersecurity policy at the UN Foundation Unlock the Future North America brainstorm (September 2025), served as a youth delegate of the UN DTC at the IGF 2025 Annual Meeting (July 2025)
  • IYC12 delegate during the UN80 High Level week in New York, awarded Most Engaged Delegate for active participation.
  • Panelist for the UN IGF webinar on Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), discussing security implications in high-stakes surfaces.
Youth LeadershipPublic SpeakingPublic PolicyInformation Security Governance

Indian institute of public administration

Guest Lecturer at CISO Training (2x)

Apr 2024May 2024 · 1 mo

  • Trained 50+ government CISOs twice on OSINT and Social Engineering as part of the NeGD CISO Training Program organised by Prof.(Dr.)Charru Malhotra.
  • Received standing ovation from CISOs and special recognition from the Director General of IIPA Retd. IAS Mr. Surendra Nath Tripathi sir for outstanding presentation.
OSINTPublic SpeakingSocial Engineering

Awis dc

Inaugural Event Speaker for STEAM Series

Mar 2024Mar 2024 · 0 mo

  • Represented Technology as the Inaugural event speaker for the AWIS Washington DC STEAM Speaker Series, hosted by the esteemed Ms.Ambericent Cornett, President-Elect of AWIS DC.
  • Emphasised the importance of diversity in cybersecurity and technology to counterfeit new-age threats.
  • Discussed Social Engineering as the art of human hacking and how a simple DUF acronym can increase awareness.
Public SpeakingSocial Engineering

Hackwither

Security Researcher

Jan 2024Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

  • Designed an introductory curriculum with basic DFIR activities, and hosted an online interactive session for 500+ Gen-Z to get started as “hackers” as a part of NICE CCW 2024
  • Developing educational content aimed at teenagers on Instagram(30K+ followers) and YouTube(500 subscribers)
  • Participating in VDPs for fun; Helped secure NASA, The US DoEd, The US Secret Service and a data leak of 400k officials for the GoI.
Penetration TestingSecurity Research

Microsoft

FRT Intern

Aug 2023Dec 2023 · 4 mos · Remote

  • Participated in Microsoft’s Future Ready Talent Internship programme focusing on Microsoft Azure, Data and AI, and Security
  • Built an Azure SDK-based CLI tool for real-time network management and monitoring and visualized packet capture metrics using MatPlotLib.
  • Delivered a computer vision project using Azure Cognitive Services.
  • NOTE: This internship program was closed around July 2024.
Microsoft Azure

Geeksforgeeks

Competitive Programmer

Jun 2021Oct 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Overall Coding Score: 247
  • Total Problem Solved: 183
Problem SolvingPython (Programming Language)

Hackerrank

Competitive Programmer

May 2021Sep 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Certifications:-
  • Python(Basic)
  • SQL(Basic)
  • Badges:-
  • Python(Silver) 4 ★
  • SQL(Bronze) 2 ★
  • Problem Solving(Bronze) 1 ★
  • 30 Days of Code(Bronze) 1 ★
SQLProblem SolvingPython (Programming Language)

Education

Confidential

CBSE 12th Grade

Jan 2023Jan 2025

Delhi Public School - India

May 2015Mar 2023

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