Katie Paxton-Fear

Dr. Katie Paxton-Fear is a Staff Security Advocate at Semgrep and an ethical hacker and security researcher specializing in application and API security. A former API developer, she has identified vulnerabilities affecting organizations ranging from the U.S. Department of Defense to Verizon and regularly delivers security research and training. She is also a frequent cybersecurity conference speaker and holds a Ph.D. in cybersecurity.

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