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No Password Required Podcast Episode 56 – Anmol Agarwal

Anmol Agarwal — Senior Security Researcher at Nokia and Guardian of Secure AI Networks

On this episode, Jack Clabby of Carlton Fields, P.A., and resident cybersecurity expert Kayley Melton, founder of Reality Shift, chat with Dr. Anmol Agarwal, a senior security researcher at Nokia. With deep expertise in AI security, adversarial machine learning, and privacy-preserving technologies, she is advancing innovation in next-generation communications. Her career began with a focus on health management, where her exposure to the transformative power of technology in patient care sparked a passion for cybersecurity. Dr. Agarwal previously managed federal enterprise risks at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and now shares her knowledge as an adjunct professor at George Washington University. Committed to community engagement, she mentors aspiring cybersecurity professionals through WiCyS and other initiatives, empowering the leaders of tomorrow in the ever-evolving cyber landscape.

In the Lifestyle Polygraph segment, Dr. Agarwal gave us some insight about her life away from all things cybersecurity including a passion for British baking competitions and why should wouldn’t mind adding a couple journalist to her team.

The show begins with Jack Clabby of Carlton Fields, P.A., joined by resident cybersecurity expert Kayley Melton, analyzing what they learned in this weeks insightful episode with Dr. Anmol Agarwal

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No Password Required Podcast Special Episode – Tanya Janca

No Password Required Podcast Special Episode - Tanya Janca

Tanya Janca, widely known as SheHacksPurple, is the Head of Community and Education at Semgrep and the best-selling author of Alice and Bob Learn Application Security. With over 25 years of experience in coding and IT, Tanya has become a leading advocate for secure software practices.
Her highly anticipated sequel, Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding, takes a deeper dive into building secure software from the ground up. This new book equips developers with practical techniques to integrate security at every stage of the development process. Tanya’s passion for teaching secure practices stems from her extensive career, which began in the Canadian government. Starting as a software developer, she later transitioned to election security and served as the IT Security Coordinator (CISO equivalent) for the 42nd General Election in Canada. Driven by her mission to “secure all the things,” Tanya continues to inspire and empower the global developer community, ensuring that security becomes a foundational element of software development.

You can follow Tanya Janca on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-janca/
You can follow Tanya Janca on Twitter here: @shehackspurple
You can learn more about Semgrep Academy here: https://academy.semgrep.dev/