Our mission

PBC's AI Center of Excellence unites forward-thinking security leaders to explore, shape, and share best practices at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
  • Illuminate Risks & Opportunities – Identify and address the unique risks AI introduces to software, systems, and organizations; while enabling its responsible and secure adoption.
  • Empower Security Leaders – Equip security leaders with insights to navigate AI securely.
  • Advance Collective Knowledge – Build primers, best practice, and guidance materials through collaboration among leading practitioners.
  • Influence the Future – Champion the role of security leadership in ensuring AI-driven innovation is trustworthy and secure.

Mission of the PBC AI & Security Center of Excellence

PBC's AI & Security Center of Excellence unites forward-thinking security leaders to explore, shape, and share best practices at the intersection of artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.

Illuminate Risks & Opportunities

Identify and address the unique risks AI introduces to software, systems, and organizations; while enabling its responsible and secure adoption.

Advance Collective Knowledge

Build primers, best practice, and guidance materials through collaboration among leading practitioners.

Empower Security Leaders

Equip security leaders with insights to navigate AI securely.

Influence the Future

Champion the role of security leadership in ensuring AI-driven innovation is trustworthy and secure.

AI Security Leaders of PBC

Paolo del Mundo
Director of Application Security,
The Motley Fool
Cassie Crossley
VP, Supply Chain Security, Cybersecurity & Product Security Office, Schneider Electric
Oguzhan Topgul
Sr. Manager, Application Security, Fortinet
Renan Dias
Manager, Engineering, VTS
Balachander Shanbhag
Product Security Lead, Cerebras Systems
Bobby Bauer
Security Engineering and Architecture - CyberSecurity, Pearson
Mohit Bansal
Engineering Manager, Security Engineering, Webflow
Agas Somasundaram
AI & Cloud Executive
Kapinder Diwan
Business Unit Chief Information Security Officer, Northern Trust
Jackie Mak
Director of Cybersecurity Consulting, KPMG
Santosh Datta Bompally
Product Security Leader, Humana
Taslimm Quraishi
Global Head of Risk and Compliance, Amazon
Mark Merkow
Application Security Engineer, Freeport-McMoRan
Karan Bansal
Head of AI & Security Innovation, ArmorCode
Ty Berthiaume
Director of Product and Application Security, CNH Industrial
Nevada Start
Senior Product Security Engineer, Okta
Rohan Parakh
Senior Director of Product Management, ArmorCode
Sanket Naik
Founder & CEO, Palosade
Akshay Mahajan
Senior Manager, Production Security, Wayfair
Adnan Dakhwe
CISO & CIO, DelphinusCyber

Moderator:

Application Security Engineer, The Standard

#ProductSecurity

Sessions
Exploring Real-World Challenges - Insights from Product Security Leaders
Jagadish Namboodiri, Cassie Crossley, Deepak Parashar
June 17, 2025

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