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Entrepreneur, cybersecurity researcher and speaker. 12+ years breaking into systems so organizations can defend them.
I learned security by breaking into systems. For more than 12 years I have used that to help companies, governments and law enforcement defend theirs.
Tapendra Dev is an Indian entrepreneur, cybersecurity researcher and speaker. He is the Founder & CEO of Secure Blink and writes about application security, AI security and threat research.
With more than 12 years of experience across red, blue and purple team security, he has worked with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and law enforcement as a cybersecurity expert. Before founding Secure Blink, he designed products and security architectures for several unicorn startups as a Security Researcher, CTO and Senior IT Consultant.
He has trained more than 200 government scientists in offensive and defensive security, and he speaks regularly at national and international forums, from the Indian Army's AMSB Seminar and India's National Cyber Security Exercise to RSA Conference and Nexus Luxembourg.
OffSec
Offensive Security Certified Professional
EC-Council
Certified Ethical Hacker
Amazon Web Services
Security Specialty
Amazon Web Services
Solutions Architect Associate
Red Hat
Certified Specialist in Server Security and Hardening
Infosec
Certified Expert Penetration Tester
Keynotes, panels and trainings for governments, armed forces, industry bodies and global security conferences.
+ also: MPAI Annual Summit 2024, ETCIO Gen AI roundtable with SADA and Google Cloud, National Conclave on Cybersecurity at SOA University, Centre for Knowledge Sovereignty roundtable on critical infrastructure, and hackathon judge at JNU.
Interviews, podcasts and coverage.
mentioned_by: Times of India, Business Standard, Inc42, Ministry of External Affairs, MeitY, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Embassy of India in France, Invest India, Startup India, FICCI, CII, AmCham India and Young Indians.
Selected essays on application security, AI and threat research. More at tapendradev.medium.com.
Why the gap between AI-speed vulnerability discovery and real-world patching is now the risk that matters.
ref: medium.comHow scanner output gets lost between security and engineering teams, and what fixing the loop looks like.
ref: medium.comWhat Canada's decision signals about validating the surveillance technology governments rely on.
ref: medium.comA breakdown of a phishing kit built to bypass two-factor authentication, and how defenders should respond.
ref: medium.comWhy severity scores alone fail to prioritise vulnerabilities, and the context teams need instead.
ref: medium.comThe shifts reshaping application security, from AI-generated code to API sprawl.
ref: medium.comQuick answers about Tapendra Dev.
Tapendra Dev is an Indian entrepreneur, cybersecurity researcher and speaker. He is the Founder & CEO of Secure Blink, an AI-powered cybersecurity product company, and has more than 12 years of experience across red, blue and purple team security.
He is known for founding Secure Blink, which builds ThreatSpy and ThreatTrace, for his work with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and law enforcement, and for speaking at forums including RSA Conference 2026, Nexus Luxembourg, the Indian Army's AMSB Seminar and India's Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise.
OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), AWS Certified Security Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Server Security and Hardening, and CEPT (Certified Expert Penetration Tester).
Secure Blink, an AI-powered cybersecurity product company incubated at IIT Kanpur and accelerated by IndiaAI in collaboration with Station F and HEC Paris. Its products include ThreatSpy for autonomous DAST and API security testing, and ThreatTrace for threat intelligence in cyber investigations.
He received the GrindStone Award at the Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Summit during RSA Conference 2026, and Secure Blink was named a Top 3 Cybersecurity Startup & Scaleup finalist at Nexus Luxembourg 2026.
For speaking invitations, interviews, advisory or partnerships, send a message on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/tapendradev.
The company Tapendra founded and leads. An AI-powered cybersecurity product company incubated at IIT Kanpur and accelerated by IndiaAI with Station F and HEC Paris.
ThreatSpy, autonomous DAST and API security testing. ThreatTrace, threat intelligence for cyber investigations.
Highest likelihood of long-term success at the Global Cyber Startup Showcase.
Cybersecurity Startup & Scaleup category, for autonomous application and API security.
Away from security, you will find me on the golf course, in the gym, or deep in a conversation about watches.
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For speaking invitations, interviews, advisory and partnerships.