# 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.

## Key facts

- Name: Tapendra Dev
- Role: Founder & CEO, Secure Blink (https://secureblink.com)
- Country: India
- Experience: 12+ years in offensive and defensive security; has worked with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and law enforcement
- Earlier roles: Security Researcher, CTO and Senior IT Consultant for several unicorn startups
- Certifications: OSCP, CEH, AWS Certified Security Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, Red Hat Certified Specialist in Server Security and Hardening, CEPT
- Award: GrindStone Award, Cybersecurity Entrepreneur Summit, RSA Conference 2026
- Trained 200+ government scientists in offensive and defensive security at Rashtriya Raksha University

## Secure Blink

- AI-powered cybersecurity product company, incubated at IIT Kanpur and accelerated by IndiaAI with Station F and HEC Paris
- Products: ThreatSpy (autonomous DAST and API security testing), ThreatTrace (threat intelligence for cyber investigations)
- Top 3 Cybersecurity Startup & Scaleup finalist, Nexus Luxembourg 2026

## Speaking

- RSA Conference 2026
- Nexus Luxembourg 2026
- 24th AMSB Seminar, Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (Indian Army)
- Bharat National Cyber Security Exercise 2023 (National Security Council Secretariat)
- BIMSTEC Youth Summit 2025
- US-India Forum "Securing the AI Frontier" (AmCham India with IndiaAI)
- Dubai AI & Web3 Festival
- 22nd Annual IFIP WG 11.9 Digital Forensics Conference
- BSides Ahmedabad 2024

## Interviews and coverage

- [Entrepreneur Middle East interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ZivdnAlIs)
- [Zee News interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sfuidn95Y8)
- [Web3.TV podcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WadcvPD3958)
- [SafetyDetectives interview](https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/tapendra-dev-secure-blink/)
- [YourStory feature on Secure Blink](https://yourstory.com/2021/05/bootstrapped-cybersecurity-startup-secureblink-eliminate-vulnerabilities)
- [Cyber Security Works: predictions 2022](https://cybersecurityworks.com/cyber-security-predictions-2022/tapendra-dev.html)

## Writing

- [AI Found Thousands of Zero-Days. Less Than 1% Are Patched.](https://tapendradev.medium.com/ai-found-thousands-of-zero-days-less-than-1-are-patched-heres-why-that-s-your-real-problem-31abe857407b) (May 2026)
- [The Broken Feedback Loop: Why Developers Ignore Security Findings](https://tapendradev.medium.com/the-broken-feedback-loop-why-developers-ignore-security-findings-621aa0a34e47) (Sep 2025)
- [Canada's Ban on Hikvision](https://tapendradev.medium.com/canadas-ban-on-hikvision-why-the-world-needs-stronger-surveillance-tech-oversight-797b06eb92c5) (Jul 2025)
- [Astaroth Phishing Kit Exposed](https://tapendradev.medium.com/astaroth-phishing-kit-exposed-the-rising-threat-that-renders-2fa-useless-fea1b060b51d) (Feb 2025)
- [CVSS Scoring in 2025: Why It's No Longer Enough](https://tapendradev.medium.com/cvss-scoring-in-2025-why-its-no-longer-enough-9c05d69a34aa) (Jan 2025)
- [The AppSec Landscape in 2025](https://tapendradev.medium.com/the-appsec-landscape-in-2025-a-new-era-of-challenges-and-opportunities-430abc1e59b7) (Jan 2025)

## Profiles

- Website: https://www.tapendradev.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tapendradev
- X: https://x.com/tapendradev
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tapendradev
- Medium: https://tapendradev.medium.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/tapendradev

## Contact

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tapendradev