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Salt Lake City, USA & Sydney, AU
Regina Grogan
Technical Director
empathetic leadership
Conference Speaker

About Me

I'm Regina, and I teach computers to speak human.


I also teach executives to speak security.


Like many of us, I liked to mess with computers as a teen. I still remember the old times messing around with my friends and "pranking" eachother with linux. My first machine was Ubuntu Linux.


Some people may call me the "first champion of autofill" because I led user studies which analyzed security at Google and paved the way for improvements in the payments sector (DevSecOps Google Security by Design Group).


This lead to the development of autofill across google shopping, google pay, and android.


Any innovation I make grows out of my own dislike for inefficiencies. That's how I get ideas. And I'm someone who gets frustrated and hates typing the same thing over and over.


I like to contribute to communities, so I have spent most of my time in this industry in vulnerability management and bug-bountying. I'm also a vocal supporter of helping women get into technology and technology leadership positions, as evidenced by my 2 books.


This is also why I’m an advocate for open-source projects and communities like Ubuntu, the Fediverse, Kali Linux, the Linux Foundation, and many open-source vulnerability disclosure programs. You can find the repositories linked at the bottom of the page.


I am introverted, so after a large talk I like to recharge for a little bit. I do a lot of talks and this is my self-care.


I hold credentials from Stanford University, the University of Utah, and several other organizations, listed below.

  • Advanced Cybersecurity Graduate Program at Stanford University
  • Board Member at Stanford Institute for Internet and Society
  • Member of the Institute of Community Directors Board Governance Program
  • Certifications in AWS (Architecture, Consulting)
  • Incident Response (ISC2), Systems Security (ISC2)
  • Cisco CCNA
  • SAP, SAP 4/HANA
  • Zero Trust Security (Linux Foundation),
  • Hacking the Linux Kernel, Open-source documentation for managers
  • Qualyis: Vulnerability Management and Disclosure, Vulnerability Scanning, Container Security, Endpoint Security


Highlights

1
Top woman in AI Security & Data Protection by Forbes
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Awarded top woman in AI & Security by the association on AI ethics
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Published "Don't sign that deal!" +1 other book under development
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Developed an AI application for NASA's Mission to Venus
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Panelist on CNBC speaking about Apple's Vision Pro & Security
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Keynote Speaker at DevWorld US
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Mentor & Advisor at Hacker Dojo
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Mentor in the Women and Mentorship Program

Technical Portfolio