Dr. Ankur Chowdhary is a cybersecurity researcher. Ankur has published over 30 research papers and one textbook in the field of cybersecurity. He received Ph.D. (2020) and M.S. (2015) with specialization in cybersecurity from Arizona State University (ASU). His research interests include appsec, cloud security and AI/ML in cybersecurity. Ankur has been a speaker at several cybersecurity conferences including DEFCON Red Team Village, DEFCON Appsec Village, and CactusCon. Ankur also holds several cybersecurity industry certifications such as CRTP/CRTE/eWPT. Ankur is coach of ASU's National Cybersecurity Defense Competition (NCCDC) team. He co-founded hacking club DevilSec in 2019 to teach offensive and defensive security to students at ASU.