Talks and Webcast | Tactical Adversary

Kerala Cyber Suraksha Summit 2026 | Panel: The trust paradox

I have moderated an executive panel in Kochi on trust and Zero Trust, seen from the side of builders, defenders and attackers.

How Attackers Win: Simulating Real-World Cyber Attacks

I sat down with Jane Lo (CyberPenny) in Singapore during Milipol TechX and DEF CON Singapore 2026, to talk about how real attackers operate and why simulating their attacks is the best way to know whether your defences actually hold.

DEF CON 33 | Panel: Adversarial mindset, thinking like an attacker is no longer optional

I have moderated an Adversary Village panel at DEF CON 33 on adversarial thinking, red teaming and threat-informed defence.

BSides Tampa 2025 | Borderless adversaries, effective exposure emulation of threat actors

I have spoken at BSides Tampa on testing defences against threat actors that ignore borders and boundaries.

SquareX Be Fearless Podcast: Inside the Attacker Mindset

I was a guest on SquareX's Be Fearless podcast with Field CISO John Carse. We talked about how attackers think, a few war stories from past engagements, where browser security falls short, and why the boring basics still matter more than shiny products.

MITRE ATT&CK APAC 2025 | Breached by borderless adversaries: cyber threat actors in Asia Pacific

I have given a lightning talk at the MITRE ATT&CK Asia-Pacific Community Workshop in Singapore on threat actors targeting the region.

DEF CON 32 Panel discussion: Formidable Adversaries - Responding to Breaches, Ransomware, and State-Sponsored Threat Actors

Moderated a panel discussion at the DEF CON 32, Las Vegas - Creator stage, representing Adversary Village on 9 August 2024.

PlexTrac Friends Friday: On the Scene at Hacker Summer Camp

During Black Hat 2024 in Las Vegas, I joined Dan DeCloss, founder and CTO of PlexTrac, for PlexTrac Friends Friday. We talked about Adversary Village, DEF CON, how I got into hacker culture, and why volunteering matters.

Interview: Adversary Village at BSides San Francisco 2024

I was interviewed by Junice from Squarex on my community initiatives and offensive cyber security in general, during Adversary Village at BSides San Francisco, 5 May 2024.

Interview: Adversary Wars - Adversary Village CTF at DEF CON 31

I was interviewed by Alex Chaveriat on Adversary Wars Adversary Village CTF at DEF CON 31, Las Vegas on 12 August 2023

Panel Discussion: Increasing Security ROI with Adversary Simulation and Purple Teaming

Panel discussion of adversary smilation and purple teaming organized as part of Adversary Sandbox at RSA Conference, San Francisco on 26 April 2023.

Interview: Breaking into red Teaming

Interview title: Breaking into Red Teaming with Abhijith B R. I was interviewed by Vandana Verma to share my experience and insight with respect to breaking into red teaming and offensive security.

Talk: Red Teaming 101 | DEF CON Group Delhi 2021

Talk title: Red Teaming 101 at at DEF CON Group Delhi 0x04, 2021 on October 3rd, 2021.

Panel discussion: Adversary Village at DEF CON 29

Panel title: Resilient cyber space: The role of hacker and security communities at DEF CON 29 Adversary Village on August, 2021.

Adversary Village kick-off at DEF CON 29

Introducing Adversary Village for the first time at DEF CON 29, Hacking Conference, Las Vegas. August 2021.

Talk: Five phases of Internal Red Team Operations Framework: Kickstarting your organization's Red Team Operations programme | BSides Delhi 2020

Talk title: Five phases of IRTOF (Internal Red Team Operations Framework): Kickstarting your organization's Red Team Operations programme. Delievered this talk at BSides Delhi virtual conference on October 18, 2020.

Talks and Webcast.

Kerala Cyber Suraksha Summit 2026 | Panel: The trust paradox

How Attackers Win: Simulating Real-World Cyber Attacks

DEF CON 33 | Panel: Adversarial mindset, thinking like an attacker is no longer optional

BSides Tampa 2025 | Borderless adversaries, effective exposure emulation of threat actors

SquareX Be Fearless Podcast: Inside the Attacker Mindset

MITRE ATT&CK APAC 2025 | Breached by borderless adversaries: cyber threat actors in Asia Pacific

DEF CON 32 Panel discussion: Formidable Adversaries - Responding to Breaches, Ransomware, and State-Sponsored Threat Actors

PlexTrac Friends Friday: On the Scene at Hacker Summer Camp

Interview: Adversary Village at BSides San Francisco 2024

Interview: Adversary Wars - Adversary Village CTF at DEF CON 31

Panel Discussion: Increasing Security ROI with Adversary Simulation and Purple Teaming

Interview: Breaking into red Teaming

Talk: Red Teaming 101 | DEF CON Group Delhi 2021

Panel discussion: Adversary Village at DEF CON 29

Adversary Village kick-off at DEF CON 29

Talk: Five phases of Internal Red Team Operations Framework: Kickstarting your organization's Red Team Operations programme | BSides Delhi 2020

Panel discussion: Red Team Village | c0c0n 2020

Talk: Internal Red Team Operations Framework: Building your practical internal Red Team | The Diana Initiative

Talk: Building a practical internal Red Team | DEFCON 28 Safemode DCG Village.

Panel: Managing New Age of IT and Security | Open Source India 2018

BSides Delhi 2017 | PentestoBots: automating web application security testing with an AI and NLP chat bot