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Bandana Kaur

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Security Research Engineer at APIsec
📍 India

Bandana is a Gen-Z cybersecurity researcher at APIsec, specializing in AI and API security. She conducts vulnerability research and engineers penetration testing logic. A prominent voice in her field, she has spoken at Black Hat MEA and serves as a Cybersecurity Lead for the UNs Internet Governance Forum.

Passionate about making cybersecurity accessible, she founded HackWitHer to create educational content for teenagers on social media. She loves sharing her learnings through talks, podcasts, and writing, aiming to inspire the next generation of security professionals and build a more inclusive tech community.

At only 18 years old, she was invited to speak across three separate tracks at Black Hat MEA 2025.

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Experience
1 Years
Current Role
Security Research Engineer
Job Level
Junior
Location
India
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Priorities

Topics Bandana cares about

AI & LLM Security
Her research focuses on weaponizing Large Language Model (LLM) jailbreaks and securing AI systems, a topic she has presented at international conferences.
API Vulnerabilities
As a Security Research Engineer at APIsec, her work involves identifying and mitigating security flaws at the API layer, especially in AI-powered applications.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Security Research Engineer
APIsec
1-2024
NICE | NIST Cybersecurity Ambassador
NICE
1-2024
Security Researcher
HackWitHer
12-2025 - 12-2025
Conference Speaker / Technical Presenter
Black Hat MEA
4-2025 - 10-2025
Board Member and Cybersecurity Lead at the DTC: Internet Governance Forum
United Nations
In the press

Media appearances

NICE Cybersecurity Career Ambassador Finder – Bandana Kaur. Featured in NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology)
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Education
2023 - 2025
CBSE 12th Grade
Confidential
5-2015 - 3-2023
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Delhi Public School - India
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