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Viswanath S. Chirravuri
AI AppSec Expert at ThalesGroup | GSE #335 | SANS Instructor | CompTIA SME | Doctoral Candidate | RSAC Speaker
Cybersecurity and product security leader with 20+ years driving enterprise security strategy, global program leadership, and innovation in secure software development and operations. I created AI AppSec Academy as a free knowledge hub for security professionals working at the intersection of AI and AppSec.
I am a Associate Instructor for SEC545: GenAI and LLM Application Security and a regular webinar presenter on AI/ML security topics. I am also a CompTIA Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Security+ and Cloud+. I am pursuing a Doctor of Engineering in Cybersecurity Analytics at The George Washington University (expected August 2026) and am a GIAC Security Expert (GSE #335) with 35+ industry certifications.
I have spoken at RSA Conference (2024 & 2026) and am a key contributor to the open-source Secure Machine Learning project. My career spans leadership roles across financial services, banking, and technology sectors including Credit Agricole CIB, J.P. Morgan, and CA Technologies.
Education
- >D.Eng. — Doctor of Engineering in Cybersecurity Analytics · George Washington University, USAexp. Aug 2026
- >M.S. — Master of Science in Information Security Engineering (MS-ISE) · SANS Technology Institute, USAJan 2021
- >B.E. — Bachelor of Engineering · Osmania University, IndiaMay 2005
Certifications
Professional
- >CISSP — ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional2014
- >PMP — PMI Project Management Professional2013-07-05
GIAC
- >GOAA — GIAC Offensive AI Analyst2026-01-26
- >GCLD — GIAC Cloud Security Essentials2025-11-08
- >GSNA — GIAC Systems and Network Auditor2024-10-16
- >GMLE — GIAC Machine Learning Engineer2024-01-20
- >GX-IH — GIAC Experienced Incident Handler2023-04-24
- >GX-IA — GIAC Experienced Intrusion Analyst2023-04-24
- >GX-CS — GIAC Experienced Cyber Security2023-04-24
- >GSP — GIAC Security Professional2023-04-24
- >GSLC — GIAC Security Leadership2023-03-25
- >GSE #335 — GIAC Security Expert2023-02-26
- >GSTRT — GIAC Strategic Planning, Policy, and Leadership2022-09-06
- >GXPN — GIAC Exploit Researcher and Advanced Penetration Tester2021-07-03
- >GCCC — GIAC Critical Controls Certification2020-10-21
- >GCIA — GIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst2020-09-26
- >GOSI — GIAC Open Source Intelligence2020-08-23
- >GNFA — GIAC Network Forensic Analyst2020-08-06
- >GWEB — GIAC Certified Web Application Defender2020-06-08
- >GSEC — GIAC Security Essentials2020-05-09
- >GCIH — GIAC Certified Incident Handler2020-04-18
- >GCSA — GIAC Cloud Security Automation2020-04-17
- >GISF — GIAC Information Security Fundamentals2020-03-12
- >GPEN — GIAC Penetration Tester2018-05-05
- >GWAPT — GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester2015-05-05
- >SSAP — SANS Security Awareness Professional2020-06
CompTIA
- >CompTIA SecurityX
- >CompTIA Security+
- >CompTIA PenTest+
- >CompTIA Cloud+
- >CompTIA Data+
Cloud & Other
- >AWS Certified Developer – Associate
- >AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- >AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- >AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
- >DP-900: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals
- >Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP)
Roles
- > Security Developer (Java, Python)
- > Application Security Expert
- > Cybersecurity Expert
- > AI Security Expert
Focus Areas
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