Dr. Katie Paxton-Fear is an API security expert and Principal API security researcher at Traceable, in her words: she used to make APIs and now she breaks them. A former APIdeveloper turned API hacker. She has found vulnerabilities in organizations ranging from the Department of Defense to Verizon, with simple API vulnerabilities. Dr Katie has been a featured expert in the Wall Street Journal, BBC News, ZDNet, The Daily Swig and more. As she shares some of the easy way hackers can exploit APIs and how they get away without a security alert! Dr Katie regularly delivers API security training, security research, to some of the largest brands worldwide. She combines easy-to-understand explanations with key technical details that turn API security into something everyone can get.