2026-07-15 –, S3A
This panel brings together experts from different corners of the field to talk about how generative AI is changing cybersecurity and the tricky challenges that come with it. Not only will we explore the technical aspects, but also the ethical considerations our society must have with in this rapidly evolving landscape.
We're not treating this as just a technical conversation. Generative AI in cybersecurity touches code, strategy, and ethics all at once, and we want to dig into all three. By the end of the panel, you should walk away with a clearer sense of the real risks at the language and ecosystem level, some practical lessons from teams working security operations day to day, and a more grounded take on the ethical questions this technology raises.
Sylwia ‘BlazingWind’ Budzynska is a security researcher at GitHub Security Lab, where she hunts for vulnerabilities in open source software, specializing in Python and at-scale static analysis tooling. She has found 80+ CVEs and spoken at a number of conferences and events, including The Hack Summit Warsaw, OrangeCon Amsterdam, CoderGirls Aarhus, 0-day Aarhus and others.
Most of her research is available on https://github.blog/author/sylwiabudzynska/ and most of her advisories on https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/.
In free time, Sylwia enjoys dance classes, reading fantasy, hiking and gaming.
I’ve graduated from philosophy and social science. True to Zed A. Shaw advice from Learn Python the Hard Way, I entered the tech world as an anthropologist with barely enough of the local language to get around and survive. My next step led me to the Django Girls community - first as an attendee, then as a couch, committer and organizer. At 2016, I was a speaker at DjangoCon Europe. I have been working as a Python developer since 2016.
In my free time, I’m involved in the extreme sports of mountain hiking with kids and dancing flamenco.
Mike is a professional engineer with over three decades of experience, having held senior leadership roles at companies including Datadog, MongoDB, LeafLink, Warby Parker, and Paribus (Capital One). He is dedicated to continuous learning and mentoring.
He is a recognized contributor to the tech community, having been a conference speaker since 2012. His accolades include the Awesome Community Chef Award (2016) and being an AWS Container Hero since 2018.
Currently working as the PyPI Safety & Security Engineer at the Python Software Foundation, he devotes his free time to working on open source tools, learning new technologies, and volunteering as a roller derby referee. With a holistic view of systems and software and a passion for problem-solving, Mike helps others navigate the complexities of the tech world.
He can be found on Mastodon, GitHub, and elsewhere online, or wearing stripes at a roller derby game near you.
Security Developer-in-Residence at the Python Software Foundation since 2023. Python core developer and PSF Fellow. Maintainer of several open source Python projects including urllib3, Requests, and Truststore. Seth writes about open source, security, Python, and retro video games on his blog.
Tech Lead and Software Engineer for cybersecurity at Kor Labs.
Python programmer convinced by Agile, Software Craft, Accelerate and the antic greek philosophy. Former consultant for big industrial clients (SNCF, EDF, Thales, Schneider Electric).
Regular meetuper, speaker at different French conferences, technical coach.
