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Nayan Goel
About Nayan Goel
Nayan Goel – Principal Application Security Engineer | AI Security Innovator | Patent Holder | Global Contributor to AI Standards
Nayan Goel is one of the fastest rising [1] innovators in AI and Application Security, known for building the tools, frameworks, and research that are shaping how the world secures intelligent systems. As AI becomes embedded in global finance, healthcare, infrastructure, and cloud ecosystems, Nayan has emerged as a defining voice in the movement to protect these technologies from new and rapidly evolving threats.
Currently a Principal Application Security Engineer at Upgrade, Inc., one of America’s fastest-growing fintech unicorns, Nayan leads the security strategy behind high-scale AI systems, LLM agents, cloud-native platforms, and automated decision [2] pipelines used by millions of consumers. His work safeguards billions of dollars in annual financial activity and ensures regulatory trust in AI-powered systems making him a key architect of secure digital finance.
Nayan’s influence extends far beyond his corporate role. He has authored three patented [3] inventions, a machine learning based wireless network security device, a sentiment driven authentication interface, and a cloud-powered supply chain security solution. Demonstrating his ability to innovate across cybersecurity, AI, and complex distributed systems.
He is also the creator of several widely recognized security tools, each [4] addressing a critical gap in the fast-changing AI threat landscape:
• GraphQL Security Tester (Burp Extension): An industry-first tool that uses large language models to automatically generate adversarial GraphQL queries, now referenced within cybersecurity communities worldwide. • AI Prompt Injection Tester: A system that simulates adversarial prompt attacks against LLM agents, presented at multiple security events and used by teams evaluating AI safety risks.
Nayan is also a published researcher in areas such as Zero-Trust AI architectures, AI threat modeling, GraphQL attack surfaces, and continually learning AI systems [5]. His work has contributed to early thought leadership on how AI systems should be evaluated, monitored, and hardened against emerging attack patterns.
His credibility in the global security ecosystem is further strengthened by his role as a contributor to the OWASP Agentic Security Guidelines, OWASP AIVSS, and OWASP LLM Top 10 projects that are defining the world’s first [6] standards for securing autonomous and LLM-based systems. He also serves as an editor and reviewer for scientific journals, a session chair for IEEE conferences, and a speaker at international events including Bsides Chicago, Global Data & AI Conference, DevFest AI, IEMCON at UC Berkeley, and more.
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