Profile
Tanya Janca, aka SheHacksPurple, is the best-selling author of 'Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding', 'Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’ and ‘Cards Against AppSec'. Over her 28-year IT career she has won countless awards (including OWASP Lifetime Distinguished Member and Hacker of the Year), spoken all over the planet, and is a prolific blogger. Tanya has trained thousands of software developers and IT security professionals, via her online academies (We Hack Purple and Semgrep Academy), and her live training programs. Having performed counter-terrorism, led security for the 52nd Canadian general election, developed or secured countless applications, Tanya Janca is widely considered an international authority on the security of software.
Expertise
- Developing Application Security Programs
- Secure Code and Design training for software developers
- Creating and advising DevSecOps Pipelines and strategies
- Web App Security testing (PenTests) and security Assessments
Qualifications
Achievements & Contributions
- Founder: We Hack Purple (Academy, Community and Podcast), WoSEC International (Women of Security), OWASP DevSlop, #CyberMentoringMonday
- Best-Selling Author of Alice and Bob Learn Application Security
- CISO for 2015 Canadian General Election
- 13.5 years’ service to the Canadian Public (Government), 25 years in tech
- Numerous awards: Public Speaking, Security Leadership, Mentoring Leader, Hacker of the Year, DevSecOps Inspiring Individual, etc. from various organizations
- Spoken and keynoted at security conferences, meetups, and training events the world over
- Authored 'Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding', 'Alice and Bob Learn Application Security’ and ‘Cards Against AppSec'