Protect AI to Lead GenAI and AI Security Conversations at RSAC™ Conference 2025

CISO Diana Kelley and team to present four official RSAC™ sessions; Company to host Fireside booth chats with AI security leaders from Microsoft, SAP, Leidos, and more

Protect AI, the leading provider of enterprise AI security solutions, today announced its participation in RSAC™ Conference 2025 with a robust lineup of presentations and conversations focused on securing GenAI and AI supply chains. Chief Information Security Officer Diana Kelley and other Protect AI experts will deliver four official RSAC™ Conference sessions. Protect AI will also host a series of fireside chats featuring AI security leaders and practitioners at Booth S-1549 in the Moscone South Expo Hall.

This announcement follows Protect AI being named a Visionary in AI Security in the 2025 Global InfoSec Awards by Cyber Defense Magazine, which recognized the company’s leadership in addressing emerging AI threats with forward-looking technologies.

WHO:

• Diana Kelley, CISO, Protect AI – former Cybersecurity Field CTO at Microsoft and Global Security Advisor at IBM
• Neal Swaelens, Head of Product, LLM Security, Protect AI
• Oleksandr Yaremchuk, Head of Engineering, LLM Security, Protect AI
• William Armiros, Tech Lead Manager, Protect AI
• Sam Washko, Sr. Software Engineer, Protect AI

WHAT:

Official RSAC™ Conference Sessions

1. Principles of GenAI Security: Foundations for Building Security In
   
   Diana Kelley, CISO, Protect AI
   
   Monday, April 28 | 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM PT
   
   Dive into the unique attack surfaces and risks of GenAI. Learn how security principles evolve in this new paradigm, and gain practical guidance on securing agentic AI systems, managing risk, and building secure architectures.
   
   
2. Shadow AI: Shining the Governance Light on AI
   
   Panelist: Diana Kelley, CISO, Protect AI
   
   Monday, April 28 | 1:10 PM – 2:00 PM PT
   
   This panel explores the growing challenge of Shadow AI. Experts will examine transparency, AI Bills of Materials (AI-BOMs), explainability, and governance strategies to reduce risk and ensure ethical AI usage.
   
   
3. Securing Retrieval Pipelines in Large Language Models
   
   Neal Swaelens and Oleksandr Yaremchuk, Protect AI
   
   Tuesday, April 29 | 2:25 PM – 3:15 PM PT
   
   Understand the evolving threat landscape in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines. Learn about vector database vulnerabilities and how best practices from traditional SQL security can be applied.
   
   
4. Unmasking Hidden Threats in the World's Largest AI Hub
   
   William Armiros and Sam Washko, Protect AI
   
   Wednesday, April 30 | 1:15 PM – 2:05 PM PT
   
   Learn how Protect AI scanned over 1 million Hugging Face models and discovered significant vulnerabilities. This session will walk through real-world threats and introduce tools for protecting your ML environment.
   
   

Fireside Chats at Protect AI Booth S-1549

Protect AI will host engaging fireside chats with AI security thought leaders at Booth S-1549, Moscone South Expo, including:

• Ken Huang, CEO and CAIO, DistributedApps.ai
• Ron Del Rosario, VP and Head of AI Security, SAP ISBN
• John Sotiropoulos, Head of AI Security, Kainos
• Robert Linger, VP and Information Advantage Practice Lead, Leidos
• Helen Oakley, Sr. Director, Secure Development, SAP
• Keith Hoodlet, Engineering Director, Trail of Bits
• Kevin Magee, Global Director of Cybersecurity Startups, Microsoft for Startups

WHERE:

RSAC™ Conference 2025, Moscone Center, San Francisco

WHEN:

April 28 – April 30, 2025

Visit https://protectai.com/rsac for full schedule of talks and fireside chat times.

About Protect AI

Protect AI addresses unique enterprise AI security concerns with a comprehensive suite of products for advanced AI scanning, robust LLM security, and GenAI red teaming that operate on one enterprise ready platform. By integrating with existing AI and security operations, Protect AI enables organizations to safeguard AI investments, enhance operational efficiency, adopt MLSecOps and adhere to global and US data security and privacy standards. Founded by AI leaders from Amazon and Oracle, Protect AI is backed by top investors, including Acrew Capital, boldstart ventures, Evolution Equity Partners, Knollwood Capital, Pelion Ventures, 01 Advisors, Samsung, StepStone Group, and Salesforce Ventures. The company is headquartered in Seattle, with offices in Berlin and Bangalore. For more information, visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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Protect AI will host a robust lineup of presentations and conversations focused on securing GenAI and AI supply chains, while CISO Diana Kelley and other Protect AI experts will deliver four official RSAC™ Conference sessions.