AI pen-testing virtual conference is a wrap!

Bill Doerrfeld | November 4, 2026

Another virtual conference is in the bag, and the community really showed up to talk AI penetration testing

500 live attendees. 1,000+ chat messages. The AI Security University community really shows up and engages!


Kudos to Dan Barahona for building such a great group. It was a pleasure moderating yesterday's panel on AI pen testing.

📸 Me behind the scenes, mid-virtual conference! (Details blurred — it was a security event, after all 😎)


In case you missed yesterday's AI Pen-Testing Conference with Dan Barahona and me, here's the full recap. It has the full session videos, a highlight reel, our panel with KK Mookhey, Michael Lisi and Ads Dawson, the live demos, and, of course, the keynotes from Gabrielle Botbol and Katie Paxton-Fear.


Check it all out here:

Read the full recap

My favorite part was the panel, where we explored AI penetration testing, which models and tools to use in practice, how testing LLMs and AI systems differs, and more.

AI Pen-Testing Conference panel on the state of AI red teaming with Mike Lisi, Ads Dawson, KK Mookhey and Bill Doerrfeld

You can watch the full panel here:

I'm excited to continue the discussion at the next event, the AI Governance Conference on December 10 (12-3pm ET). Follow AI Security University for event recaps and more updates.

Save your seat for Dec. 10

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