Speaking
Talks, workshops, & podcasts.
From conference keynotes to long-form podcast conversations, how Vanessa explains what AI security teams are walking into, and how to defend against it.
For speaking inquiries, email vanessa@vmvilla.tech →
Workshop
Mar 17–18, 2026 · Washington DC
Fal.Con Gov 2026
Secure the AI Attack Surface & Stop Prompt Injection Attacks with Falcon AI Detection and Response
One of three workshops at Fal.Con Gov 2026 on Falcon AI Detection and Response, covering how prompt-injection threats land, how Falcon AIDR catches them, and what security teams should adopt as practice.
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Conference Talk · Workshop
Mar 10, 2026 · Fort Lauderdale
CrowdTour 2026
Secure the AI Attack Surface & Stop Prompt Injection Attacks with Falcon AI Detection and Response
Featured speaker in the Securing AI track at CrowdStrike's Fort Lauderdale CrowdTour stop, covering AI Detection & Response and how teams should defend against prompt-injection attacks.
CrowdTour 2026 hub →
Conference Talk · Workshop
Feb 26, 2026 · Denver
CrowdTour 2026
Secure the AI Attack Surface & Stop Prompt Injection Attacks with Falcon AI Detection and Response
Featured speaker in the Securing AI track at CrowdStrike's Denver CrowdTour stop, walking through Falcon AI Detection & Response in practice for security teams.
CrowdTour 2026 hub →
Conference Talk
Feb 22, 2024 · San Francisco
DeveloperWeek 2024
The New Developer Dance
A "PRO TALK" on how security has to shift from an afterthought to a foundational concern in software development, and what that actually looks like in a sprint.
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Podcast
Feb 2024
PodRocket · LogRocket
Secure by Design with Vanessa Villa
A conversation about the "Secure by Design" movement and what it really takes to shift security to the beginning of the development cycle, instead of leaving it for the security review.
Listen on PodRocket →
Podcast
Feb 9, 2024
Changelog & Friends
Future of [energy, content, food] featuring the hallway track at THAT Conference
A hallway-track conversation from THAT Conference on the future of agriculture technology, recorded for the Changelog & Friends podcast.
Listen on Changelog →
Live Demo
Aug 18, 2022
Let's Get Personal: Computing
Build an IoT Solution in Under 5 Minutes
A live demo using STM32U5 DISCO boards and Python to connect a device to Azure IoT Central end-to-end, showing how short the path from "blank board" to "telemetry in the cloud" can really be.
Watch on Microsoft Learn →