Kathy Zant is a published author, keynote speaker, and WordPress security expert with over two decades of experience in information security. She has led incident response for high-profile breaches, performed forensic analysis on thousands of compromised sites, and consulted with businesses on security strategy across the WordPress ecosystem and beyond.

As a full-stack web developer for 25 years, she has also served in senior marketing roles for some of the most widely used products in the WordPress ecosystem. Her current research focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence, security, and legal compliance in WordPress, covering how AI is reshaping the threat landscape and what new obligations it creates for site owners, agencies, and product developers.

She is passionate about education and practical empowerment, helping WordPress professionals at every level make better decisions about how they build, protect, and grow their work on the web.