{"id":4429,"date":"2026-07-10T07:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T14:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?post_type=wcb_speaker&#038;p=4429"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:16:37","slug":"kathy-zant","status":"publish","type":"wcb_speaker","link":"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/speaker\/kathy-zant\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathy Zant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<br><br>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.<br><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5020\" style=\"width:auto;height:50px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-766x157.jpg 766w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-300x62.jpg 300w, https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/files\/2026\/07\/red-map-flowers-colorful-500x103.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-4439 wcb_session type-wcb_session status-publish hentry wcb_track-track-1-ai\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/session\/is-your-wordpress-site-legally-ready-for-ai\/\" target=\"_self\" >Is Your WordPress Site Legally Ready for AI?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-wcb_track wp-block-post-terms has-medium-font-size\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\">Track: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/us.wordcamp.org\/2026\/track\/track-1-ai\/\" rel=\"tag\">AI<\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">AI is now embedded in plugins, themes, content pipelines, and client sites across the WordPress ecosystem. Most WordPress professionals have focused on what AI can do. Almost nobody has focused on what it requires of you legally This talk covers the compliance gap that agencies, freelancers, and product builders are about to run into: GDPR&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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