Neeraj Godkhindi

Neeraj Godkhindi is an independent security researcher specializing in cloud-native, Kubernetes and AI security, with more than 13 years of industry experience. AI Sentinel, his independent open-source research project, detects sensitive data in content bound for generative AI tools and maps each incident to source-cited controls in NCA ECC, SAMA CSF and PDPL. He was previously Security Architect at Bosch Global Software and Manager, Application Security at EY India, after consulting roles at IBM and Mercedes-Benz R&D. Neeraj holds the OSCP and GWAPT certifications and is listed in the BlackBerry Security Researcher Hall of Fame. He is a trainer at Black Hat MEA 2026 and delivered the "AI Kubernetes: Attack and Defense" training at DEF CON Bahrain 2025.