Ryan Barnett is a Principal Security Researcher working on the Akamai Threat Research Team supporting App and API Protector security solutions. In addition to his primary work at Akamai, he is also a WASC Board Member and OWASP Project Leader for: Web Hacking Incident Database (WHID) and Distributed Web Honeypots. Mr. Barnett is a frequent speaker at security industry conferences such as Black Hat and has authored two web security books: Preventing Web Attacks with Apache (Pearson) and The Web Application Defender's Cookbook: Battling Hackers and Defending Users (Wiley).

Sam Tinklenberg is a Senior Security Researcher in the Apps & APIs Threat Research Group at Akamai. Sam comes from a background in web application penetration testing and is passionate about finding and protecting against critical vulnerabilities. While he isn’t breaking web apps, Sam enjoys video and board games, being outside, and spending time with friends and family.