# Riyaz Walikar

Date: 2026-07-17

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## Riyaz Walikar

## Independent Security Researcher

He brings more than a decade and a half of hands-on offensive security experience, with a strong focus on cloud, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure, AI agentic systems, and MCP security.

## Upcoming Training Collaboration

### [Breaking the Cloud Layer – Modern and Practical Attacks on AWS, Azure, GCP, Aliyun, Railway and Vercel  Defcon 2026](https://training.defcon.org/collections/def-con-training-las-vegas-2026/products/breaking-the-cloud-practical-attacks-on-aws-azure-gcp-digitalocean-and-aliyun-anant-shrivastava-dctlv2026)
10 August 2026 – 11 August 2026Las Vegas[![breaking-the-cloud](https://i0.wp.com/cyfinoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/breaking-the-cloud.png?fit=257%2C300&ssl=1)](https://training.defcon.org/collections/def-con-training-las-vegas-2026/products/breaking-the-cloud-practical-attacks-on-aws-azure-gcp-digitalocean-and-aliyun-anant-shrivastava-dctlv2026)

## Past Collaborations

### [0wning the Cloud – AWS, Azure, GCP, DigitalOcean and Aliyun  BlackHat EU 2025](https://www.blackhat.com/eu-25/training/schedule/index.html#0wning-the-cloud---aws-azure-gcp-digitalocean-and-aliyun-46968)
8 December 2025 – 9 December 2025London, UK[![bh-eu](https://i0.wp.com/cyfinoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/bh-eu.png?fit=300%2C264&ssl=1)](https://www.blackhat.com/eu-25/training/schedule/index.html#0wning-the-cloud---aws-azure-gcp-digitalocean-and-aliyun-46968)