--- title: 7 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity You Should... description: A curated list of seven influential women in cybersecurity who have shaped web security, vulnerability disclosure, browser security, and secure coding... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/7-most-influential-women-in-cybersecurity-you-should-follow-in-2026-xsueiz3p2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 7 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity You Should Follow in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A curated list of seven influential women in cybersecurity who have shaped web security, vulnerability disclosure, browser security, and secure coding... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-most-influential-women-in-cybersecurity-you-should-follow-in-2026-xsueiz3p2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xSUEIz3p2.png og:image:alt: 7 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity You Should Follow in 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 7 Most Influential Women in Cybersecurity You Should Follow in 2026 **[Security Boulevard](https://daily.dev/sources/securityboulevard)** · 16 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A curated list of seven influential women in cybersecurity who have shaped web security, vulnerability disclosure, browser security, and secure coding practices. The list includes Katie Moussouris (bug bounty pioneer and ISO standards co-author), Parisa Tabriz (VP of Google Chrome), Eva Galperin (EFF Director of Cybersecurity and stalkerware researcher), Keren Elazari (TED speaker and hacker culture advocate), Tanya Janca (application security educator and author), Caitlin Sarian (mass-audience security educator with 1.7M followers), and Katie Paxton-Fear (API security researcher and YouTuber). Each profile explains their focus area, why their voice matters, and what makes them influential in the field. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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