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Akhil Mahendra is a seasoned security engineering leader with over 8 years of experience building security teams in high-growth fintech startups. He currently leads security at Scapia, a fast-growing fintech startup, where he is building security foundations from the ground up. Previously, he was a founding member of the security team at CRED, where he helped build and scale the product security function and established charters for security engineering and software supply chain security. He is the creator of several open-source security tools, including SupplyShield, DepConfuse, and Patronus, which address critical gaps in software supply chain security, dependency confusion. His work has been featured at Nullcon, OWASP AppSec Days, Black Hat and is actively used by engineering teams to shift security left without compromising development velocity. Akhil is also an active contributor to the security community. As a former member of Team bi0s, India’s top-ranked CTF team, he has won numerous competitions and helped organize national contests like InCTF, promoting offensive security education across the country.