2026-06-04 –, Track 1
This talk is about what happens when we treat politics and security as games, not in the sense of trivial play, but in the sense of game theory: structured interactions where incentives matter more than intentions.
Meredith L. Patterson is a cybersecurity researcher and software engineer known for her work on the Language-Theoretic Security (LangSec) approach, which applies concepts from linguistics to improve software security. She has presented her research at major conferences such as Black Hat and has contributed to both academic research and real-world software systems. Meredith is known for bringing fresh, interdisciplinary perspectives to cybersecurity and secure software design.