Security BSides Las Vegas 2025

David Melamed

Currently CTO and Co-Founder of Jit, the Continuous Security platform for Developers. David has a PhD in Bioinformatics and for the past 20 years has been a full-stack developer, CTO & technical evangelist, mostly in the cloud, and specifically in cloud security, working for leading organizations such as MyHeritage, CloudLock (acquired by Cisco) and leading the 'advanced development team' for the CTO of Cisco's cloud security (a $500M ARR BU).


Session

08-04
17:00
45min
New Protocol: Novel Threats--Exploring MCP’s Emerging Security Risks
David Melamed

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is rapidly becoming the backbone for connecting large language models (LLMs) to external tools and datasets, turning static AI into dynamic, powerful systems. Yet, as MCP adoption grows, as with all tools, so does its attractiveness to attackers––demanding rigorous attention.

Common Ground
Florentine F