Parisa Tabriz studied computer security as an undergraduate and graduate student at Illinois in the early-to-mid-2000s. Now she runs browser engineering for Google Chrome, the most used internet browser in the world.

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Parisa Tabriz takes the stage as the keynote speaker at one of the year’s most attended cybersecurity events—the annual Black Hat Conference. Her hair, a bright magenta, stands out against her white, sleeveless dress amid a sea of black.