Vercel appoints Talha Tariq (former CISO at HashiCorp and IBM) as CTO of Security to address AI-era attack surfaces including prompt injection, AI-generated code, and identity verification challenges. His mandate goes beyond traditional security roles to embed product-first security practices and influence standards like Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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Talha Tariq joins Vercel as CTO of Security
Vercel appoints former HashiCorp CISO Talha Tariq as CTO of Security to embed AI-era attack surface protections—prompt injection, AI-generated code risks, and identity verification—into product from the ground up.
Monday, April 6, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Vercel BlogBY sys://pipeline
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