Confidence Staveley is a distinguished Cybersecurity Leader, Bestselling Author of API Security for White Hat Hackers, Talent Developer, and Advocate for Gender Inclusion.
With multiple awards to her name, she stands out as a trailblazer in the field. Confidence excels at making complex cybersecurity concepts accessible to a wide range of audiences. Her YouTube series, API Kitchen, creatively uses culinary metaphors to demystify API Security. She holds numerous industry certifications, including CISSP, CSSLP, and CCISO. Her accolades include being recognized as a Top 40 Global Thought Leader in Security and Safety (2024), one of the "150 Fascinating Females Fighting Cybercrime" (Women Know Cyber), a Top 25 Leader in Cybersecurity (2024), Cybersecurity Woman of the World (2023), and many others, including the ISC2 Global Achievement Awards and 40 Under 40 in Cybersecurity (2023).

In addition to her advisory roles on various boards, Confidence is the founder of MerkleFence, an Application Security Talent and Consulting company. She also founded the CyberSafe Foundation, which runs the CyberGirls Fellowship—Africa’s
largest cybersecurity training program for women. Moreover, her initiative AI Cyber Insights documents the latest developments at the intersection of cybersecurity and AI, further expanding her impact in the industry.