For journalists
Expert source
On deadline?
Email the press address with your outlet, the question, and your filing time. Breaking news gets a same-day reply. Say whether you need a written statement, a call, or background only, and whether you want the quote attributed.
Time zone is Pacific. If it is faster for you, the LinkedIn inbox reaches the same person.
What I can speak to
Specific angles rather than broad beats, so you can tell in a few seconds whether I am the right call for your story.
Identity and authentication
- Why credential-stuffing breaches keep succeeding against companies that already deployed MFA
- Passkeys and passwordless: real enterprise adoption rates versus vendor claims
- What a CIAM platform actually costs at scale, and where the pricing surprises are
- Account takeover, session hijacking, and why breach disclosures usually undercount affected accounts
AI security and AI agents
- Non-human identity: how service accounts and AI agents became the largest ungoverned credential population in most companies
- What breaks when autonomous agents are given API keys built for humans
- Model Context Protocol and the authorization gap in agent tooling
- Prompt injection and data exfiltration in production AI features
AI search and how information gets found
- How AI Overviews and ChatGPT change who gets traffic, with measured data rather than projections
- Why publishers see impressions rise while clicks fall, and what the numbers actually show
- How AI engines choose which sources to cite
- Generative Engine Optimization: what is measurable and what is currently sold as measurable but is not
Founding and running security companies
- Building and scaling a CIAM platform past a billion user identities
- Security and compliance debt in early-stage B2B SaaS
- SOC 2, PCI, and ISO from the inside: what the certification does and does not prove
- Vendor consolidation and acquisitions across the identity and GRC markets
What I will decline
Saying this up front saves us both a call.
- Consumer product reviews or gadget recommendations
- Attribution of specific attacks to specific nation-state actors
- Commentary on a named vendor's security incident without having read the disclosure
- Legal interpretation of regulation, which needs a lawyer rather than a practitioner
Pre-cleared bios
Use any of these verbatim. No approval needed, and no need to email for a shorter version.
One line
18 wordsDeepak Gupta is the founder of GrackerAI and the creator of LoginRadius, which he scaled past a billion identities.
Short
48 wordsDeepak Gupta is a cybersecurity and digital identity practitioner with more than 15 years in the field. He created LoginRadius, a customer identity platform he scaled past a billion user identities, and now runs GrackerAI, a generative engine optimization platform for B2B SaaS and cybersecurity companies.
Full
96 wordsDeepak Gupta is a cybersecurity and digital identity practitioner with more than 15 years in the field. He created LoginRadius, a customer identity and access management platform he scaled past a billion user identities, and previously built SOC 2, PCI, and ISO compliance programs as a product and compliance manager. He now runs GrackerAI, a generative engine optimization platform for B2B SaaS and cybersecurity companies. He holds five granted patents across cybersecurity, identity, applied AI, and cryptography, has published books with Springer and IGI Global, and writes at guptadeepak.com.
Name is spelled Deepak Gupta, no middle initial. Company names are GrackerAI and LoginRadius.
Original data you can cite
First-party research with the method stated, so the figures can be checked rather than taken on trust. Cite guptadeepak.com. Happy to walk through the methodology on a call.
- 50,000 AI citations over 90 days
First-party measurement of what actually moves citation share in AI answers, with the method stated so the numbers can be checked.
- First-party AI citation share case study
A single property's citation share tracked over time, including what failed to move it.
- State of AI search, 2026
Where AI search stands across engines, with the underlying figures.
- GEO tooling market map, 2026
A category map of the tools claiming to measure AI visibility, who funded them, and how to segment the field.
- Citation share as a board metric
The argument for the metric, and how to instrument it.
Why me, specifically
Built and scaled LoginRadius, a customer identity platform, past a billion user identities. The identity opinions here come from operating one, not from analysing the market.
Five granted patents across cybersecurity, identity, applied AI, and cryptography, plus books published with Springer and IGI Global. See publications and patents.
Built SOC 2, PCI, and ISO compliance programs from the inside, which is a different vantage point from auditing them.
Previously quoted in Forbes, Financial Post, Inc42, CSO Online, and the Calgary Herald. Past talks and appearances are on the speaking page.
More from Deepak Gupta
Every page on guptadeepak.com is hand-curated by Deepak Gupta. Pick a thread:
- About Deepak Gupta
Founder, cybersecurity architect, and writer at guptadeepak.com.
- My journey
From LoginRadius (2013, 1B+ users) to GrackerAI, in milestones.
- Publications & patents
Books, free e-books, a journal special issue, and five granted patents.
- Speaking
Conferences, podcasts, and interview appearances.
- SF AI hackathons
Where to find AI, security, and identity hackathons in the Bay Area.
- Hackathon sponsorship guide
How organizers land software sponsors and prizes people actually use.
- Hackathon event SEO/GEO guide
How hackathons and tech events get found in search and AI answers.
- Press kit & photos
Headshots, on-stage photos, and logos, free to use with credit.
- Published & bylines
Bylines in Forbes, Entrepreneur, VentureBeat, HackerNoon, and DZone.
- Podcasts
Editorial directory of the podcasts I recommend and appear on.
- Free tools & checklists
Hash visualizer, password tools, SaaS metrics calculator, passwordless rollout sheets.
- Research Hub
Curated research, buyer's guides, vendor comparisons, and technical deep-dives.
- All writing
Every essay, newest first.
- Newsletter
One short note when a new essay lands. No funnel.