Out of 30+ teams, Anil Kumar Sharma was honored to join the KnowBe4 team that won the Peer Award and $20K prize voted most impressive by fellow competitors.

Their winning project was “An autonomous AI-powered spear-phishing simulator using OSINT” demonstrates how AI enables realistic phishing attacks at scale. As a student on this powerhouse team, he helped develop a proof of concept that showcases both AI’s potential and its associated cybersecurity risks.