Alissa Knight

Alissa Knight is a two-time successful founder and serves as Founder, CEO, and Chief AI Officer of Assail. With more than 26 years in offensive security, she is widely recognized for her work in adversarial AI systems, autonomous attack simulation, and the application of large-scale AI to offensive security research. Her work focuses on how intelligent systems discover, exploit, and reason about complex vulnerabilities at machine speed — and how those same systems can be secured. She has published more than 30 vulnerability research reports across financial services, healthcare, and government infrastructure, with findings cited in congressional discussions. She has advised the Pentagon and U.S. Marine Corps on API and application security and is the author of Hacking Connected Cars (Wiley). A serial entrepreneur, Alissa completed her first acquisition at 20 and has raised over $65 million across multiple ventures. She was inducted into the Mob Museum in recognition of her investigative cybersecurity research and contributions to the field.