Mary Sawyer is a member of the Red Team at Palo Alto Networks. In addition to her work on the Red Team to stay ahead of the attackers by embracing their mentality, strategies and tactics to test the organization's security posture, Mary is also innovating on the Purple Team program. When she's not breaking things, Mary enjoys playing and writing original content for Dungeons and Dragons, eating spicy food, and hiking.

Mary has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, with a certificate in Information Security, from the University of Texas at Austin. She is a strong advocate for inspiring and empowering girls through technology.