HackerOne, a global leader in offensive security solutions, today announced the appointment of Nidhi Aggarwal as Chief Product Officer (CPO) and member of the executive leadership team. Aggarwal will lead the execution of HackerOne’s platform vision and product strategy, unifying the company’s product portfolio around a more integrated, AI-powered experience that seamlessly scales human security expertise through AI agents to not just find but remediate vulnerabilities.
Aggarwal’s appointment comes at a pivotal moment in HackerOne’s product evolution. Over the past few months, the company released several significant innovations, including new features with Hai, HackerOne’s AI security agent first introduced in February 2024. These new capabilities—Hai Program Insights, Benchmarks, Recommendations, and Findings—help customers prioritize and act on vulnerabilities more effectively. HackerOne also introduced a new Hai Play, which automatically calculates Return on Mitigation (RoM) based on an organization’s unique vulnerability data and context. Additionally, HackerOne is expanding its platform ecosystem by adding integrations with ServiceNow, Secure Code Warrior, and GitLab, as well as enterprise-grade functionality through automations.
A seasoned technology entrepreneur and product leader, Aggarwal brings over 15 years of experience driving growth and innovation at companies ranging from early-stage startups to global enterprises. She co-founded Qwiklabs, a cloud configuration platform acquired by Google, and held executive leadership positions at Tamr, an AI + human-in-the-loop master data management platform where she led product and marketing. She also previously worked at Wellington, Hewlett Packard Labs, VMware, and McKinsey & Company. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science and serves on the Board of Visitors for the Computer Science department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which honored her with an Early Career Achievement Award.
“Nidhi’s appointment will accelerate HackerOne’s leadership in the AI era,” said Kara Sprague, CEO of HackerOne. “She brings the strategic clarity and operational depth to drive execution of our AI-centric platform vision, deliver more customer value, and ensure that innovation remains at the heart of everything we do.”
“HackerOne has a unique opportunity to redefine security in the AI era,” said Aggarwal. “By combining human expertise with the power of AI, we’re uniquely positioned to deliver high-quality security findings with unprecedented scale and speed. Our AI-powered platform accelerates vulnerability discovery, triage, and response while equipping both security researchers and customers with intelligent tools and real-time insights. I’m excited to join this exceptional team to build a next-generation platform that enables security and development teams to find and fix vulnerabilities before adversaries can exploit them.”
