Veer Yedlapalli

Director of Product Security, Security Engineering and AI Security Grainger

Veer Yedlapalli is a seasoned cybersecurity executive with 16+ years leading enterprise security at Fortune 500 companies like Grainger and Cummins. As Director of Security Engineering, Product & AI Security at Grainger, he connects security and engineering teams to drive secure, fast-paced digital innovation across a $17B+ business. Veer has built enterprise Product Security programs from the ground up, slashing critical vulnerabilities through DevSecOps while keeping developers moving fast. He's led global IAM/CIAM transformations securing millions of identities, cut OPEX significantly via smart consolidation, and powered secure ERP/CRM/cloud migrations that sped up time-to-market and lifted platform adoption. He's a hands-on pioneer in AI/ML security, creating internal frameworks and controls to protect autonomous agents, LLMs, and agentic workloads—with a focus on identity-first authorization, least-privilege access, and runtime safeguards for safe, rapid AI rollout. A frequent speaker on AI agent authentication, threat evolution, and supply chain security, Veer holds CCSP, CIAM, and other certifications. He believes: "Security isn't about saying no—it's about architecting the secure path to yes."