Gagan Shivananda Bharathi Gangothri
GaganShivanandaBharathi Gangothri
TITLE:Principal Network Security Engineer
COMPANY:Salesforce
STATUS UPDATE
Principal Network Security Engineer at Salesforce with 7+ years across network security, web security, and software engineering. A Carnegie Mellon University graduate, I build cloud-scale security platforms that are safe, resilient, and operationally reliable.
At Salesforce, I architect and ship systems that secure public cloud infrastructure and orchestrate Layer 3/4 and Layer 7 controls—powering best-in-class DDoS mitigation and web application protections for customers worldwide. I also enjoy applied ML/AI research in security, focused on practical, trustworthy approaches that improve detection, decisioning, and automated response.
I’m drawn to ambiguous, high-stakes problems and enjoy building systems that are measurable, reliable, and easy to operate—backed by automation, guardrails, and observability.
TALK
How Temporal Powers Salesforce's AI-Driven DDoS Protection
ABSTRACT
We built Salesforce’s next-generation DDoS protection on Temporal, where AI agents infer attack patterns in real-time while orchestrating defense workflows at scale. We’ll share how we coordinate AI-driven defenses across regions and achieve reliability when protecting millions of customers. We’ll also show how AI transformed our development using Cursor and Windsurf to build Temporal workflows.