About
I am a information security expert, programmer, and occultist (as in passion for esoteric and hidden knowledge). Developing a solid understanding of a complex system and then being able to both quickly find the root cause of bugs and to find security issues through quick code comprehension is my forté, but I also have extensive experience with web and API programming (primarily with Ruby on Rails and Python) and system architecture/design, and related engineering concepts/philosophies (TDD/BDD, microservices, etc.). I also have some devops/secdevops/devsecops experience, as well as systems programming experience for Linux/MacOS/Unix. That said, I tend to focus on blogging about technology issues and puzzles I come across that I figure might be useful to others.
I currently work for Data Theorem, a small B2B/E startup that provides services related to mobile app security. Previously, I worked for various divisions of NCC Group, such as NCC Group Domain Services (formerly Artemis Internet) as the security architect/one of the lead programmers, and I was a security consultant for iSEC Partners, also owned by NCC Group (now just a division of NCC Group). Obviously, the opinions I express on this site are my own and not necessarily that of any employer — past, present, or future.
In my free time, I have been known to read words printed on an archaic technology called paper, participate in vintage ballroom dancing while dressing in historical costume, and fold origami.
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PGP Key
Assuming you are willing to trust my domain-verified SSL/TLS certificate and the integrity of my web server, you might be willing to transitively trust that the following key is my current (as of late 2015) PGP key:
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