Christopher Thompson
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Experience
Figma : Senior Security Engineer 2024 - Current
Data security team defining secure data access patterns that scale with company growth
- Implemented Snowflake tag-based, column-level data masking
- Hardended production data access in ML data pipelines
- Security reviewed application features and vendor products
LunaSec : Co-founder 2020 - 2024
Open-source security tooling for developers and security teams: github.com/lunasec-io/lunasec
- Critical vulnerability coverage (named Log4Shell and Spring4Shell, investigated Protestware) for global security teams
- LunaTrace: "inbox-zero" for supply chain security
- LunaDefend: Zero trust input form protecting against OWASP top 10 vulnerabilities
Uber : Senior Security Engineer 2016 - 2020
- Automated event dispatching from Application Security scanning of discovered assets
- Triaging and remediation of detected vulnerabilies (Bug Bounty, scanning, auditing)
- Native Android and iOS framework for fraud signalling
- Security education cirriculum for developers to proactivtely identify and remdiate commonly seen vulnerabilities specific to Uber's infrastructure
New York University : Cyber Security Lab 2014 - 2017
- CSAW CTF Organizer - Interfaced with security researchers to create cyber security challenges for undergraduates
- Hack Night Organizer - Introduce attendees to offensive security topics by engaging them in a hands-on curriculum
Volunteering
I am passionate about education and making concepts accessible for everyone.
- Montgomery County Public School High School Forensics (mpcshsf.com) competition developed and ran from 2015 to present
- NYU Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) organizer 2014 - 2017
- TEALS volunteer for 2018/19 and 2019/2020 school semesters for Chelan High School