Adam Trask
Security Engineer at Meta
Albany, New York Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAdam Trask is a Security Engineer with 11 years of hands-on experience securing large-scale platforms, currently working on security at Meta after roles as a Cyber Threat Investigator at Facebook and senior engineering positions at Punch Cyber Corp. He combines deep practical knowledge of networking protocols, operating systems, multiple programming languages, and incident response to identify and remediate complex vulnerabilities across enterprise environments. Adam’s background includes formal training in cybersecurity and information assurance from University of Maryland Global Campus and language studies at the Defense Language Institute, a mix that supports both technical analysis and cross-cultural communication. Known for clear communication and collaborative problem-solving, he brings a disciplined, investigative mindset to threat hunting and security engineering at scale.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Cyber Security, Bachelor's degree, Cyber Security at University of Maryland Global CampusAssociate of Arts - AA, Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian Languages and Literatures, Associate of Arts - AA, Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian Languages and Literatures at Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
Github Skills (23)
yacc10
parser10
manager10
ply10
lex10
yara10
sly10
lexer9
django9
apt9
automation-framework9
python8
malware-detection8
malware8
security8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
PUNCH-Cyber/YaraGuardian
Jul 2017 - Jul 2018
Django web interface for managing Yara rules
Contributions:9 releases, 44 commits, 4 PRs in 1 year
djangoyararulesmetricsyara-rules
Taskr/RAPID
Feb 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:3 PRs, 21 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
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