Chris Lakin
Senior Technical Project Manager, IV - Security at Dropbox
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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Top SchoolChris Lakin is a Senior Technical Project Manager focused on security with nine years of experience bridging cybersecurity engineering and business strategy, currently managing Penetration Testing and Bug Bounty programs at Dropbox. He holds an MS in Cybersecurity Engineering from the University of Washington and combines hands-on pentesting skills (including published exploit contributions to Rhino Security Labs) with program-level delivery and cross-team coordination. Comfortable in cloud and application security domains, he’s skilled with AWS pentesting tools, cryptography, secure SDLC practices, and automation using Python and C/C++. His background in marketing and product strategy informs a pragmatic approach to stakeholder communication and risk prioritization, helping technical findings drive business outcomes. Known for running security training and capture-the-flag events, he actively cultivates talent and translates complex vulnerabilities into actionable remediation paths.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Cyber Security Engineering, Computer Software Engineering, Cyber Security Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at University of WashingtonGraduate Certificate, Software Development & Design, Graduate Certificate, Software Development & Design at UW Professional & Continuing EducationStudy Abroad Program, Study Abroad Program at Harlaxton UniversityBA, Business Administration, Communication, Entrepreneurial Leadership, BA, Business Administration, Communication, Entrepreneurial Leadership at William Jewell College
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Github Skills (13)
network-security10
exploit10
penetration-testing10
vulnerability-research10
python10
security-scan10
security-txt10
http-request10
security10
cli9
command-line9
command-line-interface9
sql4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (1)
RhinoSecurityLabs/Security-Research
Apr 2017 - Oct 2017
Exploits written by the Rhino Security Labs team
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:29 commits, 3 PRs, 25 pushes in 6 months
Contributions summary:Chris contributed multiple exploits for various vulnerabilities found in Unitrends backup appliances. These exploits, written in Python, targeted vulnerabilities such as webshell upload, remote code execution via restore functionality, force password change, and local file inclusion. They also developed a tool to brute-force the Epson EasyMP projector password and updated the xxe-server.py script, indicating a focus on penetration testing and vulnerability research. Furthermore, the user updated the aws-pentest-tools scripts and cfire.py, indicating a wider skillset with AWS pentesting tools and Cloudflare reconnaissance.
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