Dan Underwood
Security Engineering Manager - Secure Design at Apple
Cupertino, California, United States
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Top SchoolDan Underwood is a security engineering leader with 12 years of experience blending device and product security, hands-on engineering, and international cyber policy. Currently a Security Engineering Manager in Secure Design at Apple, he has also led security research and policy teams at the UK National Cyber Security Centre, influencing standards work (ETSI) and legislation such as the PSTI Act. He pairs deep technical chops—demonstrated by contributions to front-end UX in open-source projects like Atom file-icons—with strategic impact on national cyber posture and product threat modeling. Known for translating complex research into practical, auditable protections, he operates comfortably at the intersection of product security, standards, and government policy. Based in Cupertino, he brings an engineer-first mindset to leadership, mentoring teams to ship secure systems at scale.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science, Bachelor of Science - BS Computer Science at The University of ManchesterKing Edward VII SchoolPhysics, Physics at University of Bath
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Github Skills (4)
atom-editor10
css10
lessc10
ui-design9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
file-icons/atom
Feb 2015 - Aug 2015
Atom file-specific icons for improved visual grepping.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 5 PRs, 2 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Dan primarily focused on enhancing the visual representation of file types within the Atom text editor. They added and modified icons for various file extensions, including binary, config, package, CSV, and TSV files, as well as adjustments to the Cargo and graph icons. Their work involved modifying CSS files, specifically `icons.less` and `file-icons.less` and `styles/file-icons.less`, to implement these visual updates. The user contributed to improve the visual user experience.
octiconsimprovedatomgreppingicons
dan-c-underwood/Arm.novaextension
Jun 2020 - Feb 2022
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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