Darren Southern
Security Application Architect
Enfield, Nova Scotia, Canada
Summary
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SeniorDarren Southern is a Security Application Architect with over 17 years of experience designing, hardening, and testing enterprise software, currently leading application security efforts at BeyondTrust. A self-taught programmer with a deep interest in networking RFCs, he blends hands-on secure coding guidance with architectural oversight to reduce risk across product lines. He joined BeyondTrust in 2012 via the eEye Digital Security acquisition and has progressed from Senior Application Security Developer to his current architect role. Prior to that he led technology at Upstart Industries, where he architected a cloud-based social project management suite, and earlier held development and systems analyst roles across SMB and services firms. Based in Enfield, Nova Scotia, Darren is known for pragmatic security engineering that balances developer velocity with measurable hardening outcomes. He brings a rare combination of long-term operational experience and protocol-level curiosity that informs practical, resilient designs.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developerGithub contributions (1)
stillinsecure/wpad_audit
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:4 commits in 2 months
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