David Clarke
Domain Consultant - Cortex at Palo Alto Networks
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDavid Clarke is a seasoned cyber security leader with 8+ years of experience building and running SecOps, MEDR and SOC capabilities for enterprise and MSS clients across Australia. He combines servant leadership with hands-on technical expertise—hiring and mentoring elite analysts while advising on Cortex and CrowdStrike platforms, cloud (preferentially AWS) security, attack surface management and digital risk protection. He has led outcome-focused MDR delivery at CrowdStrike, driven SOC and service improvement at CyberCX, and now consults on Cortex solutions at Palo Alto Networks. Known for pragmatic security strategy work (vCISO/CISOaaS) and helping organisations start bug bounty programs, he also brings a background in data centre projects and a knack for translating technical complexity into operationally viable programs. Outside work he balances a love of music, motorsport and the outdoors with a clear preference for collaborative tooling like Slack to keep teams aligned.
9 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
VCE English IT Maths, VCE English IT Maths at Bundoora Secondary CollegeCustomised Course, Customised Course at EXCOM EducationITIL F ITIL F, ITIL F ITIL F at HDAA6451 Planning Deploying and Managing System Centre Configuration Manager, 6451 Planning Deploying and Managing System Centre Configuration Manager at Advanced TrainingDiploma of eBusiness Support 21100VIC, Diploma of eBusiness Support 21100VIC at Computer Power Training Institute
Github Skills (54)
webextension10
pgp9
messenger9
end-to-end-encryption9
keybase9
log4j9
firefox9
telegram9
chat9
react8
security8
log4shell8
vulnerability8
react-native7
application-security7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
davidclarke-au/security-bookmarks
Dec 2017 - Oct 2021
Contributions:68 commits, 63 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 10 months
davidclarke-au/markdown-cv
Jan 2021 - Dec 2022
Contributions:240 commits, 260 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 11 months
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