Doug Morato
Member Of The Board Of Advisors at Anamo Inc.
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolDoug Morato is a seasoned cybersecurity leader and consultant with 11+ years securing applications, embedding security into SDLCs, and advising organizations from Fortune 10s to healthcare and financial services. He combines hands-on skills—threat modeling, static analysis, pen testing, DevSecOps automation and Azure security—with board-level advisory experience and multiple GIAC, CISSP and Microsoft cloud/security certifications. As a founder and former director of application security, Doug has led large-scale tool deployments (HP Fortify, JIRA/CI integrations, JFrog) and helped standardize global AppSec programs. He is an active open-source contributor, improving DefectDojo’s backend and streamlining WebGoat’s developer/test environment, showing a practical commitment to community tooling. Fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish and based in Boca Raton, he blends technical depth with cross-cultural communication and a client-focused consulting style.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Network Technology Technician, Computer Network Technology Technician at UNIBTA - Centro UniversitárioElectrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering at Universidade Estadual do Oeste do ParanáBachelor of Science - BS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, Bachelor of Science - BS Cybersecurity and Information Assurance at Western Governors University
Portuguese, Spanish, English
Stackoverflow
11reputation
1kreached
2answers
0questions
Github Skills (27)
vulnerability-management10
web-application10
python10
django10
testing10
bash10
security-automation10
java10
tomcat10
javas10
webapp10
maven10
web-development10
selenium9
datatable9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
WebGoat/WebGoat
Aug 2015 - Nov 2016
WebGoat is a deliberately insecure application
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 108 commits, 56 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily worked on setting up and improving the development environment for WebGoat. They created a bootstrap script to automate the setup process, including cloning repositories, compiling lessons, and starting the embedded Tomcat server. Additionally, the user implemented basic integration tests using Selenium and Sauce Labs, demonstrating an understanding of testing frameworks and CI/CD integration for web applications. The user also fixed javadoc errors and improved the developer bootstrap script by incorporating improvements.
DefectDojo/django-DefectDojo
Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
DevSecOps, ASPM, Vulnerability Management. All on one platform.
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 18 PRs, 25 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Doug primarily contributed to bug fixes and feature enhancements within the Django-based DefectDojo platform. They resolved issues related to credential management, product details rendering, and parsing/importing of security scan reports from tools like Nikto and Qualys. Furthermore, the user implemented improvements to the product view filtering and incorporated DataTables for enhanced data presentation and export capabilities across various views like Products, Findings, and All Engagements. They also integrated Azure AD Tenant OAuth for authentication.
pythondjangovulnerability-managementbugbountydefectdojo
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.