Eric Forte
Security Research Engineer at Elastic
Hyattsville, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEric Forte is a security-focused software engineer with a multidisciplinary background spanning cybersecurity, applied research, and product-grade development. With roughly a decade of experience across Johns Hopkins APL and Elastic, he blends hands-on security research with senior software engineering responsibilities, now operating as a Security Research Engineer and Senior Software Engineer at Elastic. He holds a Master's in Cyber Security from Johns Hopkins and a CS bachelor's from UMBC, reflecting a strong academic foundation paired with practical leadership as a former tech lead. Eric’s career reflects a pattern of moving fluidly between deep technical roles and people-facing positions—evidenced by a stint leading holistic development initiatives—suggesting an ability to translate complex security problems into actionable engineering solutions. Based in Hyattsville, MD, he brings a thoughtful, research-driven approach to building resilient systems and mentoring teams.
3 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
UMBCMaster's degree Cyber Security, Master's degree Cyber Security at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Github Skills (19)
threat-hunting10
integrations10
security10
elasticsearch10
endpoint10
elastic10
kibana9
security-hardening9
visualizations9
documentation9
observability8
dac7
exploit7
camera6
hacking4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
eric-forte-elastic/detection-rules-dac-demo
May 2024 - Sep 2024
DAC Demonstration Fork
Contributions:5 reviews, 16 PRs, 45 pushes in 3 months
elastic/detection-rules-explorer
Oct 2023 - Jan 2025
Contributions:3 PRs, 2 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 3 months
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