Summary
Grant Msc is a senior security engineer with nine years of hands-on experience blending secure software development, authentication systems, and applied research. He has built and productionized authentication and identity solutions across enterprises like Los Alamos National Laboratory and Hippo Insurance, implementing Kerberos, SAML, smart card integrations, and cloud security posture work across AWS/GCP/Azure. A pragmatic coder who favors Python but is fluent in C, Java, Rust, and C++, he automates security workflows, leads penetration testing and bug bounty programs, and advises product teams on threat modeling and secure-by-default design. Grant’s work spans low-level systems and web application security, from PKCS#11 and OpenSSL integrations to REST APIs and protocol debugging with packet captures. He holds an MS in Cybersecurity and brings a researcher’s curiosity—constantly learning new languages and reverse engineering techniques—to bridge practical engineering and security research.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
The University of Utah
Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity, Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity at Utah Valley University
Chinese, English