James Holland
Technology Innovation
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJames Holland is an experienced cybersecurity and automation specialist with nine years in senior engineering and developer-relations roles at Palo Alto Networks, building tooling and expertise across networking, cloud, and infrastructure. CISSP-certified and an active contributor to the popular Checkov open-source project, he has implemented security checks for Palo Alto PAN-OS to catch misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in IaC and container workflows. A regular public speaker, podcast guest and part-time mobile tech blogger, he translates deep technical knowledge into accessible guidance for developers and operators. Based in Birmingham, UK, he pairs hands-on engineering with a background in presales and consultancy, and outside work he’s an avid runner, mountain biker and occasional guitarist—still holding on to an impressive T-shirt collection.
9 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
BSc, Computer Science/Business Studies, BSc, Computer Science/Business Studies at University of Birmingham
Github Skills (11)
it-security10
terraformer10
networking10
terraform10
security10
ansible9
ansible-galaxy9
cloud-security8
infrastructure-as-code8
python8
static-analysis7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
bridgecrewio/checkov
Jan 2022 - Mar 2022
Prevent cloud misconfigurations and find vulnerabilities during build-time in infrastructure as code, container images and open source packages with Checkov by Bridgecrew.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:8 reviews, 41 commits, 19 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:James's primary contributions involve implementing and testing security checks related to the Palo Alto Networks (PAN-OS) platform within the Checkov project. They added multiple checks to identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in PAN-OS security policies, including those related to DSRI, application and service use, and insecure algorithms/protocols in IPsec profiles. The user also contributed to checks for management profile configurations, zone protections, and User-ID settings.
gcppolicy-as-codecomplianceaws-securityaws
jamesholland-uk/playground
May 2021 - Jan 2023
Contributions:142 commits, 189 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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