Jason Bissict
Team Lead at Thinkst Applied Research
Western Cape, South Africa
Summary
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Top SchoolJason Bissict is a software developer with nine years of hands-on experience building backend systems and DevOps tooling from Western Cape, South Africa. At Thinkst Applied Research he contributes to well-known open-source security projects like Canarytokens and OpenCanary, enhancing honeypot services, GeoIP-driven alerting, and Docker-based certificate automation. His background in mathematics and computer science (MSc, University of Cape Town) informs a methodical approach to network protocols, caching, and reliable alerting pipelines. Comfortable across backend development and infrastructure, he has a track record of adding practical features—like multi-domain Let's Encrypt handling and GeoIP caching—that improve operability and detection accuracy.
10 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, Master's Degree, Mathematics and Computer Science at University of Cape Town
English
Github Skills (23)
git10
docker10
python10
redis10
letsencrypt10
bash10
dockers10
script10
network-protocol10
nginx10
mysql9
vnc9
security9
geolocation9
twisted9
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
thinkst/opencanary
Jul 2018 - Aug 2022
Modular and decentralised honeypot
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 67 reviews, 90 commits in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the OpenCanary project by implementing and improving various honeypot service modules. They added new services like Redis, Git, and TCPbanner, and enhanced existing ones such as VNC and MySQL, with a focus on features and compatibility with different protocols. They also made updates to configuration files, documentation, and dependency versions, while addressing bugs to ensure proper functionality. The user demonstrates a strong understanding of network protocols and honeypot design.
honeypot
thinkst/canarytokens
Aug 2016 - Aug 2021
Canarytokens helps track activity and actions on your network
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:56 reviews, 65 commits, 66 PRs in 5 years
Contributions summary:Jason primarily contributed to the backend logic of the project, focusing on implementing features related to GeoIP mapping and token triggering. They made changes to `queries.py`, adding functionality for retrieving GeoIP information, caching IP data, and incorporating Google API keys. Furthermore, the user updated the email alert system with new HTML templates. These modifications enhanced the functionality and notification capabilities of the canarytokens system.
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