John Booth
Security Developer at Microsoft
Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Booth is a Security Developer with a decade of deep expertise in computer and network security, honed as a technical lead for the UK Government’s National Technical Authority and now applied at Microsoft. He specialises in network intrusion detection, having both invented bespoke detection tools and trained other specialists to strengthen national defensive capabilities. His background in mathematics and early research into machine learning for network defence informs a data-driven approach to threat detection and high-speed packet analysis. John combines research-grade innovation with practical deployment experience and a track record of presenting successful projects at international conferences. He now focuses on translating niche government-grade techniques into commercial tools to protect a broader customer base.
8 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Mathematics at University of Warwick
English
Github Skills (13)
oms8
security8
hardening8
audit7
linux7
matching7
agent7
human-readable7
regular-expression6
regex6
nfa5
high-performance3
pcre2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
microsoft/OMS-Auditd-Plugin
Feb 2018 - Feb 2019
Auditd plugin that forwards audit events to OMS Agent for Linux
Contributions:39 commits, 11 PRs, 32 pushes in 1 year
eventsagentauditsecuritylinux
intel/hyperscan
Mar 2023 - Mar 2023
High-performance regular expression matching library
Contributions:1 comment, 1 issue in 1 day
regular-expressionsnfaregexmatchingregular-expression
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