Jon Erickson is a Senior Security Engineer with 13 years of hands-on experience in threat analysis, reverse engineering, and cloud security, currently working on Amazon Leo after a multi-year senior security role at AWS. His background includes deep reverse-engineering expertise from senior roles at FireEye and iSIGHT Partners and a foundation in systems engineering from MITRE, giving him strong adversary-focused technical instincts. He holds both BS and MS degrees from George Mason University in Computer Science and Information Assurance, and has taught as adjunct faculty, reflecting a commitment to translating complex security topics for diverse audiences. Known for bridging applied research and practical defenses, he brings a rare combination of offensive analysis experience and cloud-scale security engineering to protect large, distributed systems.
12 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master's degree Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at George Mason University
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Jon Erickson - Senior Security Engineer - Amazon Leo