Jonathan Baker
Member at MITRE
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
🤩
Rockstar🎓
Top SchoolJonathan Baker is a cybersecurity executive with 18 years of experience turning threat intelligence and exposure management into operational programs that produce measurable security outcomes. As VP of Threat‑Informed Defense at AttackIQ and former co‑founder and director of MITRE’s Center for Threat‑Informed Defense, he has guided the maturation of CTEM and threat‑informed defense from research concept to industry practice. He combines deep technical pedigree—co‑leading work on ATT&CK, CALDERA, OVAL and early STIX/TAXII development—with program leadership in product, professional services, and industry engagement. Known for building high‑performing teams and pragmatic methodologies, he helps organizations move beyond compliance to disciplined, outcome‑driven operations. Jonathan’s career blends public‑interest impact with commercial execution, including shepherding standards and open tools that are widely embedded in security automation. Based in Brookline, MA, he pairs a psychology undergrad with an MS in software engineering, a background that informs his focus on decision‑centric security strategies.
18 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
The Bishop's SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BS), Psychology at Tufts UniversityMaster of Science (MS), Computer Science Software Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Computer Science Software Engineering at Boston University
Github Skills (61)
mitre-attack10
describe10
vulnerability10
cybersecurity10
process-management10
coverage10
security10
mappings10
cyber-threat-intelligence10
methodology10
risk-management10
cve10
emulation10
corpus9
soc9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
center-for-threat-informed-defense/adversary_emulation_library
Apr 2020 - Sep 2022
An open library of adversary emulation plans designed to empower organizations to test their defenses based on real-world TTPs.
Contributions:5 reviews, 44 commits, 9 PRs in 2 years 4 months
planscyber-threat-intelligenceadversarythreat-informed-defensered-team
center-for-threat-informed-defense/attack_to_cve
Jul 2020 - Nov 2021
A methodology for mapping MITRE ATT&CK techniques to vulnerability records to describe the impact of a vulnerability.
Contributions:73 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 3 months
techniquesrecordsdescribevulnerabilitiesthreat-informed-defense
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.