Joseph Whitmore
Lead Software Systems Security Engineer at MITRE Corporation
Mont Vernon, New Hampshire, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJoseph Whitmore is a Lead Software Systems Security Engineer with over two decades of experience designing, building, and rapidly deploying enterprise data management and security systems, routinely delivering from concept to production in under 90 days. At MITRE he has led multiple corporate systems—Risk Identification and Management Engine, Threat Assessment and Remediation Analysis, and a Continuous Monitoring Tool—bringing together C#.NET, Java, and enterprise databases to solve mission-critical problems. His background as a USAF Captain managing integration and security for a $160M ACAT I program informs a pragmatic approach to scaling security across large, distributed user bases. An active contributor to the CVE schema effort, he has written Python validation and conversion tooling to migrate legacy vulnerability data to the v5 schema, reflecting a strong foothold in open standards for cybersecurity. Based in New Hampshire, he combines systems prototyping and embedded-systems experience with formal training in computer engineering and technical communication to turn complex requirements into auditable, production-ready solutions.
6 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
MS, Computer Engineering, MS, Computer Engineering at Walden UniversityBS, Technical Communication, BS, Technical Communication at Milwaukee School of Engineering
Github Skills (7)
json10
data-conversion10
json-schema10
python10
documentation9
apidoc9
api9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
CVEProject/cve-schema
Feb 2020 - Aug 2022
This repository is used for the development of the CVE JSON record format. Releases of the CVE JSON record format will also be published here. This repository is managed by the CVE Quality Working Group.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:8 reviews, 59 commits, 17 PRs in 2 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Joseph primarily contributed to the development of the CVE JSON record format project, specifically focusing on the conversion of legacy CVE data (v4) to the newer v5 schema. Their work involved the creation of Python scripts to validate and convert data, including the implementation of a validator using `jsonschema`. They also worked on enhancing the conversion logic to accommodate diverse data formats and handle potential errors during the migration process.
cve-jsonsecuritycverecordpublished
CVEProject/cvelistV5
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
CVE cache of the official CVE List in CVE JSON 5 format
Contributions:15 commits, 4 PRs, 12 pushes in 7 months
cnasecuritycvereviewhistorical
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