Michael Anderson
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Anderson is a security engineering leader with 13 years of hands-on experience designing and operating enterprise security programs across e-commerce and consumer IoT businesses. Currently Senior Manager of Security Engineering and Architecture at CarGurus, he previously led security teams and built zero-trust architectures, incident response, and application/infrastructure security at Wayfair, Starburst, and SimpliSafe. He blends technical depth—from addressing XSS vulnerabilities and enhancing reporting in open-source Ruby on Rails projects like Snorby—to strategic governance around PCI, SOX, and vendor risk. Known for growing high-performing teams that balance risk mitigation with business enablement, he is pragmatic about enabling fast-moving engineering organizations while hardening their systems. Based in Boston, he pairs a BS in Computer Science from UMass Amherst with a background in penetration testing and consulting that informs a threat-aware, developer-friendly approach.
13 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at University of Massachusetts Amherst
Github Skills (10)
security10
rails10
ruby-on-rails10
xss10
database9
database-api9
databases9
versioning8
software-update8
versioninfo8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Snorby/snorby
Jul 2013 - Jul 2015
Ruby On Rails Application For Network Security Monitoring
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Michael primarily focused on enhancing user report functionality within the Snorby application, implementing per-user report options and integrating them with the existing system. They modified several files, including core job processing, user registration pages, and settings configuration to support these new reporting features. Additionally, the user addressed multiple XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) vulnerabilities within the application's user interface, improving the security posture of the project. The commits also included bumping the version number to 2.6.3.
ruby-on-railsrailssecurityrails-applicationnetwork-tools
miketanderson/checkSSLSignature
Sep 2014 - Sep 2014
Contributions:8 commits in 1 day
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