Michael Jacobs
Cyber Threat Analyst
United States
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Top SchoolMichael Jacobs is an experienced cyber threat analyst and leader with roughly two decades of hands-on work closing gaps between network forensics, threat hunting, and incident response across federal agencies and academia. He has led SOC modernization and multidisciplinary malware teams, driving deployments of Zeek, Splunk ES, Snort, and threat-intel programs while ensuring FISMA/NIST/FedRAMP compliance. A practitioner-researcher, he has presented at and chaired major events like FloCon and FIRST, and contributed to open-source binary-analysis tooling (Pharos) to improve automated static analysis and reproducible builds. Known for blending network flow analytics, signature development, and Python/Bash automation, he also brings an unusual background—prior service as a Navy hospital corpsman—informing a disciplined, mission-focused approach to cybersecurity.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA Government and International Relations, Bachelor of Arts - BA Government and International Relations at George Mason University
Github Skills (10)
c-language10
reverse-engineering10
cprogramming-language10
binarydiff10
build-automation9
bash9
cmake9
docker8
dockers8
boost7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
cmu-sei/pharos
Jul 2017 - Sep 2022
Automated static analysis tools for binary programs
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer & Automation EngineerContributions:46 commits, 2 PRs, 66 pushes in 5 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to the core functionality of the Pharos project, focusing on the automated static analysis of binary programs. They made significant changes to graph domination calculations within the CDG (Control Dependence Graph) to ensure compatibility with newer versions of Rose. They also addressed installation-related bugs and introduced preliminary auto-build and Docker scripts, indicating a focus on streamlining the development process.
static-analysisbinary-analysisreverse-engineering
cmu-sei/pharos-demangle
Mar 2017 - Jun 2020
Demangles C++ symbol names genarated by Microsoft Visual C++ in order to retrieve the original C++ declarations.
Contributions:145 commits, 1 PR, 10 pushes in 3 years 4 months
cppdemanglec-plus-plusbinary-analysislinker-symbol
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