ScottĀ B
Staff Security Engineer at Wikimedia Foundation
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott B is a Staff Security Engineer in Chicago with eight years focused on application security and a long history in web development dating back to the early 2000s. He combines hands-on coding in PHP, Node/JavaScript, Golang, Python and Shell with data-driven leadership to harden large-scale platforms and mentor engineering teams. At the Wikimedia Foundation he has progressed from Application Security Engineer to Staff Security Engineer, contributing security and stability fixes to high-profile open-source projects like MediaWiki (including rate limiting, password policy enhancements, XSS mitigations, and improved logging). Known for attention to detail and practical, measurable improvements, he blends offensive and defensive thinking to reduce risk without blocking velocity. Colleagues rely on him for clear tradeoffs and durable engineering solutions that scale across complex, globally-used systems.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Diploma at Carl Sandburg High SchoolBachelorās Degree, Bachelorās Degree at The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Spanish, English
Github Skills (9)
it-security10
database-security10
mediawiki10
php10
xss10
security10
mysql9
rate-limiting9
unit-testing7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
wikimedia/mediawiki
Apr 2019 - Nov 2022
š» The collaborative editing software that runs Wikipedia. MirrorĀ fromĀ https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/g/mediawiki/core. SeeĀ https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Developer_access forĀ contributing.
Role in this project:
Back-end & Security Engineer
Back-end & Security EngineerContributions:49 commits in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Scott primarily contributed to the security and stability of the MediaWiki project. Their work involved implementing rate limiting, enhancing password policies with substring checks, and fixing various security vulnerabilities. They also focused on code hardening, including improvements to logging practices and output escaping to prevent vulnerabilities like XSS. These changes reflect a focus on security best practices within the project.
wikimediaphpwikipediacollaborative-editingruns
sbassett29/PWL
Jan 2019 - Sep 2024
Contributions:3 releases, 2 PRs, 16 pushes in 5 years 9 months
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