Scott Crawford
Information Security Research Head, 451 Research S&P Global
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolScott Crawford is an information security research leader with 25+ years of hands-on and advisory experience, currently heading Information Security Research for 451 Research within S&P Global. He advises C-suite leaders across industry and government on security strategy, having served as the first Information Security Officer for the CTBTO's International Data Centre and held senior roles at IBM and influential analyst firms. Scott blends big-picture strategic insight with technical depth—ranging from systems administration and software development to shaping security operations and cloud-native security analytics. He is a recognized industry voice (ARInsights ARchitect Power 100), a prolific writer and speaker, and an active open-source contributor who has improved core eCommerce platform security and APIs. Based in Denver, he pairs academic grounding (MSc Information Systems) with unconventional experience as an instrument- and multiengine-rated flight instructor, reflecting a pragmatic, disciplined approach to risk and systems thinking.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MSc Information Systems, MSc Information Systems at The University of SalfordInterdisciplinary Telecommunications Program College of Engineering and Applied Science, Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program College of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Colorado Boulder
Github Skills (9)
ruby-rails10
rails10
api10
apidoc10
ecommerce10
ruby10
testing8
database-design8
git7
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
solidusio/solidus
Jul 2015 - Nov 2015
🛒 Solidus, the open-source eCommerce framework for industry trailblazers.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:7 commits, 8 PRs, 16 comments in 3 months
Contributions summary:Scott's contributions focused on improving the Spree eCommerce framework's core functionality. They removed unnecessary validations on credit card expiration dates, updated product property list positions using the ActsAsList gem, and refactored the inventory caching mechanism to allow for threshold-based invalidation. The user also enhanced API security by adding authorization checks to the shipment controller, and upgraded the powerTip library. Finally, the user added functionality to automatically generate API keys based on defined roles.
ecommercerailssolidusrubyshopping-cart
bonobos/solidus
Jan 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:14 PRs, 13 pushes, 61 branches in 1 year 9 months
ecommercecommercesolidusecommerce-platforme-commerce
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