Scott King
Chief Security Officer at Invictus International Consulting, LLC
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolScott King is a seasoned security executive with over a decade of leadership experience and a 30+ year career securing critical programs across government and defense contractors, currently serving as Chief Security Officer at Invictus International Consulting. He combines strategic program-level security management with hands-on technical savvy, evidenced by open-source contributions that fixed a CVE and hardened a Bitcoin block browser’s backend. Based in the Washington DC–Baltimore area, Scott bridges operational security, facility and personnel protections, and applied information technology—he holds an MS in Applied IT from Towson and a BA in History. Known for treating security as a design-first discipline, he’s available for new engagements and brings a practical, audit-ready approach to reducing risk in complex environments.
10 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Arts - BA, History, Bachelor of Arts - BA, History at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeMaster of Science - MS, Applied Information Technology, Master of Science - MS, Applied Information Technology at Towson UniversityDegree, College Prep, Degree, College Prep at Old Mill High School
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vulnerabilities10
web-development10
web-application10
webapp10
python10
security10
bitcoins9
bitcoin9
screensaver6
dbus6
code-injection6
ubuntu6
socket6
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Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
bitcoin-abe/bitcoin-abe
Nov 2017 - Mar 2021
Abe: block browser for Bitcoin and similar currencies
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:1 review, 5 commits, 4 PRs in 3 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Scott focused on improving the security and robustness of the Abe block browser application. They addressed potential denial-of-service vulnerabilities by limiting the number of blocks loaded and fixed query parameter handling to prevent server errors. Further, they corrected a security vulnerability (CVE-2020-11944) related to improper handling of user input, and reverted a faulty attempt to introduce `html.escape()` functionality. Their contributions primarily involve Python code modifications within the `Abe/abe.py` file.
currenciesbrowsersimilarcryptocurrencybitcoin
Lvl4Sword/PyBitmessage-CLI
May 2017 - Jun 2018
Contributions:13 PRs, 152 pushes, 15 branches in 1 year 1 month
golangclicommand-line-interfaceevalcommand-line
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