Sean O'brien
Deputy Director at Bits On Tape
New Haven, Connecticut, United States
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Top SchoolSean O’Brien is a cybersecurity educator, researcher, and entrepreneur with over a decade of experience building privacy-first products and curricula across academia, nonprofits, and industry. He founded Yale Privacy Lab and PrivacySafe, leads cybersecurity programs at Bay Path University, and serves as Deputy Director of the Free Software Foundation, blending hands-on secure-software shipping with policy and open-source advocacy. His work spans secure hardware and software for healthcare and SMBs, blockchain/Web3 security, and NSA-aligned cyber education—efforts that have been cited by major outlets like The New York Times and Wired. Known for turning classroom experiments (Raspberry Pi, Kali) into real-world tools and training, he also runs Ivy Cyber to scale remote security education under the persona “Prof Diggity.” Based in New Haven, he uniquely bridges legal, technical, and organizational perspectives on privacy and digital rights.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Research Fellow (Privacy Lab) Information Society Project, Research Fellow (Privacy Lab) Information Society Project at Yale Law SchoolMaster of Education - MEd Educational/Instructional Technology, Master of Education - MEd Educational/Instructional Technology at University of Connecticut
Github Skills (41)
privacy-protection10
privacy9
android-application9
android8
cybersecurity7
blockchain7
exploit7
react7
rust7
audit6
leader5
twitter4
reddit4
java4
php4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
YalePrivacyLab/citizen-foss
Nov 2016 - Dec 2018
Contributions:35 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
lawfareblog/hacking-cybersecurity
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Hacking & Cybersecurity class materials - Scott J. Shapiro & Sean O'Brien
Contributions:76 commits, 1 PR, 69 pushes in 3 months
seancybersecurity
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