Jared enjoys securing code and data in big tech after leading a successful startup. Jared has been passionate about cyber, since the early days of his career with the NSA. He holds a PhD from Michigan State University, and has often spoken on cyber matters at popular conferences. He was a finalist in Microsoft’s BlueHat security architecting contest, and has been on three winning Defcon capture-the-flag teams. Dr. DeMott has authored books, blogs and online courses on application security and malware analysis.

• Application & Product Security (including Fuzzing, SDLC, etc.)
• Threat Intelligence
• Incident Response
• Federal Security Programs
• Security Training

• Big Tech Experience at Amazon and Microsoft
• Successful startup exit
• Speaker at information security events such as RSA, Black Hat, ToorCon, GrrCon, HITB, US Military Academy, and DerbyCon
• Finalist in Microsoft’s BlueHat Prize contest, which helped make Microsoft customers more secure
• Member of 3 winning Capture-the-Flag teams at DEF CON
• Co-Author of Fuzzing for Software Security Testing and Quality Assurance (2008, 2018)
• Former CTO for Binary Defense, an attack intelligence and security solutions company
• Former Principal Security Researcher at Bromium and Harris Corporation
• Former Cyber and Information Security Exploitation Engineer at NSA, Booz Allen, ASI, and FSU
  

• PhD, Computer Science – Michigan State University
• MS, Computer Science – The Johns Hopkins University
• BS, Computer Networks and Systems – Ferris State University
• Immunity Certified Network Offense Professional (NOP) – Immunity Security
  

During his free time, Jared is enjoying time with his family, particularly vacationing and outdoors. Jared is a Christian and will happily discuss faith should you desire to do so.

Jared DeMott joined the IANS Faculty in 2017. He delivers insights to clients on application & product security (including Fuzzing, SDLC, etc.), threat intelligence, incident response, federal security programs, security training.