David Cheeseman
Vice President Of DLP Engineering at JPMorganChase
Columbus, Ohio, United States
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Top SchoolDavid Cheeseman is a seasoned cybersecurity and software engineering leader with 16 years of experience, currently serving as Vice President of DLP Engineering at JPMorgan Chase. He blends hands-on development and security expertise—from building API-driven and CI/CD workflows to contributing a PAM duress module addressing coercion scenarios—to support offensive and defensive operations. A former Navy information officer and technical lead at MIT Lincoln Laboratory and JPMorgan, he is completing a master's in Cybersecurity at Johns Hopkins while pivoting toward red team operations, malware research, and threat intelligence. Active in CTFs and pursuing OSCP, he combines operational discipline with practical tool development to help red teams and organizations stay ahead of adversaries.
16 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity at Franklin UniversityBS, Computer Science, BS, Computer Science at DePauw UniversityMaster's degree, Cybersecurity, Master's degree, Cybersecurity at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of EngineeringNA, Computer Science, NA, Computer Science at University of Colorado Boulder
English
Github Skills (14)
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linux-distribution8
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Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
nuvious/pam-duress
Aug 2021 - Jul 2022
A Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) which allows the establishment of alternate passwords that can be used to perform actions to clear sensitive data, notify IT/Security staff, close off sensitive network connections, etc if a user is coerced into giving a threat actor a password.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:13 reviews, 34 commits, 25 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:David primarily focused on the implementation of a Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) designed to enhance security through duress passwords. Their initial contribution involved the creation of core functionalities within `src/duress.c` and `src/util.c`, defining the module's behavior, including file validation, hash verification, and script execution. Subsequent commits address privilege escalation issues, code style issues, and versioning. The user also updated the documentation and corrected some spelling/grammar issues.
authenticationsecurity
nuvious/QuiCC
Jul 2024 - May 2025
A covert channel demonstration using the Connection ID header in the quic protocol.
Contributions:6 releases, 16 PRs, 43 pushes in 10 months
quiccovert-channelcybersecuritycybersecurity-tooldecryption
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