David French
Senior Manager Of Detection Engineering at Docusign
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
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Top SchoolDavid French is a senior detection engineering leader and threat researcher with over 15 years of hands-on experience defending enterprises across cloud, endpoint, and identity platforms. Currently Senior Manager of Detection Engineering at DocuSign after roles at Google, Twilio, and Elastic, he builds detection-as-code, threat hunting programs, and automated response workflows that proactively stop attacks before damage occurs. Creator of Dorothy (presented at Black Hat 2021) and a contributor to the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base, he blends practical malware analysis, ML-driven file classification, and live CTF training to level up security teams. David’s work spans Windows, macOS, Okta, and GCP, and he’s co-author of The Elastic Guide to Threat Hunting. Certified CISSP/GCIH/GREM and a frequent public speaker and mentor, he uniquely combines product-focused engineering with community-first open-source contributions.
6 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science IT Security, Bachelor of Science IT Security at Western Governors University
Github Skills (34)
observability10
threat-hunting10
infosec10
cybersecurity10
okta10
kibana10
security10
phishing10
elasticsearch10
elastic10
visualizations10
yara10
uac9
logstash9
packetbeat8
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
threat-punter/threat-punter
Jul 2020 - Sep 2025
Contributions:10 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
threat-punter/detection-rules
Jul 2020 - Jun 2023
Rules for the Detection Engine in Elastic Security
Contributions:226 pushes, 107 branches in 2 years 11 months
yaraelasticsecurityidsengine-detection
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