Kim Carter

Kim Carter has a diverse and extensive work experience in the field of cybersecurity. Kim has held various roles in different companies, showcasing their expertise in security engineering, software development, and DevOps.

Kim currently works at GuardRails as a Lead Security Engineer, where they are responsible for architecting, building, and maintaining security engines for SAST, DAST, and IaC. Kim is also leading the dynamic application security testing initiative.

Prior to GuardRails, Kim worked at PurpleTeam Labs as a Lead Security Engineer, focusing on security testing. Kim also founded BinaryMist Limited, where they worked as a Software Engineer, Architect, and Entrepreneur. Their responsibilities included security research, developing projects, running security trainings, and conducting security assessments.

Kim has also worked as a Security Focussed Technologist at the University of Otago, where they collaborated with the CISO to create security policies and standards. Kim mentored development teams on attacking and defending their applications and conducted security reviews.

Kim has a background in consulting and has worked as an Engineering Security Consultant at GuardRails and as an Information Security Consultant at JADE, where they trained and empowered security champions and uplifted security awareness within development teams.

Kim's experience also includes roles as a NodeJS Security Consultant at Numisec, a DevOps Consultant at PatronBase Limited, and a DevSecOps Implementation and Support Consultant at Mobiddiction. In these positions, they conducted security reviews, provided architectural guidance, and implemented processes to improve the quality and speed of software delivery.

Additionally, Kim worked as a Technology Consultant at PayGlobal (now part of MYOB), where they implemented a security regression test framework and re-architected legacy code.

Overall, Kim Carter has a strong background in security engineering, software development, and consulting, with a focus on improving security practices and processes within organizations.

Kim Carter earned a Diploma of Business Programming from Spherion in 2001-2002. Before attending Spherion, they attended St Andrews College and Papanui High School, although the specific details of their education at these institutions are not provided. Additionally, Kim Carter obtained the PSM1 certification from Scrum.org in April 2012.