Masaki Kubo

Masaki Kubo is an Executive Research Engineer at the National Institute of Communications Technology (NICT) and has extensive experience in information security, having served at JPCERT/CC since 2005 in various roles including Manager of the Vulnerability Coordination Group and Team Lead for Vulnerability Analysis. Responsibilities at JPCERT/CC included oversighting specialized teams, conducting thorough vulnerability assessments, and developing secure coding training materials. Masaki is also an expert and committee member for ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC27 WG4, managing standards related to information security, and has taught secure web application development as a Visiting Lecturer at Tokyo Denki University and the National Institute of Informatics. Earlier professional experience includes software engineering at Sony, focusing on application development for VAIO desktop PCs. Masaki's educational background includes a Master's degree in Electroacoustic Music from Dartmouth College and a Bachelor's degree in Environmental and Information Studies from Keio University.