Shapor Naghibzadeh

I call San Francisco home (yes, the city proper)
I'm an engineer who loves to create (and break) things, mostly related to AI and cybersecurity detection, response, and threat intel
Founding engineer of TAG after joining Google security under exciting circumstances
Launched Chronicle out of X with co-founders Mike & Stephen
Built Backstory with the help of an amazing team [whitepaper, Forbes]
Acquired by Google in 2019, where I currently lead Chronicle's generative AI work

Tinkering with technology. Currently tokenizers, LLM frameworks and prompting in golang
Investing in and advising innovative disruptors ping me
Long time Linux geek, using it as my primary OS since the last millennium

CASTp: computed atlas of surface topography of proteins - PDF, Google Scholar (2003)
Message control system in a shared hosting environment - PDF (2007)
Gathering indicators of compromise for security threat detection - PDF (2016)
Efficient Processing of Computer Security Data - PDF (2018)
User interfaces for presenting cybersecurity data - PDF (2021)
Parsing unlabeled computer security data logs - PDF (2022)

Avoiding Data Platform Pitfalls Building Security Products (2023)
Learnings from Operation Aurora - NVTC Capital CyberSecurity Summit Keynote (2020)
Fighting Cyberattacks on a Global Scale with Security Analytics, 2020
The Magic Behind Security at Google (Leaders Exchange: The Magician at the NoMad, New York, NY), 2020
Leveraging Security Telemetry at Planet Scale (Google Cloud Security Summit, Washington DC), 2020
The Benefits of Good Data and Unmatched Security Capabilities (Tanium CONVERGE, Nashville, TN), 2019
Reimagining Enterprise Security (Leaders Forum: Security, Toronto, Canada), 2019
The State of OT Cybersecurity in the Utilities Industry (The Atlantic Council, Washington DC), 2019
Security Analytics as a Force Multiplier for Threat Hunting (Tenable Edge, Atlanta, GA), 2019
Advanced Malware Threat Hunting and Investigation with VirusTotal Intelligence (SANS, 2018)

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