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Dylan Ayrey

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Contributor and author at truffleHog
📍 United States

Dylan Ayrey is the CEO and Co-founder of Truffle Security, a company he established after creating the widely-used open-source security tool, truffleHog. His expertise in discovering exposed credentials was honed during his time at Netflixs security team. He is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Beyond his focus on cybersecurity, Dylan is interested in technological advancements, particularly in space exploration. He actively fosters community among security professionals by organizing events for industry leaders to connect, share perspectives, and learn from one another.

He created the popular open-source tool truffleHog while unemployed, initially as a way to earn bug bounties by finding security vulnerabilities.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Contributor and author
Location
United States
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Open Source Security
As the original author of truffleHog, he is a prominent advocate for creating and maintaining open-source tools to improve cybersecurity for everyone.
Secret Sprawl
His entire company is built around solving the problem of credentials, API keys, and other secrets being accidentally leaked across tech stacks like Git, Slack, and Jira.
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Career

Work history

12-2016
Contributor and author
truffleHog
1-2013 - 5-2020
Security Person
Other stuff
CEO/Co-founder
Truffle Security Co.
Senior Security Partner
Netflix
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Media appearances

TruffleHog Creator: You Can't Have AI Agents Without Secrets. Featured in Spotify
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Education
BS
Rochester Institute of Technology
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