
Jared M. Smith
Jared is a Senior Manager of Engineering at Recorded Future/Mastercard running the TRACE team (Threat Research and Active Collection of Exposures), the Co-founder and CTO of Uncat.com, and an Adjunct Professor in Computer Science at New York University (NYU). Jared was formerly a Distinguished Engineer, R&D Strategy at SecurityScorecard, where he was the technical lead for all in-house threat intelligence and signals intelligence gathering efforts. He was also formerly a Q/SCI clearance holder and Lead Scientist for AI in Cybersecurity, as well as a Principal Investigator, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the largest U.S. DOE lab in the United States. Jared holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Tennessee focused on Internet Routing Security. He has given over 30 professional talks around the world, has 5 granted patents and 2 pending applications, more than 20 peer-reviewed papers, and has licensed multiple technologies he developed to industry while in the U.S. DOE.
Contact Info
Personal: [email protected]
Work: [email protected]
NYU: [email protected]
Background
Education
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2017-2020 PhD, Computer Science
UT Computer Security Lab
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -
2016-2017 MS, Computer Science
Summa Cum Laude
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -
2013-2016 BS, Computer Science
Cum Laude
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Research Positions
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2025-Present Senior Manager, Attack Surface Intelligence
R&D
Recorded Future/Mastercard -
2020-2025 Distinguished Engineer, R&D Strategy
Cyber Threat Research and Intelligence
SecurityScorecard -
2022-Present Adjunct Professor
Computer Science and Engineering
New York University, Tandon School of Engineering -
2020-Present Adjunct Professor
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -
2015-2020 Lead Scientist, AI for Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Research Group
National Security Sciences Directorate
Oak Ridge National Lab -
2016-2020 Chancellor's Graduate Fellow
UT Computer Security Lab
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee, Knoxville -
2013-2016 Research Assistant
Dr. Max Schuchard, UT-Knoxville
Dr. Audris Mockus, UT-Knoxville
Dr. Bruce Maclennnan, UT-Knoxville
Center for Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning, UT-Knoxville
High Energy Physics Group, UT-Knoxville
Industry Positions
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2019-Present CTO and Co-Founder
Uncat.com
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2017-2018 Guest Teacher
Treehouse
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2014-2015 Software Security Researcher
Advanced Security Initiatives Group
Cisco Systems, Inc. -
2015-2016 Acting CTO
NourishWise, Inc.
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2014-2015 Software Engineer
M-CAM, International