Tosso's Personal Blog

About Me

Hello! I’m Juan Pablo Tosso.

I'm a cybersecurity researcher from Chile, currently working in traceable.ai, I enjoy writing open-source code, hiking, biking, spending time with my children, traveling, writing, and reading. I used to be a white hat hacker, but now I turned into the blue side.

I’m the founder and main developer of the Coraza WAF project.

My main programming languages are Golang, Python, and Ruby.

Some things about me:

I speak English, Spanish, and some Japanese. I’m currently studying Chinese.
I have this blog to test Coraza ;D
I have two amazing children

Age 30
Residence Chile
Company Traceable AI
Address Santiago, CL

Resume

Experience

2022 - Present

Research engineer

Traceable Inc.

Research related to API security, design and develop new API security products, and guide customers to make the most of Traceable AI.

2022 - Present

Project Leader

OWASP Foundation

Founder, leader, and maintainer for the OWASP Coraza Web Application Firewall project. I have led the development and maintenance of the project from v1 to v3.

2019 - 2022

Chief Cybersecurity Officer

Makros

Makros is a Chilean cybersecurity consultancy company. I managed multidisciplinary teams and led projects like Penetration Testing, Vulnerability Management, and DevSecOps integrations.

2016 - 2019

Chief Executive Officer

Coraza Technologies

Coraza Technologies was my first startup attempt. My role was to lead Coraza Web Application Firewall as an enterprise cybersecurity product. I led a small team of engineers and managed to raise seed funding.

2012 - 2016

Ethical Hacker

Freelancer

Ethical hacking and penetration testing. During these years, I had the chance to test systems from industries like OT, banking, e-commerce, retail, insurance, and more.