Edward Wu

About Edward Wu

Edward Wu is the founder & CEO of Dropzone AI, creator of the world’s first autonomous AI SOC analyst that force-multiplies cybersecurity teams with armies of AI agents. Previously, Edward spent eight years at ExtraHop Networks, leading AI/ML and detection engineering and developing behavioral network attack detection. He also worked on automated binary analysis and software defenses at the University of Washington, Seattle, and UC Berkeley. Edward holds 30+ patents in applied AI for cybersecurity and is a contributor to the MITRE ATT & CK framework.

Experience

1. Founder and CEO

   Dropzone Ai

   Feb 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Dropzone AI’s platform delivers pre-trained autonomous AI security agents that work alongside human analysts on security operations teams. It handles the frontline work of investigating the mountain of alerts from security systems. Using cutting-edge LLMs, Dropzone’s agents perform end-to-end investigations mimicking the techniques of elite analysts and enable human analysts to focus on real threats and higher-value work.

Education

• University of Washington

  Master of Science (MS), Computer Science and Engineering

  2012 — 2015

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Elk
• Data Warehousing
• Networking
• Distributed Systems
• Machine Learning
• Sql
• Java
• Android Security
• Reverse Engineering
• C
• Presto
• Computer Security
• Program Analysis
• Fuzzing
• Devops
• Network Security
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• Ida
• Python
• Llvm