Jake Jacobs-Smith

Jake Jacobs-Smith is a seasoned information security leader with 7 years of experience building security programs from the ground up. He currently manages the Application Security Engineering team at Yext, where he has developed a robust Product Security program. At Yext, Jake built out the vulnerability management lifecycle, API security, infrastructure security, offensive security, and the bug bounty program. He also designed and implemented internal tooling to consolidate all vulnerability findings across security tools and automatically create Jira tickets for tracking. Jake is currently pursuing a Masters in Cybersecurity from Georgia Institute of Technology and is passionate about helping organizations transition from focusing solely on the secure development lifecycle to adopting a more comprehensive approach that incorporates the entire product development lifecycle. He is also dedicated to product security, teaching, and mentoring others in the field.