Welcome to John Turner's Blog

Professional headshot of John Turner, a cybersecurity professional with 15+ years of experience

I help high-impact teams keep their products secure, private and safe. I'm a security professional with 15+ years of experience leading product security initiatives at companies like Bose, Amazon, Uber, and Ford Motor Company.

This is where I share insights about product security, showcase my open source projects, and document lessons learned from building secure systems at scale.

TrustEdge — Trustable Edge AI (Rust): Professional-grade Rust platform for trustable edge AI now hosted at TrustEdge-Labs GitHub organization. Features live audio capture, Universal Backend system, Ed25519 mutual authentication, format-aware processing with 30+ file types, and comprehensive 93-test suite. Privacy and trust at the edge, evolved from learning project to professional platform.

Latest Highlights

  • Director, Product Security at Bose - Leading security-by-design across connected devices
  • CISSP Certified - Professional security certification (#426257)
  • Published Author - Co-authored "The Apache Tomcat Security Handbook" and "The Definitive Guide To Linux Network Programming"
  • Patent Co-Inventor - Secure session communication for mobile devices

Recent Blog Post

TrustEdge Goes Professional - GitHub Organization, Live Audio Capture, and Universal Backend System TrustEdge moves to TrustEdge-Labs GitHub organization with live audio capture, Universal Backend system, mutual authentication, format-aware processing, and 93-test comprehensive suite. Published September 5, 2025

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