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Jack Cable

Head of Security Products, Cognition

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Jack Cable is a security engineer and former government cybersecurity official who co-founded Corridor, a startup building security for AI-written code, and became Head of Security Products at Cognition when Corridor joined Cognition, announced October 28, 2026. At CISA, Cable helped lead the agency's Secure by Design work, including its Secure by Design Pledge. Earlier, Cable was a top-ranked bug bounty hunter who reported more than 350 vulnerabilities to companies including Google, Facebook and Uber and to the U.S. Department of Defense, and was named one of TIME's 25 Most Influential Teens of 2018.1234

At a glance

Current role
Head of Security Products
Company
Cognition
Sector
Company
Education
Stanford University
Work listed
3
Honors
1
Sources cited
9
Profile reviewed

Accomplishments

  • Became Head of Security Products at Cognition when Corridor joined Cognition (announced October 28, 2026).42
  • Led CISA's Secure by Design Pledge.15
  • Reported more than 350 vulnerabilities as a bug bounty hunter; named one of TIME's 25 Most Influential Teens of 2018.1

Career

After placing first in the Hack the Air Force bug bounty challenge, Cable joined the Defense Digital Service out of high school, helping run the Hack the Pentagon bug bounty portfolio. Cable then served as an Election Security Technical Advisor at CISA (June 2020–January 2021), creating Crossfeed, a vulnerability scanning pilot that assessed all 50 states and more than 2,500 counties ahead of the 2020 election.15

Cable was a Security Architect at Krebs Stamos Group (May 2021–February 2022) and a TechCongress Fellow for Senator Gary Peters on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (January–October 2022), where Cable authored the Securing Open Source Software Act. From January 2023 to January 2025 Cable was a Senior Technical Advisor at CISA, helping lead Secure by Design and open source software security.15

Secure by Design

Cable led CISA's Secure by Design Pledge. Cable's site says it secured commitments from more than 250 software manufacturers, including Google, Microsoft and AWS; a 2025 House testimony biography gives the figure as more than 300.15

Corridor and Cognition

Cable co-founded Corridor with Ashwin Ramaswami in January 2025; Corridor's about page describes Cable as having "Hacked the Pentagon at 16". In March 2026 Corridor raised a $25 million Series A at a $200 million valuation, led by Felicis.536

In a Cognition blog post dated October 28, 2026, Cable and Ramaswami wrote that "Corridor is joining Cognition, where we'll be taking Devin Security to the next level," naming Cognition President Russell Kaplan as one of their earliest advisors and saying they would work with Cognition CSO Alex Stamos "once again". Cognition posted "Today, Cognition is acquiring @corridor." Terms were not disclosed.4789

Work and contributions

  • Corridor Proprietary product

    Security for AI-written code; co-founded with Ashwin Ramaswami in 2025 and joined Cognition in October 2026.34

  • Secure by Design Pledge

    CISA pledge Cable led, signed by more than 250 software manufacturers (300+ per the House biography).15

  • Crossfeed

    A CISA vulnerability scanning pilot that assessed all 50 states and more than 2,500 counties before the 2020 election.15

Timeline

  1. Named to TIME's 25 Most Influential Teens; joined the Defense Digital Service.15
  2. Became an Election Security Technical Advisor at CISA and created Crossfeed.15
  3. Joined Krebs Stamos Group as a Security Architect.5
  4. Became a TechCongress Fellow for Senator Gary Peters.15
  5. Became a Senior Technical Advisor at CISA.5
  6. Co-founded Corridor.5
  7. Corridor raised a $25 million Series A.6
  8. Corridor joining Cognition announced.48

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • Co-founder and CEO, Corridor (2025 – 2026)534
  • Senior Technical Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) (2023 – 2025)15
  • TechCongress Fellow, U.S. Senate (TechCongress Fellow for Sen. Gary Peters) (2022 – 2022)15
  • Security Architect, Krebs Stamos Group (2021 – 2022)5
  • B.S. computer science, Stanford University (2018 – 2021)5

Honors and recognition

  • TIME 25 Most Influential Teens · TIME, 20181

Where they work

Open roles at Cognition (106)

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References

9 sources · profile reviewed Oct 30, 2026 · data updated Oct 30, 2026

  1. Jack Cable (home page: bio and selected work)Jack Cable · Official page · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  2. Jack Cable (@jackhcable) on X: profileX · Official page · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  3. Corridor: AboutCorridor · Official page · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  4. Corridor is joining CognitionCognition · Announcement · published Oct 28, 2026 · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  5. Jack Cable witness biography, Committee on Homeland SecurityU.S. House of Representatives · Filing · published May 28, 2025 · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  6. Corridor Raises $25M Series A to Secure AI Coding at the SourceCorridor · Announcement · published Mar 18, 2026 · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  7. Jack Cable on X: Corridor is joining CognitionX · Announcement · published Oct 29, 2026 · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  8. Cognition on X: Cognition is acquiring CorridorX · Announcement · published Oct 29, 2026 · accessed Oct 30, 2026
  9. Cognition acquires Corridor to add security controls to DevinAlphaSignal · News report · accessed Oct 30, 2026

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