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Pearson Security Team

Open security roles at Pearson, and what we know about the team behind them.

education management · 18000 employees · 2 open roles. Updated October 15, 2026.

Security at Pearson

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How they approach application security

  • Pearson's Application Security team is responsible for the security of Pearson learning management applications.
  • They provide security training to their developer community through in-person sessions, webinars, and online courses.
  • Their philosophy emphasizes embedding security into every stage of CI/CD pipelines and supporting security initiatives related to AI/ML-driven development.
  • They also maintain a 24x7 Security Operations Center (SOC) that monitors and responds to security incidents, with a principle of reporting anything that doesn't seem right to the SOC.

The team

Pearson's Application Security team is responsible for the security of Pearson learning management applications. Information regarding named, public-facing Application Security leaders, team size, and organizational chart with AppSec headcount is not publicly available.

What they're working on

Pearson provides security training to its developer community through in-person sessions, webinars, and online courses. They aim to embed security into every stage of their CI/CD pipelines and lead a Developer Security Champion program. The team also supports security initiatives related to AI/ML-driven development. Information regarding explicit vulnerability triage SLAs, MTTR targets, ticketing workflow details, or recent (last 6 months) specific new AppSec programs or tool rollouts is not publicly available.