+UnseenHex+ About

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10+ years in Information Technology industry.
Certified: Offsec, INE Security, Microsoft, Cisco.
Community: Ruxcon, BSides, SecTalks.

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#_ Whoami

Hi, my name is Brendon, I am a {Penetration Tester, Security Researcher, Runner, Hacker/Builder} who enjoys retro technology, Vinyl, GNU/Linux, 90s deep cuts and coffee.

Early years

Visual Basic 6.0, Windows XP registry tweaking, Windows Vista Beta.

University

Distributed Computing model. 6x Raspberry Pi cluster running Python Prime Sieve. Testing different queue architectures. Running Docker, Kubernetes and Ansible.
Rack and Stack Cisco routers and switches — OSPF, BGP, STP.
Python data analytics: Mining the Social Web - Twitter data acquisition and visualisation.
Built and programmed Arduino microcontroller to control robotic vechical to navigate by sensors.

Professional work

Penetration Tester. Conducted hundreds of security assessments across network infrastructure, mobile devies, web applications and internal protected systems (databases, ICS, telephony).
Lead responsible disclosure of multiple high impact vulenrabilties that affected 1000+ users, including Remote Code Execution and IDOR.
Implemented cyber security management practices for a team of Penetration testers that reduced time to disclosure and administartive overhead by 25%.
Principal software engineer on cyber security products PhishCheck, ADAudit, C2Monitor, API Runner.
System Administration and client support. {university research systems and speciality software}, {Microsoft Active Directory, Group Policy, SCCM}, {Ubuntu/Redhat}.