
Nicolas W.
Full Stack Senior Developer, crafting software that actually works. @ Cannes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sr. Security Architect and Consultant at ADP
Burbank, California
Application Security Architect, Researcher, Engineer, Penetration Tester and CISO with over 21 years of experience. I also have digital forensics skills for over 3 years. My passion is to write secure code and find ways to break it. I enjoy solving problems and writing tools in various programming languages like C/C++, C#, PHP, Java, etc. Have good experience and understanding in TCP/IP and networking. I'm a good mentor and a team lead with understanding how to run and lead a team to get the job done. Trusted security expert who keeps up with latest security threats. Able to think like an hacker to find security vulnerabilities. Created few technical white papers in security (encryption and digital signatures). Built my own encryption algorithms and hashes as an experimental side projects. Strong understanding end-to-end encryption and lossless data compression algorithms. Wrote few cyber security articles in various magazines and blogs. I'm also active participant in Open Source security projects.
My Specialties:
- Secure Software Design, Development and Testing
- Vulnerability Assessment and Prevention
- Web Application Security Coding and Testing
- Computer Forensics (EnCE certified)
- Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking
- Code Analysis and Reporting Insecure Code
- Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption
- Format Preserving Encryption
- Tokenization using Protegrity and other data security solutions
- Secure Random Number Generators and Hash Functions
- Lossless Data Compression and Decompression
- Network Security and Management (Cisco CCNA certified)
- Acunetix, Fortify SCA, WebInspect, Burp, Nessus, Nexpose and other security tools
- Familiar with OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 20 and SANS SWAT
- Cloud security and experience with Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS
- Audit Experience in PCI DSS, HIPPA, NIST, Privacy Shield, ISO 27001/27002, GLBA
- SAML, JWT, NTLM, OAuth2, OpenID and other SSO technologies
Besides cyber, information and physical security I like to play tennis and hike the hills. I like to be away from the city and into the heartland of Nature.
I also like studying about laws of Thermodynamics which gives me good understanding about laws of Nature and how energy works.
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity"
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