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Sebastian Funke

About Me
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You must be the change that you wish to see in the world. - M. Gandhi

Hi my name is Sebastian, I'm security researcher/pentester, enthusiast for decentralization, defender of informational privacy and graduated computer science student in the master program IT Security at TU Darmstadt in Germany.

I have been working on different kind of projects like: several web applications, automated RF-Testing, a privacy analysis of Facebook (BSc Thesis), an E2E privacy architecture for IoT (MSc Thesis) and several other software projects with a variety of technologies.

My current passion is privacy, trust and transparency enhancing technologies, especially for Internet of Things and Machine Learning domains, as well as all kind of IT security related topics, especially web security, secure software development and wireless physical layer security.

Professional, I currently work as pentester for ERNW. Prior, I performed for ~2 years penetration tests for Context Information Security and ~2 years privacy technology research and development for AGT International.

Identity

Sebastian Funke
1988
64285 Darmstadt
[PGP]
sebastian.funke.skype
defec8edc0de.github.io
Here

Services

  • IT Security and Privacy Consulting
  • Penetration Testing (Black- and Whitebox)
  • Coaching
  • Web(App) Development
  • Desktop Application Development

Work History

Now

Security Analyst

ERNW

After a half year long career break (backpacking in South East Asia), I work now as security analyst with focus on pentesting at ERNW in Heidelberg.

Junior Pentester

Context Information Security

I worked 1 year and 9 month as junior security assurance consultant (pentester) at Context Information Security in Bad Nauheim, Germany. Thereby delivering high-end security services for many of the world's most successful organisations as team member and occasionally as team leader. Services I delivered include the security assessment of webapps, webservices, ext. & int. networks, thickclients (.NET & Java), as well as CIS aligned build & configuration reviews (Windows, *nix & Cisco IOS) and scenario-based attack simulations (tightly scoped and legally compliant red teaming).

Student Research Assistant

AGT International

I worked 2 years as working student at AGT International R&D in Darmstadt, wrote my master thesis and did research of privacy enhancing technologies in Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Student Research Assistant

Fraunhofer SIT

I worked 3 months (February to April 2015) at Fraunhofer SIT (Secure Information Technology) in Darmstadt in the department Secure Software Development, where I helped to improve a dashboard for visualizing security issues of software projects.

Web Developer

Kleewald GmbH

At the startup Kleewald GmbH in Frankfurt, I worked 11 months as a web developer (PHP, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, MySQL), and wrote WebApps in the finance and law domain.

Intern Software Development

TÜV Rheinland Taipei

Between my Bachlor and Master, I made a 4,5 month internship as Software Developer at TÜV Rheinland in Taipei, Taiwan. Thereby, I worked with Agilent VEE to automate RF test procedures and wrote a small marketing Android App.

IT Consultant

Univativ GmbH.

From the beginning of my studies 2010 till end of 2013, I worked in several small Univativ projects as IT Consultant and Web Developer, e.g. for Merck KGa.

IT Consultant

Studierendenwerk Mainz

Between my civil service and my studies I worked 4 months in the IT department of the Studierendenwerk Mainz. Thereby I was involved as an administrator in expanding the network infrastructure, hard- and software rollouts, as well as maintenance of POS systems.

Education History

Master IT Security

TU Darmstadt

From October 2013 till April 2017, I studied IT Security in the master program at TU Darmstadt.

Bachelor of Science: Computer Science

TU Darmstadt

At the TU Darmstadt I graduated after 6 semester as Bachlor of Science in Computer Science.

Technical Assistent for Computer Science

Vocational school Mühlhausen

After Secondary School, I graduated from High School in Mühlhausen with a major in Data Processing and Math and obtained the grade of Technical Assistent for Computer Science.

Publications and Whitepapers

IT Security

  • Secure Software Development
  • System Security
  • Web Security
  • IT Security Management
  • Penetration Testing (Kali/Metasploit)
  • Wireless Physical Layer Security

Programming Skills

  • SCRUM, RUP and XP
    50%
  • Design- and Architecture Pattern
    70%
  • PHP
    80%
  • Java
    80%
  • Delphi/Pascal
    70%
  • Python
    40%
  • JavaScript/jQuery
    60%
  • HTML and CSS
    90%
  • MySQL
    70%
  • C/C++/C#
    30%
  • IA32-Assembler
    10%
  • Visual Basic
    30%
  • Prolog
    10%
  • Verilog/VHDL
    30%

Other IT Skills

  • Windows
    95%
  • Linux/Unix
    30%
  • Joomla/WordPress/Contao
    75%
  • SVN/GIT
    80%
  • PhotoShop and GIMP
    30%
  • MS Office (Word, Excel, PP)
    90%
  • LaTex
    60%
  • SAP R3
    30%

Language Skills

  • German
    100%
  • English
    75%
  • French
    30%
  • Chinese
    10%

Download CV

You can for my detailed CV in pdf format if you like.

My Works

  • All
  • Web Design
  • IT Security
  • Other
  •
    Joomla Website An old homepage of mine made with Joomla (archived)
  •
    SameGame A small Java clone of the popular puzzle game Samegame
  •
    Taiwan Internship Blog 2013, I went for 4,5 months to Taiwan (Taipei) for a global internship program (AIESEC) and I documented my first impressions in this blog.
  •
    WordPress Website An old homepage of mine made with WordPress (archived).
  •
    TEXTURE ATTACKER Attacks watermarks in dds textures.

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