Dirk Beste

Dirk Beste has a diverse work experience in the IT and security industry. Dirk currently works as a Senior Solutions Engineer at AppOmni, where they focus on providing preventive and detective solutions to protect and secure SaaS applications. Prior to this, Dirk was the owner of Beste's Holiday Homes, where they managed bookings and maintained a holiday home in Friedrichstadt.

Dirk also worked at Orca Security as a Lead Sales Engineer EMEA, where they specialized in cloud security. Dirk played a key role in providing instant-on security and compliance for AWS, Azure, and GCP without the need for agents. Before joining Orca Security, Dirk worked at VMware as a Senior Cyber Security Solution Engineer, where they focused on threat detection and network security.

Dirk has also held positions at Lastline, Inc., where they worked as a Principal Sales Engineer and later as a Sales Engineer. Dirk played a crucial role in enabling customers to defend against advanced threats and provided complete visibility into malicious behaviors.

Prior to that, Dirk worked at FireEye as a Senior Systems Engineer and at Cisco Systems as a Consulting Systems Engineer and Senior Systems Engineer. Dirk gained expertise in next-generation threat protection, advanced malware defense, and network security solutions.

Earlier in their career, Dirk worked at Clearswift as a Technical Account Manager, where they maintained technical relationships with key customers and deployed product family solutions for content security.

Dirk took a break from their career to focus on family and went on parental leave for one year.

Overall, Dirk Beste has demonstrated a strong background in IT and security, with expertise in SaaS, cloud security, threat detection, and network security.

Dirk Beste completed their education at Fachhochschule Darmstadt from the year 1993 to 1999, earning a degree in Diplom-Informatiker (Fachhochschule). During their time at Fachhochschule Darmstadt, they focused their studies on Telecomms and Artificial Intelligence. Prior to that, they attended Schuldorf Bergstrasse from 1982 to 1991, where they obtained their Abitur degree. Their field of study at Schuldorf Bergstrasse was Maths and Physics.