Kevin Valk has a diverse work experience in the field of cybersecurity and software engineering. Kevin is currently the founder and co-CEO of Codean, a company focused on empowering ethical hackers through a Security Review Environment. Prior to starting Codean in 2020, Kevin worked as a Senior Security Analyst at Riscure from 2017 to 2020, where they likely gained valuable experience in analyzing and identifying security vulnerabilities. Before that, they worked as a Cyber Security Consultant at Northwave from 2016 to 2017 and as a Cyber Security Researcher at Toys For Bob from 2015 to 2016. Kevin's earlier experience includes working as a Software Engineer at Deskbookers from 2012 to 2014. Overall, Kevin's work experience demonstrates their expertise in cybersecurity, software engineering, and leading their own company.
Kevin Valk has a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Security, which they obtained between 2013 and 2016 from Radboud University. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computing Science with a minor in Artificial Intelligence from Radboud University, completing it between 2009 and 2013.
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Codean
Software is getting more complex, the amount of criminal hackers is growing, and automatic tools for software engineers are just not good enough. Human software security experts are just irreplaceable. But… they could use a hand.Therefore Codean built a review environment, that makes security experts work 2 times faster; up to 10 times forcertain tasks. And it automates mundane analysis tasks, so security experts can focus on finding vulnerabilities.Our review environment is for a security expert what an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) is for software engineers. Most security experts use an IDE for software analysis, even though that's made for software development. Instead, the environment we built is tailor made for security review: it has features ranging from keeping track what is reviewed while doing delta’s, to symbiotic taint analysis, to easy report composition. The result: less mundane work, more fun.We also have a small team of security analysts ourselves, who perform pentests and continuous security review. Their main added value for us is that we test the review environment with our own people: to make it the best product ever. Since early 2021 we have been using the review environment for code review. Since 2022 we provide the review environment as a SaaS product for security experts, whitebox ethical hackers, and everybody else who wants to find more code vulnerabilities in less time.
