Francisco Spínola

Francisco Spínola currently serves as the Offensive Security Team Leader and Offensive Security Engineer at SECURNET, where responsibilities include Red Team operations, penetration testing, digital forensics, incident response, security consulting, and threat analysis. In addition, Francisco is an ethical hacker at ETHIACK, focused on API and web application security testing, as well as reverse engineering for APKs and desktop applications. Francisco has co-captained xSTF, coordinating participation in Capture-The-Flag competitions, and previously worked as a penetration tester at Universidade da Madeira and as a Cyber Security Analyst at Claranet Portugal. Francisco's educational background includes a Postgraduate Degree in Security of Information Systems from Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto and a Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security in Computer Networks from ESTG - Politécnico do Porto.