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AJ D.

Senior Application Security Engineer at FormAssembly

AJ D. has a diverse work experience in the field of cybersecurity. They are the Co-Founder and CEO of Secuna, a recognized cybersecurity service provider in the Philippines. AJ D. has collaborated with numerous startups, government entities, and enterprises to test their security and safeguard their customers and organizations. They have a team of penetration testers with expertise in Network, Web, Mobile, API, and Cloud Security.

In addition to their work at Secuna, AJ D. has worked as a Cybersecurity Lecturer at De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde, teaching Offensive Security - Web App Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing. They have also served as a Cybersecurity Mentor at IdeaSpace Philippines.

AJ D. has also worked as a Highly Technical Consultant at the National Privacy Commission on multiple occasions. They have provided technical expertise and consultation for privacy-related matters.

Furthermore, AJ D. has experience as a Cybersecurity Lecturer at Adamson University and the University of the Philippines System Information Technology Foundation. They have conducted lectures, training, seminars, and workshops on software vulnerability testing, identification, and mitigation.

Before their teaching roles, AJ D. worked as an Information Security Analyst at the University of the Philippines, where they ensured IT systems complied with data security and privacy policies, collaborated with software engineers to address vulnerabilities, and performed regular vulnerability testing.

Prior to their work in cybersecurity, AJ D. served as a College Professor at STI College, where they prepared course materials and evaluated students' projects in system analysis and design and software engineering.

AJ D.'s education history begins in 2012 when they enrolled at STI College and pursued a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Information Technology. They attended STI College until 2016.

In 2016, AJ D. started taking short courses at the University of the Philippines IT Development Center (UP ITDC) in the field of Computer Science. The duration of their enrollment at UP ITDC is not provided.

From 2018 to 2019, AJ D. attended Holy Angel University, where they pursued a Professional Science Master's degree in Cybersecurity.

In terms of additional certifications, AJ D. obtained the following:

- Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP) from Offensive Security in March 2023.

- Certified Red Team Operator (CRTO) from Zero-Point Security Ltd in January 2023.

- Offensive Security Experienced Penetration Tester (OSEP) from Offensive Security in November 2022.

- eLearnSecurity Mobile Application Penetration Tester (eMAPT) from eLearnSecurity in November 2022.

- Entrepreneurship 2: Launching your Start-Up from Coursera in June 2022.

- Entrepreneurship 1: Developing the Opportunity from Coursera in May 2022.

- eLearnSecurity Certified Incident Responder (eCIR) from eLearnSecurity in January 2022.

- eLearnSecurity Certified Threat Hunting Professional (eCTHP) from eLearnSecurity in November 2021.

- Practical Network Penetration Tester (PNPT) from TCM Security in September 2021.

- eLearnSecurity Certified Digital Forensics Professional (eCDFP) from eLearnSecurity in September 2021.

- Certified Red Team Expert (CRTE) from Pentester Academy in May 2021.

- Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE) from Offensive Security in May 2021.

- Certified Red Team Professional (CRTP) from Pentester Academy in March 2021.

- Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) from Offensive Security in June 2020.

- EC-Council Certified Security Analyst: Penetration Testing (ECSA) from EC-Council in November 2017.

- Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) from EC-Council in October 2017.

Please note that no assumptions have been made beyond the information provided.

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Timeline

  • Senior Application Security Engineer

    December, 2022 - present

  • Application Security Engineer

    December, 2021