Niko S.

Niko S. has a strong background in information security and research. They started their career as a research assistant at the Institute for Internet Security in 2012 and later became a project manager at the same institute from 2014 to 2015. In 2013, Niko joined Ruhr University Bochum as a student researcher, where they focused on virtual machine introspection for malware analysis and automated program analysis using symbolic execution and SMT solving. In 2014, they also worked as an information security consultant at Radically Open Security until 2016. From 2016 to 2017, Niko worked as a security analyst at DCSO Deutsche Cyber Sicherheitsorganisation GmbH. Currently, Niko holds a position at ShiftLeft, Inc. as the Director of Information Security since April 2021, having previously served as the Lead Security Researcher from 2018 to 2021 and as a Security Researcher from 2017 to 2018.

Niko S. completed their Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at Hochschule Trier from 2007 to 2012. Following their bachelor's degree, they pursued a Master of Science in Internet-Security at Westfälische Hochschule from 2012 to 2016.