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Hey, I'm Philipp 👋

Cybersecurity Professional

About Me

I'm a cybersecurity professional with a Master's degree in Cybersecurity. I currently work as a SOC analyst, where I've built a strong foundation in threat detection, incident response, and security monitoring. However, I am actively working toward transitioning into offensive security and red teaming roles. Outside of work, I continuously sharpen my skills through Hack The Box machines and Pro Labs, participation in CTF competitions, and by pursuing industry certifications to build hands-on expertise in offensive security.

Work Experience

  1. 10/2023 — Present

    SOC Analyst

    Deutsche Rentenversicherung Hessen · Full-time

    Triaging alerts, investigating incidents, and conducting root cause analysis. Developed and tuned detection rules across SIEM and EDR platforms, and automated repetitive SOC workflows to improve efficiency.

  2. 10/2022 — 09/2023

    Working Student: Data Science & AI

    Cosmos Direkt · Working Student

    Developed a high-performance Python platform for large-scale data analysis and processing. Annotated and curated training datasets to directly enhance machine learning model accuracy.

  3. 08/2021 — 09/2022

    Working Student: Security Operations Center

    Deutsche Glasfaser · Working Student

    Conducting vulnerability scans, generating vulnerability reports, and identifying security gaps. Analyzed reported phishing emails to mitigate email-based threats.

  4. 01/2021 — 07/2021

    Working Student: Network Monitoring

    Deutsche Glasfaser · Working Student

    Developed network monitoring tools and check plugins for network devices. Maintained and contributed to the "Thola" network mointoring tool, including its integration into the Icinga Template Library.

Education

  1. 10/2022 — 01/2025

    M.Sc. Cybersecurity

    Saarland University

    Specialized cybersecurity topics, such as systems security, physical-layer security, security testing and web security. I particularly focused on web application security through my Master's thesis, which uncovered the usage of the Storage Access API on the web.

    Master's Thesis

  2. 10/2018 — 09/2022

    B.Sc. Cybersecurity

    Saarland University

    Introductory cybersecurity courses, as well as specialized lectures on different security topics, including cryptography, software security, web security, and side-channel attacks. The studies also covered core computer science fundamentals such as algorithms, operating systems, networking, and software engineering. My Bachelor's thesis on the usability of Trusted Types received 2nd place at the CAST Award, which honors outstanding theses in IT security.

    Bachelor's Thesis

Publications

  1. 2023

    Trust Me If You Can – How Usable Is Trusted Types In Practice?

    USENIX Security 2024

    An empirical study investigating the usability of the Trusted Types API through semi-structured interviews with 13 real-world web developers, uncovering key deployment roadblocks and weaknesses in the API's design and documentation.

    Paper