Zalán H.

About

So, are you looking for someone who is into IT Security/Cyber Security? Feel free to connect! If interested, don't forget to read below. You can also connect just to expand your network, no reason needed.

If you are curious what I am familiar to work with, let me list a few things:

- Network Security:

Nowadays it's a bit bold to say "it's working", isn't it? Security is no longer just a fancy feature on top of a working infrastructure, it's a necessity.

That’s where I step in. I’m passionate about making sure systems aren’t just running but running securely. I enjoy diving into vulnerabilities, strengthening defenses, and helping teams (and employees!) feel confident about their infrastructure.

- Penetration Testing:

A nice and tidy secure infrastructure is good and everything but can you really say it's secure if you haven't stressed it?

That's when I raise the black flag and practice the phrase "I'm in". Vulnerabilities are not a yes or no question, they are just very good at hiding and it's just a matter of time and expertise to find them.

And most importantly, I do the paperwork after the plundering! I do not wish to replace my clean white hat with a black hat.

- Monitoring Solutions:

And yet, you are still blind to cyber attacks, no matter how secure your system is. A good monitoring solution is just as important as the infrastructure itself.

Whether it's your web application or your hardware, I enjoy implementing solution for real time monitoring.

And that's not all, does it really worth to force someone to look at the graphs all day and yell if something is abnormal? In some cases, why not but an automatic trigger for certain events is much more efficient and I am here to implement them.

- Digital Forensics:

Other than its cool factor (let’s be honest, it does sound pretty awesome to say “I do forensics”), I really enjoy uncovering what actually happened, especially when I have to dig deep and my native language becomes binary.

At the same time, I’m not ashamed to stand on the shoulders of giants and make use of amazing tools like Eric Zimmerman’s toolset.

I am not just 1s and 0s. You were probably wondering about my profile background image. If you know, you know. And if you don't, you are missing out so much! It's the The Golden Record, both Voyager aircraft, launched in 1977 carrying it. Its cover contains the instructions to decode its content in the most universal (literally) way which feels quite alien to us. I find it very fascinating and ironic and the same time. And you probalby guessed it by now, I'm a huge space nerd.

Education

• University of Skövde

  Jan 2025 — Jan 2026

• HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen/University of Applied Sciences

  Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Cyber Security

  Jan 2023 — Jan 2026

3 education entries in total