Samuel Mwangi
Application And Data Security
Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya
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Top SchoolSamuel Mwangi is a security-focused Application and Data Protection specialist with eight years of hands-on experience in threat assessment, compliance, and incident response. Based in Nairobi, he currently leads security infrastructure, policy updates, and security training programs at Solutech Limited, ensuring alignment with data protection laws and industry standards. He regularly performs vulnerability assessments on applications and cloud infrastructure and collaborates with engineering teams to remediate issues and strengthen security postures. A seasoned penetration tester, he has uncovered role-escalation vulnerabilities at Safaricom Mpesa and identified critical unrestricted file upload issues via HackerOne, demonstrating a pragmatic defender mindset. His career spans risk & compliance auditing, network security engineering, and technical solutions engineering, underpinned by a Bachelor’s and Diploma in Information Technology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
English, SwahiliProgramming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
gituyu/gituyu.github.io
Mar 2017 - Aug 2021
Contributions:1 PR, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
gituyu/jenga
Feb 2021 - Sep 2023
Contributions:1 release, 9 pushes, 1 tag in 2 years 7 months
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