Jan Hertsens
Senior Security Consultant at Amazon Web Services
California, United States
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Top SchoolJan Hertsens is a seasoned security leader with a track record spanning malware research, security architecture, and cloud migration. As a Senior Security Consultant at AWS since 2016, he helps startups to Fortune 100 companies move sensitive workloads to the cloud while navigating HIPAA, GDPR, PCI, and other compliance regimes. His early career includes founding XBlock and creating X-Cleaner, the first anti-spyware solution, and serving as chief architect for enterprise anti-spyware at FaceTime Communications, shaping industry approaches to malware and privacy. At LiveOps, he built and led security operations, delivered PCI and HIPAA compliant infrastructures, and invented threat-visualization and automatic policy auditing systems that linked IAM, AD, LDAP, and production environments. He has advised regulators (FTC) on spyware-related legislation and excels at turning complex security requirements into practical, auditable processes for regulated industries like healthcare and finance. Based in California, he blends hands-on engineering with strategic governance to help organizations securely harness the cloud while staying ahead of emerging threats.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
IT, Accounting, IT, Accounting, IT, Accounting, IT, Accounting at NaRaFiIT, IT at Vrije Universiteit Brussel
English, Dutch, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (60)
foundation9
keybase9
aws9
client-library8
service-client8
chat8
end-to-end-encryption8
pgp8
amazon8
amazon-web-services7
aws-sdk7
security7
authentication7
command-line-interface7
api7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
obijan42/sgcft4cloudflare
May 2019 - Oct 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
obijan42/aws-security-benchmark
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
Open source demos, concept and guidance related to the AWS CIS Foundation framework.
Contributions:12 commits, 9 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 7 months
foundation-frameworkcisfoundationguidanceaws
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