Alban Diquet is an Infosec and Data Analysis expert based in Paris with 14 years of hands-on experience securing software across mobile, desktop and server ecosystems. He has led security teams and product engineering as CTO at Data Theorem and now advises the company while serving as an infosec analyst for France’s Parquet national financier. A prolific open-source contributor, Alban authored and enhanced tools like Introspy, SSLyze and ssl-kill-switch2—work that spans SSL/TLS vulnerability research, certificate pinning bypass techniques and iOS security profiling. His background combines low-level C systems and cryptographic engineering with modern backend and type-safe Python practices, demonstrated by significant mypy/type-annotation improvements to SecureDrop. Known for pragmatic, audit-ready solutions, he brings a rare mix of offensive research experience and production-grade software delivery.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree Secure and Dependable Computer Systems, Master's Degree Secure and Dependable Computer Systems at Chalmers University of Technology
Master's Degree Computer and Electrical Engineering, Master's Degree Computer and Electrical Engineering at Isep - École d'ingénieurs du numérique
Contributions:70 releases, 5 reviews, 1373 commits in 8 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Alban primarily focused on fixing security vulnerabilities within the SSLyze library. Their contributions involved addressing issues related to TLS record handling and CCS injection, as seen in the modifications to the `openssl_ccs_injection_plugin.py` and `heartbleed_plugin.py` files. The user also implemented enhancements to the XML output format and improved client authentication functionality, further contributing to the library's overall security posture.
Contributions:221 commits, 4 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:Alban appears to be working on security profiling tools for iOS applications. They implemented and integrated various security-related hooks including those for keychain, file system, and common crypto. The user added tests to showcase the usage and impact of those hooks. The user also appears to be expanding support for common iOS security-related APIs like NSURLConnection, demonstrating a focus on security auditing and vulnerability detection.
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