Berkan Er
Senior Manager, Cyber Security And Privacy Services at PwC Türkiye
Istanbul, Türkiye Turkey
Summary
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Top SchoolBerkan Er is a Senior Manager in Cyber Security and Privacy Services at PwC Türkiye with over a decade of hands-on experience helping organizations build resilient security programs. He combines leadership in consultancy with deep technical chops—certified CRTO, OSCP and multiple other industry credentials—and a track record of developing exploit modules for high-profile open-source tooling like Metasploit. Based in Istanbul, he specializes in pragmatic vulnerability research and incident-ready controls, translating complex technical findings into audit-ready remediation advice for enterprise clients. His background spans computer programming to management information systems, enabling him to bridge engineering teams and business stakeholders effectively. Notably, his Metasploit contributions include implementing a real CVE exploit path and refining payload and architecture targeting, reflecting both offensive expertise and careful engineering discipline.
10 years of coding experience
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems at Istanbul UniversityAssociate's degree, Computer Programming, Associate's degree, Computer Programming at Girne American University
Github Skills (15)
ruby10
exploit10
meta-framework10
vulnerability-research10
meta10
metasploit10
penetration-testing9
windows9
audit8
http8
audit-trail8
auditing8
audit-logging8
code-auditing8
python3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/metasploit-framework
Mar 2021 - Mar 2021
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:2 reviews, 10 commits, 2 PRs in 5 days
Contributions summary:Berkan's contributions primarily involve developing and improving an exploit module for the Metasploit Framework. The commits demonstrate the implementation of a vulnerability (CVE-2021-3378), focusing on arbitrary file upload via a POST request against a specific version of FortiLogger. The changes include initial module creation, vulnerability check implementation, payload generation, and code refactoring, ultimately enabling the exploitation of the identified security flaw. The user also demonstrates a focus on defining target platforms and architectures for the exploit.
metasploitmetasploit-framework
erberkan/Tools
Nov 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:7 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 1 month
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