Christian Frichot
Security Architect at Bunnings
Perth, Western Australia
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Top SchoolChristian Frichot is a seasoned security engineer and founder with 15 years of hands-on experience building secure products and teams across startups and large enterprises from Perth. He has led product security at Atlassian and Salesforce, managed security engineering at Cruise and HashiCorp, and now combines practitioner and founder roles at Threatcl Cloud while advising enterprise security at Bunnings. A long-time open-source contributor, Christian made substantive contributions to the high-profile BeEF project (Browser Exploitation Framework) and implemented practical 2FA integrations for Devise, highlighting both offensive and defensive expertise. He blends deep application security, threat modelling and DevOps-friendly automation with experience in incident response, penetration testing and secure design. Known for translating complex technical risk into actionable programs, he also has a track record of community advocacy through OWASP and developer education. His background in computer security research and early work on clustered password cracking gives him a rare mix of low-level offensive skill and strategic security leadership.
15 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
BSc Hons Computer Science Computer Security, BSc Hons Computer Science Computer Security at Edith Cowan University
English
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Github Skills (19)
ruby-rails10
devise10
javascript10
authentication10
user-authentication10
rails10
browser-security10
ruby10
two-factor-authentication10
exploit10
google-authenticator10
security9
rest-api8
api8
rest8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
AsteriskLabs/devise_google_authenticator
Nov 2011 - Feb 2015
A Devise extension to allow your app to utilise Google's 2FA Mobile app
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:69 commits, 3 PRs, 2 pushes in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Christian primarily worked on implementing features for Google Authenticator integration within the Devise authentication system. Their commits focused on adding new functionality to the application controllers, models, and views to support two-factor authentication. The user modified existing code to enable QR code display, token validation, and user interface enhancements for the authentication process. Furthermore, the user worked on test updates and ensuring that it all works.
googleandroidmobile-app2fa-mobile2fa
beefproject/beef
Nov 2011 - Nov 2015
The Browser Exploitation Framework Project
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:93 commits, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
Contributions summary:Christian primarily contributed to the "Browser Exploitation Framework Project" by modifying modules related to browser exploitation techniques. They implemented iPhone Skype calling, addressed issues related to iPhone telephone module, and added a "Pretty Theft" module. Further contributions include a fix for a core dependency, console interface tidying, and the addition of a RESTful API that addresses security restrictions.
browsersecuritypentestingexploitationbrowser-exploitation
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