Dan Taler
Senior Security Analyst at TikTok
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Summary
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Top SchoolDan Taler is a Senior Security Analyst based in Sydney with 11 years of hands-on experience securing CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and web applications. A former penetration tester and incident responder, he’s credited with discovering and responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities in major vendors like Cisco, Sophos, and Fortinet and has delivered corporate talks on cybersecurity. His background spans developer roles (PHP, NodeJS, Python) and security engineering at organizations including TikTok, Red Hat, NTT and a security consultancy, enabling him to bridge development, automation and threat modeling. He excels at operationalizing security via cloud automation, API connectors and large-scale vulnerability and patch management. Trained in Networking and Programming from UTS and with early experience as a combat medic in the IDF, he combines technical depth with calm crisis management and clear client communication.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Information Technology, Diploma Information Technology at UTS CollegeHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at OFS SingaporeBachelor of Information Technology Systems Networking Programming, Bachelor of Information Technology Systems Networking Programming at University of Technology Sydney
Github Skills (16)
surface8
information-gathering7
pentesting7
hacking7
information-security7
cybersecurity6
threat-intelligence6
python6
infosec6
pentest6
security5
powershell3
plugin2
active2
volatility1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
danTaler/BrowserInfoDisclosure
Feb 2015 - Sep 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 8 months
danTaler/WordLists
Dec 2016 - Sep 2017
Contributions:11 commits, 10 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
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