Dana Epp
Security Engineer Security Researcher at Vulscan Digital Security
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Top SchoolDana Epp is a seasoned security engineer, researcher, and founder with decades of experience securing software, data, and infrastructure across on-prem and cloud environments. As a former CTO and serial founder, Dana has built and sold security products, led global engineering teams, and architected assessment tooling that evaluated nearly a million Azure resources—finding issues in over 73% of engagements. A long-standing Microsoft Regional Director and Security MVP, Dana blends blue/red team experience with modern purple-team tradecraft to translate offensive findings into actionable developer and admin improvements. He specializes in integrating application security testing and threat modeling into CI/CD pipelines and making security (de)engineering practical and engaging for organizations of any size. Notably, his early work hardened embedded Linux systems used by defense and space customers, reflecting a rare depth from low-level hardware security to cloud-scale assessments. Based in Vancouver, Dana combines strategic leadership with hands-on vulnerability hunting to help teams stop breaches before they start.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
University of the Fraser ValleyElectronic engineering; Computer Programming, Electronic engineering; Computer Programming at DeVry Institute of TechnologyCanadian Forces School of Military Engineering
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (96)
testing10
pty10
javascript9
linux9
api-testing9
developer-tools9
privilege-escalation9
enumeration9
api-client9
penetration-testing9
windows9
automation9
http-client9
openapi9
rest-api9
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
DanaEpp/MSP-Vendors-VDP-BBP
Feb 2022 - Apr 2022
Contributions:29 commits, 21 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
DanaEpp/CodeArgos
Jul 2020 - Jul 2021
A python module for red teams to support the continuous recon of JavaScript files and HTML script blocks in an active web application.
Contributions:69 commits, 4 PRs, 64 pushes in 1 year
javascriptpython-modulesbugbountyoffensive-securitypenetration-testing
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