Dominik De Smit
Founder & CEO at Cyberella
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Top SchoolDominik De Smit is a founder, entrepreneur and software security expert with eight years of experience helping public and private organizations embed security into agile, DevOps and cloud-native practices. As CEO of Cyberella and founder of multiple initiatives including DevSecOps Netherlands and Araido, he combines hands-on secure coding and tooling expertise (Java, .NET, JavaScript, Python, mobile, containers, secrets management) with leadership in product and team delivery. He has driven secure development programs across finance, government and healthcare, most recently advising national institutes and tax authorities on application and cloud security. Passionate about closing the cybersecurity skills gap, Dominik is building an international community to empower women into technical security roles—an initiative that blends consultancy, education and grassroots community-building. Notably, he pairs technical depth with a founder’s instinct for scalable trust and cultural change, turning security requirements into practical, auditable practices.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Minor Cyber Security Cyber Security, Minor Cyber Security Cyber Security at Fontys University of Applied SciencesBachelor's degree ICT Management & Cyber Security & Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree ICT Management & Cyber Security & Software Engineering at Fontys Hogeschool EindhovenVWO, VWO at College den Hulster
Croatian, Dutch, English, German
Github Skills (25)
application-security10
security10
owasp10
vulnerabilities9
gradle-plugin8
maven-plugin8
jenkins-plugin8
software-composition-analysis5
composition5
security-testing4
vulnerability-detection4
ant-task3
sca3
conversions3
java2
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
dominikdesmit/CheatSheetSeries
Jun 2019 - May 2021
The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series was created to provide a concise collection of high value information on specific application security topics.
Contributions:3 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 1 year 11 months
security-toolsapplication-securityvulnerabilitiessecuritycheat-sheet
dominikdesmit/owasp-secrets-management
Jun 2019 - Jun 2019
Contributions:4 commits, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 3 days
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