Eric Sesterhenn
Principal Security Consultant at X41 D-Sec GmbH
Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany
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Top SchoolEric Sesterhenn is a Principal Security Consultant based in Wiesbaden, Germany, with nearly a decade of focused experience in research, source code auditing, and penetration testing. Since 2016 he has led advanced security engagements at X41 D-Sec GmbH after more than a decade of hands-on consulting at LSE Leading Security Experts, giving him deep expertise in practical offensive and defensive techniques. He combines rigorous academic training from Technische Universität Darmstadt with a long consulting pedigree to uncover subtle, high-impact vulnerabilities in complex systems. Not actively seeking opportunities, he’s a practitioner who prioritizes technical depth and reproducible research over publicity, often favoring behind-the-scenes code-level analysis that drives durable security improvements.
9 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Technischen Universität DarmstadtAbitur, Abitur at Gutenberg Gymnasium Wiesbaden
English, German
Github Skills (95)
semgrep10
proxy10
security10
program-analysis10
static-analysis10
security-scanner10
golang9
high-performance9
accelerator9
cpp9
stream-reader9
javacard8
cppcheck8
cloud-native8
code-analysis8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
x41sec/advisories
Feb 2017 - Jul 2020
Contributions:22 commits, 22 pushes in 3 years 5 months
x41sec/slides
Oct 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:8 commits, 9 pushes in 1 year 7 months
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