Erik Taal
Lead Penetration Tester
Greater Leicester Area United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolErik Taal is a Lead Penetration Tester and cybersecurity consultant with over 15 years of Linux systems administration and development experience and 13 years in professional security roles. He leads and mentors pentesting teams at Bramfitt Technology Labs while running his own consultancy, blending hands-on offensive work (web, infra, AD, red teaming, code reviews) with accreditation and process improvements (CREST, ISO). Certified across a broad spectrum (CSTL, CRTP, OSWE, CISSP, OSCP, RHCE, CCNA), he pairs deep technical fluency in Python, C++, Unix shell and networking with practical build- and infrastructure-review expertise. His background as an Oracle DBA and long history with FreeBSD/OpenBSD/Linux gives him an uncommon ability to trace vulnerabilities from application logic down to OS and database configuration. Known for building tooling and VM appliances to support remote testing and research labs, he balances client-focused remediation advice with pragmatic exploitation. Based in the Greater Leicester Area, he brings a steady mix of senior leadership, hands-on technical depth, and a researcher’s curiosity to complex security engagements.
13 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
B. Sc. Open, Various modules in the fields of biology, math and IT, Upper second class (honours), B. Sc. Open, Various modules in the fields of biology, math and IT, Upper second class (honours) at The Open UniversityHigh School, High School at Hofstad CollegeBachelor’s Degree, Physics, Bachelor’s Degree, Physics at Delft University of Technology
Dutch, arabic, malay, English
Github Skills (29)
injection10
pentesting10
sql-injection9
python9
sqlmap9
database9
sqlite8
sql8
arabic8
compilation8
postgresql8
mysql7
bitlocker7
passwords7
highlighting7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
ejtaal/scripts
Nov 2013 - Mar 2018
Contributions:72 commits, 150 pushes, 1 comment in 4 years 4 months
ejtaal/aa-data
Jan 2015 - Dec 2024
Contributions:22 pushes, 3 issues in 10 years 1 month
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