Franziska Buehler
Security Engineer at OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set
Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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Top SchoolFranziska Buehler is a seasoned security engineer based in Bern with 10+ years of experience designing and protecting network and application infrastructure across enterprises and public sector organizations. Holding CISSP, CCSP and OPST certifications, she combines hands-on WAF and proxy expertise with strategic security leadership from roles including CISO and technical board membership. A long-time developer on the OWASP ModSecurity Core Rule Set, she contributes practical WAF rules used in production and mentors open-source projects such as through Google Summer of Code. She regularly speaks at security and cloud-native events (Kubernetes Community Days, Nullcon, ConfigMgmtCamp) and keeps her technical edge through CTFs and teaching. Franziska’s background spans deep systems administration to modern application protection, making her adept at translating low-level attack vectors into organization-wide defensive architecture. Colleagues rely on her pragmatic blend of tooling-focused development and governance to harden complex environments.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
Matura Major Subject: Economics and Law / Additional Subject: Education/Psychology, Matura Major Subject: Economics and Law / Additional Subject: Education/Psychology at Gymnasium KönizBachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science with a Specialization in IT Security, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Computer Science with a Specialization in IT Security at Berner Fachhochschule BFHComputer Scientist with Federal Diploma (Way-Up), Computer Scientist with Federal Diploma (Way-Up) at gibb Berufsfachschule Bern
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Github Skills (53)
waf10
cybersecurity10
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security10
owasp10
modsecurity10
methodology10
rule10
centos9
docker9
testcafe9
user-management9
club-management8
pipeline8
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Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
DevSlop/pixi-crs
Apr 2018 - Jun 2021
CI Pipeline with Pixi, the WAF OWASP Core Rule Set and TestCafe tests.
Contributions:167 commits, 18 PRs, 355 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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franbuehler/modsecurity-crs-rp
Apr 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:51 commits, 2 PRs, 45 pushes in 11 months
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