Glenn Cate
Senior Cyber Security Instructor at ING Belgium
Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolGlenn Cate is a seasoned security professional and instructor based in Belgium with over 12 years of hands-on experience and more than 15 years active as a coder, hacker, trainer and researcher. He leads ING Belgium’s Security Chapter, teaches for The Linux Foundation, founded training-focused consultancy Null Pointer, and served on OWASP’s global board—bridging corporate security practice, open-source tooling, and practitioner education. Glenn is a core contributor and maintainer of the OWASP Security Knowledge Framework, where he works across back-end security hardening and front-end UX for Docker-based labs and Flask/Angular apps. Known for translating complex vulnerabilities into teachable guidance, he combines CISO-level product perspective with developer-first fixes and unit-tested remediations. He often mentors student contributors via Google Summer of Code, reflecting a commitment to growing the next generation of secure software engineers.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Liemers College
English, German, Dutch
Github Skills (14)
css10
api10
python10
apidoc10
flask10
flask-ask10
bootstrap9
bootstra9
unit-testing9
security-hardening8
json7
web-development6
html5
javascript4
Programming languages (13)
Github contributions (5)
blabla1337/skf-labs
Jan 2019 - Sep 2022
Repo for all the OWASP-SKF Docker lab examples
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:226 commits, 114 PRs, 267 pushes in 3 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Glenn primarily contributed to the project by adding and modifying CSS files, specifically Bootstrap theme files, for several demos. They appear to be focused on adapting the existing front-end to incorporate new features or examples. Additionally, the user made minor changes by modifying files to host the website on their local computer.
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blabla1337/skf-flask
Jan 2015 - Oct 2022
Security Knowledge Framework (SKF) Python Flask / Angular project
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:11 releases, 1861 commits, 539 PRs in 7 years 10 months
Contributions summary:Glenn's contributions focused on implementing security features and improving existing code in the project. They added response messages for updating knowledge base items, a class for handling KB item updates, and fixed issues with sprint and project statistics. They also refactored several API calls, updated unit tests, and addressed code vulnerabilities by modifying and testing existing features.
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