Henrik Plate
Head Of Security Research at Endor Labs
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
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Top SchoolHenrik Plate is Head of Security Research with 7+ years in his current research-focused trajectory and a two-decade engineering background, combining hands-on software development with academic rigor and leadership in software supply chain security. He led SAP’s Open-Source Security Analysis efforts, co-led the widely used Eclipse Steady project to pinpoint vulnerable OSS dependencies, and now steers research at Endor Labs to help teams adopt open source safely at scale. A published researcher and inventor with patents, he blends practical back-end contributions and architecture due diligence for M&A with EU-funded project leadership. Based in Nice, he holds a Master in Computer Science and Business Administration, is CISSP-certified, and is completing a PhD, reflecting a rare mix of industry impact and continuing academic depth.
7 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science at Université de Rennes IMaster Computer Science and Business Administration, Master Computer Science and Business Administration at University of Mannheim
French, English, German
Github Skills (7)
json10
javas10
rest-api10
database-design10
java10
spring-boot10
maven9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
eclipse-steady/steady
Aug 2018 - Nov 2022
Analyses your Java applications for open-source dependencies with known vulnerabilities, using both static analysis and testing to determine code context and usage for greater accuracy. https://eclipse.github.io/steady/
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:31 releases, 77 reviews, 1054 commits in 4 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Henrik's commits primarily focused on the back-end development of the Eclipse Steady project, specifically the rest-backend module. The contributions involved adding support for JSON format during the export of all apps, renaming a controller method, fixing issues in tests, and introducing a new endpoint to read export items with an application ID. The changes also included modifications to improve database-related aspects.
dependenciessecurity-toolsanalysesvulnerabilitiessecurity
OWASP/www-project-open-source-software-top-10
Dec 2023 - Jan 2025
OWASP Top 10 Open Source Software Risks
Contributions:3 reviews, 15 PRs, 15 pushes in 1 year 1 month
risk-managementsecurity
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