Jan Hertsens
Senior Security Consultant at Amazon Web Services
California, United States
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Top SchoolJan Hertsens is a seasoned security consultant and cloud practitioner with decades of hands-on experience spanning malware research, product architecture, and enterprise cloud security. He co-founded XBlock Systems and built one of the first anti-spyware products and patented automated whitelist/blacklist technologies before leading malware labs and enterprise anti-spyware architecture at FaceTime. At LiveOps he ran cloud security operations, drove PCI/HIPAA compliance, launched a bug-bounty program and built automated auditing systems that tied security to HR and production tooling. Since 2016 he has helped startups and Fortune 100 companies migrate sensitive workloads to AWS, focusing on actionable compliance and secure operational processes across regulated industries. Known as a pragmatic “guardian” who mocks bad infosec, Jan blends developer roots with strategic leadership, hiring and coaching experience to scale security for thousands of consultants. Raised on Belgian language skills and German engineering instincts, he combines international perspective with deep technical craftsmanship.
9 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
IT, IT at Vrije Universiteit BrusselIT, Accounting, IT, Accounting, IT, Accounting, IT, Accounting at NaRaFi
English, Dutch, French, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (57)
foundation9
keybase9
aws9
client-library8
service-client8
chat8
end-to-end-encryption8
pgp8
amazon8
amazon-web-services7
aws-sdk7
security7
authentication7
command-line-interface7
api7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
obijan42/sgcft4cloudflare
May 2019 - Oct 2023
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
obijan42/aws-security-benchmark
Jun 2018 - Jan 2020
Open source demos, concept and guidance related to the AWS CIS Foundation framework.
Contributions:12 commits, 9 PRs, 9 pushes in 1 year 7 months
foundation-frameworkcisfoundationguidanceaws
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