Ján Skalný
Independent Researcher National Cyber Security Centre
Bratislava, Region of Bratislava, Slovakia
Summary
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Top SchoolJán Skalný is an experienced security researcher and systems engineer with 12 years building resilient networked systems, currently ensuring national cyber resilience at Slovakia’s National Cyber Security Centre. His background blends hands-on C/C++ and FreeBSD development with network architecture, embedded systems and automation (Ansible), informed by years as a freelance consultant and SD‑WAN researcher. He has led security research and cyber intelligence teams and continues to teach networking as a Cisco Academy instructor, preserving practical, operational insight alongside policy work. Comfortable from low-level system internals to multi-link VPN acceleration and incident response, he often occupies the bridge between research, engineering and live operations. An ex-PhD student who prefers running production services to theory, he’s known for pragmatic, security-first solutions that keep “the lights on.”
12 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Information Technology, Information Technology at Slovenská technická univerzita v Bratislave
Github Skills (45)
threat-hunting10
infosec10
cybersecurity10
information-sharing10
fraud-prevention10
fraud-detection10
security10
information-security10
threat-intelligence10
incident-response10
emc6
switch3
ansible3
openflow3
sdn3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
SK-CERT/ansible-roles-common
Oct 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:2 PRs, 129 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 5 months
JanSkalny/zabbix-misp
Oct 2019 - Nov 2024
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 1 month
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