Katarina Durechova
EMEA Regional Delivery Lead_ Workday at ING
Brno, Southeast, Slovakia
Summary
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Top SchoolKatarina Durechova is an experienced delivery and transformation leader with 13 years driving business process change across major European telco and enterprise environments, currently serving as EMEA Regional Delivery Lead for Workday at ING. She blends program and project management with a hands-on security and backend engineering background—contributing to notable open-source honeypot and hardening projects like Conpot, Glastopf and Artillery—bringing an uncommon mix of people leadership and technical rigor. Known for clear communication and collaborative problem solving, she focuses on simplifying processes and building resilient, auditable systems. Her career spans roles from process transformation and quality leadership to external consultancy, underpinned by studies in business and natural sciences and an international management perspective from Thunderbird.
13 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Faculty of Natural Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences at Univerzita Komenského v BratislaveBusiness Administration and Management, General, Business Administration and Management, General at Thunderbird School of Global Management
english/ slovak/ czech/ russian/polish/german
Github Skills (28)
icss10
security-hardening10
python10
http10
scada10
security10
honeypot10
malware-detection10
system-administration10
intrusion-detection10
vulnerability9
snmp9
iptables9
snmpd9
firewall9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
trustedsec/artillery
Sep 2013 - Jan 2014
The Artillery Project is an open-source blue team tool designed to protect Linux and Windows operating systems through multiple methods.
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:9 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Katarina primarily contributed to the hardening and monitoring aspects of the Artillery project. Their work included fixing configuration file parsing, implementing error handling within the FTP and SSH monitors, and improving the overall robustness of the system. They also focused on fixing potential security vulnerabilities by addressing anonymous FTP login and ensuring proper directory creation during the setup process, ultimately improving the tool's defensive capabilities. Furthermore, the user refactored the code for code style and added specific error messages.
protectblueoperating-systemswindowssecurity
mushorg/conpot
Aug 2013 - Feb 2017
ICS/SCADA honeypot
Role in this project:Backend Developer & Security Engineer
Backend Developer & Security EngineerContributions:33 commits, 8 PRs, 19 pushes in 3 years 6 months
Contributions summary:Katarina primarily contributed to the Conpot honeypot project by fixing bugs and improving the robustness of the HTTP and SNMP protocols. They addressed issues related to error handling, data decoding, and request processing. Their changes included updating dependencies, refining logging for enhanced debugging, and implementing security-focused fixes like handling invalid APDU types in BACNET. These modifications collectively enhance the honeypot's ability to accurately simulate ICS/SCADA systems and capture potential attacks.
pythonsecurity-toolssecurityicsscada
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