Lorenzo Bernardi
Head Of Security Services Chief Security Officer at Befritco
Brussels Metropolitan Area Belgium
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Top SchoolLorenzo Bernardi is a cybersecurity leader and hands-on red teamer with 11 years of experience, currently serving as Head of Security Services and Chief Security Officer at NRB in Belgium. He built and led large offensive security practices at EY—running red teaming, penetration testing, threat hunting and incident response across EMEIA—and designed global infrastructure and communities that connected 800+ testers. Equally comfortable in code and operations, he contributes to notable open-source red team tooling such as Ghostwriter and RedELK, improving backend workflows, ELK deployments and Cobalt Strike integration. Founder of small IT ventures and an events company, he combines entrepreneurial pragmatism with enterprise security governance. Known for translating complex attack techniques into board-level risk narratives, he focuses on measurable remediation and long-term operational resilience.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Université catholique de LouvainFUNDPGraduate degree in Computer and Systems - Purpose Computing Technology Information Technology, Graduate degree in Computer and Systems - Purpose Computing Technology Information Technology at Haute École de Namur
English, French, Italian, Dutch
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Github Skills (28)
python10
back-end-development10
django10
amazon-elasticsearch10
event-manager10
siema10
kibana10
elasticsearchquery10
script10
linux-shell10
aws-elasticsearch10
sh10
elasticsearch10
shell10
backend10
Programming languages (22)
Github contributions (5)
outflanknl/RedELK
Oct 2018 - Dec 2022
Red Team's SIEM - tool for Red Teams used for tracking and alarming about Blue Team activities as well as better usability in long term operations.
Role in this project:
Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:20 reviews, 365 commits, 86 PRs in 4 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Lorenzo made a variety of contributions, primarily related to the deployment and configuration of the RedELK system. Their work included fixing typos, setting date headers for outgoing emails, and merging code. They also worked on installing and configuring the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), creating and updating install scripts and templates, and added functionality related to the Cobalt Strike tool, including supporting and exporting CS data.
kibanalogstashred-teamsmonitoringterm
GhostManager/Ghostwriter
Aug 2019 - Sep 2019
The SpecterOps project management and reporting engine
Role in this project:Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 4 PRs, 26 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Lorenzo primarily contributed to the backend functionality of the `ghostwriter` project, which focuses on project management and reporting for penetration testing. Their work involved fixing domain and server import processes, improving exception handling, and adding support for server names. They also worked on automatically populating start and end dates in checkout forms, indicating a focus on improving data management and user experience within the application.
reporting-enginereportingincident-responseinformationsecurityred-team
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