Marcus Niemietz
Professor at Hochschule Niederrhein
Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Top SchoolMarcus Niemietz is an IT security professor and seasoned practitioner with 11 years of professional experience, combining academic research and industry leadership from Ruhr-Universität Bochum to Hochschule Niederrhein. As former CEO/CTO (Ressort Web) and Geschäftsführer at Hackmanit, he led penetration testing, expert reporting, and large-scale security trainings while running a freelance consultancy offering pragmatic security education. His research background—PhD-level work and postdoctoral focus on web security, UI redressing, and XSS—gives him deep technical credibility alongside hands-on offensive security skills. Based in Mönchengladbach, he bridges applied research and real-world security operations, often turning complex vulnerabilities into teachable, auditable mitigation strategies. An educator at heart, he translates advanced security concepts into practical training that empowers developers and organizations to build safer web systems.
10 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing. / PhD) IT Security, Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing. / PhD) IT Security at Ruhr University BochumMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Practical Computer Science, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Practical Computer Science at FernUniversität in Hagen
English, German
Github Skills (3)
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security-scanner1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mniemietz/iptc-attacker
Jun 2015 - Jun 2015
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
RUB-NDS/your-sop.com
Oct 2017 - Nov 2017
Contributions:33 commits, 32 pushes, 1 comment in 1 month
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