Markus Kont
Threat Researcher And Software Engineer
Estonia
Summary
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Top SchoolMarkus Kont is a threat researcher and software engineer based in Estonia with 12 years of experience in network security monitoring, intrusion detection, DevOps, and infrastructure hacking. Currently at Stamus Networks, he focuses on turning large-scale network data into actionable threat intelligence, building detection tooling grounded in practical operations. His background includes research work at NATO CCD COE and hands-on server and surveillance roles, giving him a rare blend of academic rigor (PhD candidate in cybersecurity) and field-tested defensive experience. Markus is comfortable across the stack—from data pipelines and monitoring systems to low-level infrastructure—and often brings a curious, observant approach to problems, as hinted by a self-described mix of meerkat, gopher and occasional owl.
12 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
PhD candidate, Cybersecurity, monitoring and data mining, PhD candidate, Cybersecurity, monitoring and data mining at Tallinna TehnikaülikoolDiploma, Information Systems Administration, Diploma, Information Systems Administration at Estonian Information Technology College
Estonian, English
Github Skills (65)
parser10
suricata10
security10
monitoring10
cybersecurity10
golang10
intrusion-detection10
json10
observability10
network-intrusion-detection10
rule10
incident-response10
network-monitoring10
packet-capture10
logging10
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
markuskont/dockerfiles
Jun 2018 - Feb 2024
Contributions:91 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 9 months
ccdcoe/CDMCS
Jan 2017 - Oct 2022
Cyber Defence Monitoring Course Suite :: Suricata, Arkime (and others in the past)
Contributions:898 commits, 42 PRs, 658 pushes in 5 years 9 months
cyberpacket-capture-and-analysismolochnsmsecurity
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