Summary
Maximilian Westers is a Research Associate with 11 years of experience specializing in IT security, penetration testing, and secure software development. Based at Hochschule Heilbronn, he blends academic research with practical vulnerability analysis to improve open-source repository security. Trained in Medical Informatics (BSc, MSc) from Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, he brings domain knowledge at the intersection of healthcare data and secure systems. His work emphasizes empirically driven security practices and threat modeling tailored to research and educational environments. Colleagues know him for translating complex security findings into actionable remediation and for a hands-on approach to hardening software supply chains.
11 years of coding experience
Master of Science - MSc, Medical Informatics, Master of Science - MSc, Medical Informatics at Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg