Michal Kepkowski
Senior Principal Offensive Security Researcher at TAFE NSW
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Top SchoolMichal Kepkowski is a Senior Principal Offensive Security Researcher and IAM subject-matter expert with 11 years of experience blending academic rigor (PhD in Cyber Security) and hands-on engineering to secure identity systems at scale. Based in Sydney, he has architected and implemented IAM platforms (Keycloak, Gluu), led passwordless authentication initiatives (WebAuthn, FIDO2, Passkeys), and contributed to international research projects such as EVOLVED-5G and PHYSICS. He teaches IAM microcredentials at TAFE NSW and has a track record of translating research findings into practical defenses and open-source contributions. A founder of an anti-scam AI startup and former Identity Ecosystem Architect for payments, he pairs offensive security insight with pragmatic identity architecture to harden high-risk environments.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Automation and Robotics, specialization: Control Networks, Bachelor's Degree, Automation and Robotics, specialization: Control Networks at Politechnika WrocławskaDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Macquarie UniversityMaster's Degree, Computer Science, Computer Security, Master's Degree, Computer Science, Computer Security at Technical University of Wroclaw
Polish, English
Github Skills (43)
openpgp10
openkeychain10
gluu9
android9
java-api9
mhealth8
zap8
security8
java8
security-scanner8
identity7
checkmarx7
zaproxy7
hl77
nginx-module7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
kepuss/crypto-classes
Mar 2015 - May 2020
Code from crypto classes
Contributions:12 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 2 months
cryptographycrypto
identityfirst/eKYC-Hub
Mar 2021 - Dec 2021
Contributions:33 commits in 9 months
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