Nirmal Dahal
Chief Technology Officer at Softwarica College of IT and E-commerce
Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Bagmati Province, Nepal
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Top SchoolNirmal Dahal is a cybersecurity leader and CTO with nearly a decade of hands-on experience specializing in offensive security, red teaming, and GRC. As Co-Founder of CryptoGen Nepal he oversees R&D, SOC, and product architecture while shifting into growth areas like lead generation and brand development. He founded and leads Nepal’s largest ethical hacking community (Pentester Nepal) and served as OWASP Nepal Chapter Leader, regularly training professionals and speaking at global conferences such as PyCon JP 2024. Recognized internationally—Top 10 Ethical Hacker (EC-Council) and Top 25 bug hunter on YESWEHACK—he also holds 16+ certifications including CEH Master and ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor. Beyond consulting and incident response, he teaches practical pen-testing at Softwarica College and continues to prototype security products, blending hands-on exploitation skills with product-minded R&D. Based in Kathmandu, he combines local leadership with a global footprint in research, media engagement, and community-driven security education.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's, Computer Science, Master's, Computer Science at Lincoln University College
Nepali, Hindi, English
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Github Skills (26)
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
TheNittam/xSQLi
Mar 2018 - Mar 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 8 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
CryptoGenNepal/infosec
Jan 2023 - Jan 2023
Contributions:23 commits, 2 PRs, 55 pushes in 12 days
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