Peter Girnus
Sr. Threat Researcher
Austin, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolPeter Girnus is a Sr. Threat Researcher with 11 years of hands-on experience blending Linux systems, networking, and applied information security to investigate and remediate complex threats. Based in Austin and currently at Trend Micro, he pairs deep command-line and packet-level expertise (tcpdump/wireshark, Cisco) with practical scripting automation in Bash and Python to accelerate research and reduce repetitive work. His background spans security research, technical support for web security appliances, and freelance full‑stack tooling—giving him a rare combination of customer-facing troubleshooting and offensive/research skills. Peter is actively studying for the OSCP, maintains disciplined documentation habits, and has a track record of turning investigative curiosity into reliable solutions for enterprise customers.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Computer and Information Sciences, General, Computer and Information Sciences, General at Austin Community College
German
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Github Skills (145)
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Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gothburz/Night-Sky-Canvas
Jul 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
gothburz/Microsoft-Virtual-Academy-AngularJS
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:138 commits, 137 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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