Richard Tynan
Penetration Tester
England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolRichard Tynan is a penetration tester with 13 years' experience blending technical security, DevOps, and legal expertise to protect high-profile journalism and civil society organisations. Currently testing and hardening systems at Guardian News & Media, he previously led Privacy International’s Data Exploitation Programme and Head of Technology, applying research-grade rigor from a PhD to real-world data protection challenges. His background spans academia, law (Graduate Diploma in Law), and hands-on security operations, enabling him to translate regulatory and privacy concerns into actionable technical mitigations. Known for marrying policy awareness with offensive security technique, he brings a rare combination of technical depth and legal literacy to threat modeling and secure design.
13 years of coding experience
Graduate Diploma in Law, Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP Law SchoolBSc (Hons), BSc (Hons) at University College Dublin
Github Skills (4)
puppet5
java4
android3
foreman3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
richardtynan/jPhone
Sep 2012 - Jun 2014
Contributions:7 commits in 1 year 8 months
javaphoneandroidmobile-phone
richardtynan/RiverCrossing
Jul 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:9 pushes, 1 branch in 3 months
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