Yianna Paris
Offensive And Software Security Specialist at Xebia
Netherlands
Summary
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Top SchoolYianna Paris is an Offensive and Software Security Specialist with eight years of experience securing software, cloud environments, and SDLCs across enterprise and product teams. She blends hands-on offensive security, vulnerability research and threat hunting with empathetic mentorship and DevSecOps program building to make teams self-sufficient in secure design and delivery. Her background spans consultancy and in-house security leadership, driving greenfield secure development as well as protecting legacy products and infrastructure. A former software developer and founder, she brings practical coding experience (TypeScript, Python, C++) and a user-centered design perspective to technical problem solving. Yianna is energized by collaborative learning and outreach—she repeatedly turns curiosity into teachable moments and inclusive security practices. Based in the Netherlands with academic roots in computer science and digital design, she studies how team dynamics and code complexity intersect with security to inform practical, people-first solutions.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Digital Media Design Animation 3D & Communication Design, Bachelor of Digital Media Design Animation 3D & Communication Design at Swinburne University of TechnologyBachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Science at RMIT University
English, Dutch
Github Skills (16)
owasp10
enumerate10
security10
pentest9
application-security9
vulnerabilities9
smb7
infosec6
cybersecurity6
code-security6
jenkins-plugin6
slack5
jenkins5
low-code2
no-code2
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
nekosoft/www-project-top-10-low-code-no-code-security-risks
Apr 2023 - Oct 2023
OWASP Low-Code/No-Code Top 10
Contributions:2 PRs, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
nekosoft/just-discord-things
Aug 2020 - Jun 2021
Contributions:2 PRs, 21 pushes, 5 branches in 9 months
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