Tijl Deneut
Security Solutions Architect at Ghent University
Bruges, West Flanders, Belgium
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Top SchoolTijl Deneut is a Security Solutions Architect and researcher with 11+ years blending hands-on offensive security, server architecture and industrial control systems expertise. He holds certifications from Microsoft, VMware, EC-Council and teaches Cisco CCNA courses while lecturing and researching at Ghent University and former Howest roles. Tijl contributes to Metasploit with ICS/SCADA modules—reverse engineering and exploiting PLCs and Profinet/Siemens integrations—bringing rare practical visibility into industrial vulnerabilities. His background in server sizing, storage and network performance optimization complements his offensive work, enabling pragmatic, performance-aware security designs. Based in Bruges, he pairs academic rigor with real-world pentesting experience and an instructive streak, often demonstrating insecurities to help organizations harden critical infrastructure.
11 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Elecronics - Information and Communication Technolog, Master's degree, Elecronics - Information and Communication Technolog at Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen - Vlaamse Autonome Hogeschool
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Github Skills (14)
ruby10
exploit10
scada10
python10
metasploit10
reverse-engineering9
network-security9
vulnerability-assessment9
fest6
hive6
hue6
hadoop6
kerberos6
keytab6
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
rapid7/metasploit-framework
May 2016 - Nov 2016
Metasploit Framework
Role in this project:
Security Engineer
Security EngineerContributions:1 review, 10 commits, 4 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:Tijl primarily contributed to security-related modules within the Metasploit framework, specifically focusing on industrial control systems (ICS) and SCADA environments. Their work involved reverse engineering and implementing exploits for Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) from Phoenix Contact. The user added modules for interacting with Profinet Siemens devices and modifying existing Phoenix Contact PLC commands. These contributions likely aided in penetration testing and vulnerability assessment within industrial settings.
metasploit
tijldeneut/ICSSecurityScripts
Feb 2016 - Dec 2022
Industrial Security Scripts
Contributions:90 commits, 1 PR, 93 pushes in 6 years 10 months
security
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