Michał Wnękowicz

Security Research Manager and Author

Cracow Metropolitan Area

About

I am a versatile cybersecurity professional and author with a background in penetration tests, web applications security, infrastructure reconnaissance & audits, as well as I have carried out security oriented trainings for several top organizations across Poland and beyond. As a security research manager, I am highly involved in research & content management, supervision and publishing of security articles. Likewise, I am passionate about investigating security software and developing content aimed at mitigating and creating awareness on security concerns. Over the years, I have garnered experience in diverse fields which have broadened my perspective as an information security researcher who is able to perform security tests in industries such as social eingeenering where big data and information privacy is indispensable. I believe that the security of lives, data, and property can be enhanced through the adoption of a situational awareness approach. To this end, I am leveraging my vast experience in IT security in executing workshops and lectures to facilitate training in information security, penetration tests, for students and corporate teams. With a great commitment to building a robust team capable of effecting adequate risk management measures & safety of data and financial transactions, I have authored a bunch of articles on one of the top Polish security portals: sekurak.pl. Also I have participated as a speaker at MSHP 2019 (over 1300 attendees), PLNOG 2018 and other relevant platforms. Apart from creating awareness on cybersecurity, my focus is geared towards collaborating with other experts and assisting organizations in revealing new vulnerabilities and strengthening security tools and asolutions in order to ensure safety of personal data data, property and financial transactions. I also enjoy making new professional acquaintances. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to engage and discuss security strategies and best practices.

Experience

  • Securitum (8 yrs 3 mos)
    • Chief Content Officer
      Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

    • Penetration Tester
      May 2018 - Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

      My main responsibilities: - Identify security weaknesses, recommend improvements to amend vulnerabilities in web applications - Network audits - Infrastructure reconnaissance and penetration tests - Multiple trainings and talks from IT Security related topics - OSINT - Experience in social engineering

    • Security Research Manager
      Jan 2019 - Mar 2024 · 5 yrs 3 mos

      My main responsibilities: - Task delegation - Supervising the course of work - Managing more than 50 articles translations - lead by the two translators - Commision and cross-checking of the new security researches and artciles

  • Customer Support Engineer Intern at Cisco
    Jul 2017 - Oct 2017 · 4 mos

    Firewall&Firepower team member. It was my first experience with IT industry, I had awesome chance to polish my network skills. My main activities were: - virtualization and configuration of testing topologies for various teams - troubleshooting of simple issues reported by customers

  • Game Tester at Swift Apps
    Jan 2017 - Mar 2017 · 3 mos

    It was a part time job for during my studies. I was QA Specialist & Game tester hired to test 'The Wolf' mobile game, before the official release. My main responsibilities: - looking for a bugs/glitches - working on the game difficulty level - cooperation with game developers