Niels L. is an experienced ethical hacker and pentester currently working at PwC since September 2020, providing consulting services for various clients in both the public and private sectors, focusing on DigiD audits, penetration tests, and red teaming. Previously, Niels held a development commission at S.V. Equinox from January 2017 to January 2024, where responsibilities included system management and advising the board committee. Niels also worked as a freelance full stack developer from January 2011 to September 2020, predominantly in web development using PHP and Laravel. Short-term roles included cloud security engineer at Secura, where guidelines for testing cloud security were established, and a web developer internship at Computest that involved projects using Python, React, and Redux. Niels earned a Bachelor of Science in Network and System Engineering from De Haagse Hogeschool in 2019.