Benedikt Tröster

Benedikt Tröster is a seasoned security professional, currently serving as a Staff Security Engineer (Team Lead) at Niantic, Inc., since October 2020, where responsibilities include integrating SAST tools into the DevOps pipeline, improving security through custom tools, facilitating audits, and training engineering teams in secure coding practices. Prior to this, Benedikt held positions at Zühlke Group as a Security Engineer focusing on penetration testing and solution architecture and at Technische Universität Darmstadt conducting research in Ethereum security. Experience also includes IT Security Consulting as a self-employed professional and as an Information Security Advisor at ERNW GmbH. Benedikt Tröster holds a Master's degree in Informatik from Technische Universität Darmstadt and a Bachelor of Applied Science from Heidelberg University.