Silvia Väli

Pentester (WebApps) and physical red teamer

Certifications:

She holds a B.Sc. degree in Computer Systems as well as M.Sc degree (cum laude) in Cyber Security from Tallinn University of Technology and University of Tartu (joint program).

Her master's thesis focused on Electron-based desktop applications ("Analysis of Electron-based Applications to Identify XSS Flaws Escalating to Code Execution in Open-Source Applications"), which lead to her debut as a conference speaker at NorthSec 2018 in Montreal. She has also been listed as a speaker for Hack.lu (LUX), GoSec (CA), CyberChess (LV) and TallinnSec (EST).

She has participated in NATO Cyber Defence Exercise "Locked Shields" in 2016 as a White team member and since 2017 several times as a Red team member as well.

In addition to physical red teaming and web application pentesting, Silvia is also one of the organisers of BSides Tallinn cyber security events.

Silvia Väli