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About

Raphaël Richard - Offensive Security


  • 1 year of experience in pentesting / cybersecurity consulting
  • Worked on 40+ assessments for various clients (CAC40, financial institutions, small businesses)
  • Passionnate about offensive security, motorsport and chess
  • Based in Paris, France

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Relevant experience


Cybersecurity consultant / Pentester - XMCO

Paris, April 2023 → Today

  • Involved in more than 40 penetration tests and security audits including :
    • External penetration tests (web or mobile applications and APIs)
    • Internal penetration tests (Active Directory and service abuse)
    • Workstation audits (hardware attacks and privilege escalation)
    • Configuration audits (compliance of a machine according to the Best Practices)
  • Wrote detailed reports aimed at various profiles (CISO, manager, security engineer)
  • Prepared presentations and took part in restitution meetings
  • Participated in internal feedback sessions

Windows Security intern - Sidel

Reichstett, May 2021 → July 2021

  • Migrated security scripts from CMD to PowerShell
  • Learned about Windows internals and hardening procedures in an industrial environment
  • Discovered OT security through concret examples (production lines)

Certifications


HTB Prolab - Dante

Completed on 02/03/2023

HTB Prolab - Offshore

Completed on 02/28/2023

HTB Prolab - Zephyr

Completed on 04/19/2024

Publications


Windows security reinforcement in the context of Industry 4.0 - MISC n°120

February / March 2022

Evolution of cybersecurity and recruitment crisis, what solutions ? - MISC n°125

January / February 2023

Design and implementation of a RAT malware in C# - MISC n°128

July / August 2023

Overview of attacks and vulnerabilities on the KeePass password manager - ActuSécu n°60

September 2023

Education


MSc in Cybersecurity - Université Paris-Saclay

Versailles, 2021 → 2023

BSc in Computer Science - Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1

Lyon, 2019 → 2021

University Diploma in Electrical Engineering, IUT Le Havre

Le Havre, 2017 → 2019