Peter Girnus
Research Scientist at Trend Micro
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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SeniorPeter Girnus is a Sr. Threat Researcher based in Austin, Texas, with a decade of hands-on experience spanning security research, incident analysis, and IT consulting. He currently applies his expertise at Trend Micro on the ZDI team, building and testing defenses against emerging threats, after a prior tenure as Security Researcher and Technical Support Engineer. A Linux and networking enthusiast preparing for the OSCP, he automates repetitive tasks with Bash and Python to accelerate learning and operational efficiency. His freelance work in Python, JavaScript, Go, and web development gives him a practical, end-to-end IT perspective—from Linux servers to WordPress integrations. Colleagues praise his thorough problem-solving and deep domain knowledge across Websense/Forcepoint technologies and security tooling. He studied Computer and Information Sciences at Austin Community College, and remains dedicated to turning curiosity into robust, secure systems.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (144)
lists10
unix9
linux9
unicorns9
bash9
linting9
poc9
babel-plugin9
atom-plugin9
eslint9
cli8
javascript8
gadget8
python8
windows8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
gothburz/Night-Sky-Canvas
Jul 2015 - Dec 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
gothburz/Microsoft-Virtual-Academy-AngularJS
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:138 commits, 137 pushes, 1 branch in 4 days
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