About

I am a systems security researcher focused on adaptive deception, attacker telemetry, and vulnerability research. My work combines honeynet architecture, network-facing observation, and machine learning to study attacker behavior in structured, technically meaningful ways.

My current agenda centers on ADLAH: an adaptive multi-layer honeynet design with explicit telemetry contracts and evaluation hooks, documented in an arXiv preprint and an open reference implementation.

Long term, I want deception and measurement tooling that makes attacker trajectories easier to compare across deployments -- so empirical work in systems security can compound instead of resetting with every bespoke lab setup.

I am pursuing an MSc in Computer Science at Georgia Tech with a systems security orientation, and hold an applied undergraduate background including collaboration with Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). Public artifacts include coordinated disclosures, kernel and library fixes, open-source tooling, and preprint or published research.

Education & experience

Work Experience

  • 2025 - Today

    Cybersecurity Engineer

    Elac Sonar

    Developing secure sonar and underwater systems

  • 2022 - 2025

    Workingstudent IT-Security

    Thales

    Security engineering and research support in an industrial setting.

  • 2019

    Machine-Learning Intern

    Zalando

    Contributed to machine learning pipelines for visual product recommendations based on user interaction data and image similarity.

Startups

  • 2025 - Present

    Co-Founder

    Novard UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

    Security infrastructure and tooling

  • 2018 - Today

    Founder

    Pontis Security

    Security consulting and IT solutions for SMEs

Education

  • 2025 - 2027

    MSc in Computer Science

    Georgia Tech

    MSc student at Georgia Institute of Technology, focusing on system security, threat intelligence, and ML-assisted attack detection.

  • 2022 - 2025

    BSc in Business Information Systems + BSI Research

    University of Applied Sciences Kiel & Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

    Bachelor thesis research in collaboration with BSI, including private contract work in cybersecurity

Volunteering

  • 2024 - Present

    Digital First Responder

    Federal Office for Information Security (BSI)

    Providing first response support for cybersecurity incidents in critical infrastructure

  • 2023 - Present

    Godparent

    Nette Kieler Volunteer Office

    Supporting local community through volunteer work

Community

  • 2019 - Present

    Active Member

    Chaos Computer Club

    Active participation in Europe's largest hacker association

  • 2023 - Present

    Active Member

    OWASP Foundation

    Contributing to web application security projects

  • 2023 - Present

    Member

    Mensa High IQ Society

    Member of the high IQ society

Contact

Direct channels only. For vulnerability reports, prefer the contact paths listed in the relevant advisory.

Email
hello@johannes-moeller.dev
GitHub
JohannesLks
LinkedIn
LinkedIn
Google Scholar
Google Scholar
ORCID
ORCID