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.
- GitHub
- JohannesLks
- Google Scholar
- Google Scholar
- ORCID
- ORCID