Hi, I am Manuel Schömburg (SecBurg)!

About this blog

• documenting my way to information security, (ethical) hacking and defense
• news, write-ups, tipps and experiences gathered along the way
• maybe also some topics about AI (hyper, hyper!)
• most header images are AI generated
• website is generated using Hugo, theme is a customized Ananke

About me

• TÜV-certified data protection officer with > 5 years of work experience
• senior linux admin and senior network & systems engineer with > 20 years of work experience
• member of BvD and OWASP
• worked for public and private sectors on different scale projects
• now expanding my horizon to information security, (ethical) hacking and defense

Oh, and I do own a Flipper Zero. :-)

Some certifications already gained along the way.

(click to reveal)

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TryHackMe Security Engineer certificate

TryHackMe Advent of Cyber 2025 certificate

TryHackMe Web Fundamentals certificate

TryHackMe Cyber Security 101 certificate

TryHackMe Advent of Cyber 2024 certificate

TryHackMe Junior Penetration Tester certificate

TryHackMe Pre-Security certificate

TryHackMe Intro to Cybersecurity certificate

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TÜV Data Protection Officer certificate

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… more to come… ;-)