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Cristopher Herrera

Quito, Ecuador

Cybersecurity, technology and teaching. I explain how systems work… and how they break.

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About

I'm Cristopher Herrera —aka crstxkng online—, a Computer Science Engineering graduate from Escuela Politécnica Nacional in Quito, focused on cybersecurity.

I founded CyberMinds EPN, the cybersecurity group at EPN, and I like teaching with hands-on labs, CTFs and real cases.

700+community members
90+at CyberMinds CTF 2026

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Talks, workshops & courses

2026-09
Beyond Paranoia: Hardening, Hypervisors and Hostile Digital Privacy
8.8 Unreal · Quito, Ecuador
Talk · Speaker
2026-08
Summer Camp 2026 — Artificial Intelligence Essentials
CyberMinds EPN × GDG Quito · Online · 40+ hours
Course · Instructor (AI Essentials)
2026-08
Cybersecurity Bank & Government Ecuador 2026
Cybersecurity Bank & Government · Quito, Ecuador
Panelist
2026-04
Structural Paranoia: Extreme Privacy, Unhackable OS
FLISoL Quito 2026 · OpenlabEC / Universidad UTE · Quito, Ecuador
Talk · Speaker
2026-01
DarkWeb, Anonymity, Privacy and Security
Smart Lab EPN · Online
Training · Co-organizer & speaker
2025-12
Web Hacking Induction Workshop & CyberMinds CTF 2025 Organization
CyberMinds EPN · Quito, Ecuador
Workshop & Organization

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CTFs & competitions

2026-07
16th Regional CyberDrill for the Americas
ITU / MINTEL / EPN · Quito, Ecuador
Team cyberdrills · 2 days
2026-06
Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026
Red Hot Cyber · Rome, Italy
CTF · 11th of 93 teams
2026-01
University CTF 2025: Tinsel Trouble (Hack The Box)
Hack The Box · Online · #1 in Ecuador
Competition · CTF (Top 95 Global)
2025-12
First International Cybersecurity Tournament UPS
UPS / FIS–EPN · Online / Ecuador
Competition · CTF
2025-11
CTF Cyber Champions League 2 – WOMCY
WOMCY · Online
Competition · CTF (4th place)
2025-08
Latin America Cybersecurity Challenge 2025
Latin America Cybersecurity Challenge · Medellín, Colombia
Competition · CTF

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Experience

Apr 2026 — Oct 2026
Cyberdefense Analyst
IST Americas
Managed security (MSSP): EDR/NDR monitoring, vulnerability management, WAF and client reporting.
- CrowdStrike
- Darktrace
- Tenable
- Vicarius
- WAF
Dec 2025 — present
General Coordinator
CyberMinds EPN
Cybersecurity training for students: workshops, CTFs and partnerships with institutions.
- CTF
- Workshops
- Community
Dec 2024 — Aug 2026
Research Assistant
Smart Lab — Cybersecurity, IoT & Smart Cities Research Lab
Educational research and development in cybersecurity, IoT, and smart city technologies.
- IoT
- Internet Security
- Research
Mar 2025 — Aug 2025
Pentesting Consultant
Blue Hat Corporation
Execution of penetration testing and vulnerability assessment on infrastructure and applications.
- Penetration Testing
- Ethical Hacking
- Vulnerability Assessment

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Cristopher Herrera

Beyond Paranoia: Hardening, Hypervisors and Hostile Digital Privacy

Summer Camp 2026 — Artificial Intelligence Essentials ↗

Cybersecurity Bank & Government Ecuador 2026

Structural Paranoia: Extreme Privacy, Unhackable OS

DarkWeb, Anonymity, Privacy and Security

Web Hacking Induction Workshop & CyberMinds CTF 2025 Organization

16th Regional CyberDrill for the Americas

Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026 ↗

University CTF 2025: Tinsel Trouble (Hack The Box)

First International Cybersecurity Tournament UPS

CTF Cyber Champions League 2 – WOMCY

Latin America Cybersecurity Challenge 2025

Cyberdefense Analyst

General Coordinator

Research Assistant

Pentesting Consultant

Have an event, a course or a project in mind?

Summer Camp 2026 — Artificial Intelligence Essentials

Red Hot Cyber Conference 2026