Dirk Beste
About Dirk Beste
Dirk Beste is the Lead Sales Engineer EMEA at Orca Security in Hamburg, Germany, with extensive experience in cybersecurity and sales engineering roles at companies like VMware, Lastline, and FireEye.
Current Title and Company
Dirk Beste is the Lead Sales Engineer EMEA at Orca Security, based in Hamburg, Germany. In this role, he oversees sales engineering efforts across the EMEA region.
Previous Cyber Security Roles
Dirk Beste has a rich background in cyber security roles. He worked at VMware as a Senior Cyber Security Solution Engineer from 2020 to 2021 for 10 months and at Lastline, Inc. as Principal Sales Engineer from 2016 to 2020. He further held the position of Senior Systems Engineer at FireEye from 2011 to 2015, and at Cisco Systems from 2007 to 2011.
Educational Background
Dirk Beste holds a Diplom-Informatiker (Fachhochschule) from Fachhochschule Darmstadt, where he studied Telecomms and Artificial Intelligence from 1993 to 1999. Prior to this, he achieved his Abitur from Schuldorf Bergstrasse in Maths and Physics, completing his studies there from 1982 to 1991.
Certifications and Specializations
Dirk Beste has earned several Cisco Security certifications, including the Cisco IronPort Certified Security Instructor for Mail and Web, and Cisco Certified Network Professional Security (CCNP Security). His specializations include Malware/Ransomware Protection, Breach Detection, Incident Handling, NDR, NTA, Network Security, and Sandboxing.
Experience with Virtualization and Networking Technologies
Dirk Beste has expertise in virtualization technologies such as ESX Server and QEMU and is proficient in networking areas like TCP/IP, Mail/SMTP, Web/Proxy/HTTP/HTTPS, Mirror/Span Port deployment, Netflow deployment, Wireshark, Syslog, LDAP, and Firewalling. Moreover, he has experience with SIEM tools like Kibana and Splunk.
Programming Skills and System Interests
Dirk Beste is proficient in Bash and Python scripting. He has a strong interest in various operating systems, including Linux, MacOS, and Windows, and has delivered over 50 Ironport courses for Cisco Ironport products. He also has a deep understanding of server hardware platforms, particularly with HPE and Dell.