Gabriel N.
About Gabriel N.
Gabriel N. is a Staff Security Engineer at Spotnana, where he has worked since 2024. He has extensive experience in security engineering, having held various positions at Spotnana and UiPath, and has developed multiple security programs and tools to enhance organizational security.
Work at Spotnana
Gabriel N. has been employed at Spotnana as a Staff Security Engineer since 2024. In this role, he has integrated security controls within the application Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CICD) pipeline. He previously served as a Senior Security Engineer at Spotnana from 2022 to 2024, where he contributed to various security initiatives. His responsibilities included designing and deploying the entire Spotnana Security Monitoring stack, utilizing tools such as SentinelOne, AquaSec, Snowflake, and Hunters XDR.
Previous Experience
Before joining Spotnana, Gabriel worked at UiPath as a Senior Security Engineer from 2021 to 2022 and as a Security Engineer from 2019 to 2021. His tenure at UiPath was marked by significant contributions to the security framework. Prior to that, he held various positions at Secureworks, including Information Security Analyst Intern, Information Security Analyst, and Junior Information Security Analyst from 2017 to 2019. He also worked at Stefanini as a Monitoring Analyst and IT Helpdesk Technician in 2016 and 2017.
Education and Expertise
Gabriel N. completed his secondary education at Liceul de Metrologie Traian Vuia, achieving the Bacalaureat from 2008 to 2012. He then pursued higher education at Universitatea Crestina Dimitrie Cantemir, where he studied Touristic and Commercial Management and earned a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) from 2012 to 2015. His educational background is complemented by extensive experience in information security, particularly in roles focused on security engineering and analysis.
Security Initiatives and Projects
At Spotnana, Gabriel has led several key security initiatives. He deployed a compliance chatbot to assist the compliance team in reducing time spent on security Requests for Proposals (RFPs). He also created an automated third-party vulnerability and secrets management program that prioritizes and assigns work with automated state management. Additionally, he implemented an API Security program using API Security Scanners, which helped identify critical security issues.
Technical Contributions
Gabriel has made significant technical contributions to enhance security measures at Spotnana. He built a device compliance agent to address Mobile Device Management (MDM) gaps and ensure endpoint compliance. He assisted the cloud operations team in migrating to zero Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) base images to minimize the attack surface. Furthermore, he developed automations for deploying honey tokens at scale across the enterprise and performed cost optimizations to minimize the security footprint within the budget.