Juan Guarnizo
Cybersecurity Engineer
Profile
A enthusiastic cybersecurity engineer with years of experience in both the private and academic domains. Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at ZHAW. Additionally, I have recently embarked on a new venture as a co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at thenti. I have a keen interest in conducting research and teaching in the field of system and software security.
Education
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Thesis: Enhancing Software Systems Transparency
via Blockchain-Based Approaches
2017 - 2022
Master in Information Security
Universidad de los Andes
2013 - 2016
Bachelor in Systems Engineering
Universidad de los Llanos
2007 - 2012
Licenses & Certifications
Google Cybersecurity Specialization
Coursera
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Coursera
Languages
Work Experience (selected)
Co-Founder & CTO
at thenti GmbH
Switzerland, November 2023 - Present
PostDoc - Information Security Group
at ZHAW
Switzerland, November 2023 - Present
PostDoc - Information Security Group
at ETH Zurich
Switzerland, October 2022 - October 2023
Lecturer
at Universidad de los Andes
Colombia, June 2023 - July 2023
Research Assistant - STEE-SUTD Cyber Security Lab
at Singapore University of Technology and Design
Singapore, August 2016 - September 2017
Research Assistant - RESILIoT Lab
at Singapore University of Technology and Design
Singapore, March 2016 - August 2016
Publications (selected) - 1,300+ citations
Is Modeling Access Control Worth It?
at the Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer and
Communications Security (CCS) - 2023
SmartWitness: A proactive software transparency system using
Smart Contracts
at the Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Symposium on
Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure (BSCI) - 2020
PDFS: practical data feed service for smart contracts
at the Proceedings of the 24th European Symposium on Research
in Computer Security (ESORICS) - 2019
Siphon: Towards scalable high-interaction physical honeypots
at the Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Workshop on Cyber-Physical System
Security (CPSS) - 2017
ProfilIoT: A machine learning approach for IoT device identification
based on network traffic analysis
at the Proceedings of the 32nd ACM SIGAPP Symposium On Applied
Computing (SAC) - 2017