Godwine HOUNGAVOU

Co-Founder

Paris, Île-de-France, France6 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Extensive experience in penetration testing and vulnerability assessment.
Strong background in network security and information security.
Active contributor to cybersecurity communities as an ambassador.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a cybersecurity expert specializing in penetration testing and vulnerability assessments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Penetration TestingVulnerability AssessmentNetwork Security

Other Skills

ReportingAdministration of SIEM/SOAR toolsInvestigating security alerts and incidentsConducting spear phishing awareness campaignsWeb application Penetration testingInternal Network Penetration testingCisco network installationMikroTik network configurationMultifactor authentication systemsIdentity theft detection APIInformation securityLinuxPythonBurp Suite ProfessionalProject management

About

I work for a company I greatly respect and share the vision and value systems. Penetration tester, RedTeamer from Dahomey 🇧🇯

Experience

6 yrs 4 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

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Technical Manager

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Cotonou, Littoral, Bénin

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Hack the box

HackTheBox Ambassador

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Kent, England, United Kingdom

Hack the box meetup : bénin 🇧🇯

Founder & Manager

Nov 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Cotonou, Littoral, Benin

Mca academy

Co-Founder & Trainer

Feb 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

Cs group

Penetration Tester

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 7 mos · France

Up coop

Penetration Tester

Oct 2020 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · France

Penetration testing
Vulnerability assessment
Reporting
Administration of SIEM/SOAR tools
Investigating security alerts and incidents
Conducting spear phishing awareness campaigns

Penetration testingVulnerability assessmentReportingAdministration of SIEM/SOAR toolsInvestigating security alerts and incidentsConducting spear phishing awareness campaigns

Mapcom group

Penetration Tester

Mar 2019 – Aug 2019 · 5 mos · Benin

Web application Penetration testing
Internal Network Penetration testing
Vulnerability assessment
Reporting

Web application Penetration testingInternal Network Penetration testingVulnerability assessmentReportingPenetration testing

Benin telecoms sa

Information Technology Security Engineer

Mar 2018 – Aug 2018 · 5 mos · Benin

Cisco & MikroTik network installation and configuration.
State of the art on multifactor authentication systems.
Penetration test on the payment platform
Implementation of an identity theft detection API on facial recognition systems.

Cisco network installationMikroTik network configurationMultifactor authentication systemsPenetration testingIdentity theft detection APINetwork security