whoami
Securing things has been my obsession since my teenage years. Early on, out of necessity, I learned to understand systems from the inside rather than just live with them. That logic never left me : from the Defence forces to certifications, up to today, where I'm building the skills and tools to secure entire infrastructures. Cloud, networks, AI.
Smidjan is that path made visible. Not an agency selling inflated numbers : a practitioner who shows his work, what he can do and what he can't do yet.
Defence (telecom)AZ-900Bachelor's in Management Programming (in progress)
Based in Wallonia, authorised to work in the EU. Open to freelance missions and opportunities, in Brussels, Wallonia or remote.
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Overview
Seven highlights that sum up the journey: flagship project, verifiable certifications, what's being built right now, and how to reach me.
whoami
Cybersecurity practitioner — cloud, network, application security
I secure by understanding systems from the inside: from the Defence forces to certifications, up to the infrastructures I build and harden today.
A CyFun / NIS2 audit tool for Belgian SMEs: read-only, no credentials stored.
CCNA (Cisco) in preparation, homelab under construction — heading toward an internship in 2027.
Public code: ClawkWerk, FormCraft and this site itself.
Top 15%
Worldwide ranking, regular offensive-security practice.
A mission, a role or an internship from 2027: I answer with the same transparency as on this site.
What I'm learning
Securing and hardening cloud environments (Azure), configuration and best practices.
Segmentation, hardening and best practices for network and infrastructure (CCNA in progress).
Applications and sites built secure by design, with an OWASP-inspired approach.
Orchestration of tools and workflows (n8n, Make), and securing AI usage.
Offensive practice on TryHackMe (global top 15%): understanding attacks to defend better.
Journey
Belgian Defence.
European Commission.
Java Full Stack bootcamp (TechnoFutur TIC), Java/.NET internships.
Bachelor's in Management Programming (adult education, ISL) alongside a job.
Certifications : AZ-900 (2026), CCNA in progress, first and second Bachelor's years completed.
This scan reads the security headers this site actually returns, live. Nothing is faked: the grade reflects the real configuration.
Headers checked: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. Security starts with my own site.
A mission, a position, a collaboration : write to me, I reply as soon as possible.