Nicolin Dora

MSc Student (Information & Cyber Security) 路 Research Fellow (BFH)

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Nicolin Dora

Profile

MSc student in the Information and Cyber Security profile at Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) and Research Fellow at BFH. Around seven years of hands-on experience in cyber security (partly part-time), focusing on cryptography, information security and applied IT security.

Experience

  • Research Fellow 路 Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)
    Biel, CH 路 02.2026 - present
  • Cyber Security Analyst 路 Centris AG
    Solothurn, CH 路 09.2021 - 12.2025

    Responsible for vulnerability management, threat intelligence, incident triage and awareness. Contributed to building up the SOC together with the Cyber Defense Center. Daily work with EDR, NDR and SIEM solutions.

  • Junior Security Analyst 路 Swisscom (Switzerland) Ltd
    Zurich, CH 路 01.2019 - 08.2021

    Analysis and triage of incidents as well as customer contact during onboardings and security incidents. Contributed to the further development of security services and expanded my technical skill set.

  • Single-term soldier, role: Cyber Security Analyst 路 Swiss Armed Forces
    Bern, CH 路 01.2018 - 11.2018

    Assigned to milCERT working on cryptography, reverse engineering and network monitoring. Broad insight into core areas of cyber security and their practical application.

  • ICT System Controller 路 Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
    Bern, CH 路 11.2017 - 12.2017

    Managed mobile devices, set up workstation systems and provided second-level support.

  • System Administrator 路 FDFA, Swiss Embassy in Paris & Swiss Delegation to UNESCO
    Paris, FR 路 08.2017 - 11.2017

    Responsible for workstations and mobile devices of embassy and delegation staff.

  • IT Specialist EFZ, Systems Engineering 路 Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA)
    Bern, CH 路 08.2013 - 07.2017

    Broad insight into the FDFA IT infrastructure, from service desk and end-user support to the Exchange and DNS teams.

Education

  • MSc Engineering 路 Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)
    Information and Cyber Security profile 路 02.2026 - present
  • Bachelor of Science BFH 路 Berner Fachhochschule (BFH)
    Computer Science, IT Security specialisation 路 09.2021 - 07.2025

    In-depth work on security topics such as cryptography, identity and access management, intrusion detection systems, malware analysis, forensics, web and software security as well as vulnerability and exploit analysis.

  • Vocational Baccalaureate (Berufsmatura) 路 AKAD
    Engineering, Architecture & Life Sciences 路 02.2019 - 07.2021

    Acquired the academic prerequisites for studying computer science.

  • Soldier 路 Swiss Armed Forces
    Basic military training 路 01.2018 - 04.2018

    Training in first aid, team discipline, resilience and perseverance.

  • Federal VET Diploma (EFZ) 路 Vocational School Bern (GIBB)
    IT Specialist, Systems Engineering 路 08.2013 - 07.2017

    Solid grounding in systems engineering and applied computer science.

Skills

  • Defensive Security
    Security incident analysis EDR NDR SIEM Malware analysis
  • Offensive Security
    Web Application Penetration Testing
  • Forensics
    Malware analysis Timelining Network forensics
  • Security Awareness
    E-learning Phishing Training
  • Java
  • Python
  • Rust
  • C
  • C++
  • HTML, CSS, JavaScript

Projects

  • Secure by design: new paths for school communication 路 Bachelor's thesis
    02.2025 - 06.2025

    Digitalisation opens up new possibilities for communication and administration in schools. At the same time, the requirements for protecting the personal data of children and adolescents keep growing. This thesis shows how a school communication platform can be built consistently along the principle of privacy by design. Suitable cryptographic mechanisms ensure that not even the platform operator can access sensitive content.

  • URL Archiver 路 University project
    09.2023 - 01.2024

    The URL Archiver extracts URLs from arbitrary Unicode text or from PDF files and allows them to be archived interactively with one of the supported archiving services.

Awards

  • Silver Badge - Santa Claus CTF 路 OSINT Switzerland
    12.2025

    Awarded to participants who finished 2nd in the Santa Claus CTF.

Certifications

  • Certified SAFe庐 6 Practitioner 路 SAFe by Scaled Agile, Inc.
    03.2025

Interests

  • Home networks
    NASDockerSelf-hostingLinux
  • Sports
    ClimbingBoulderingRunning

Languages

  • German
    Native speaker
  • English
    Fluent, spoken and written
  • French
    Basic knowledge