For general information about me, or to learn about my journey to where I am now, please check out my About Me page. You can find me on LinkedIn, and my GitHub profile includes my open source work. Alternatively, you can email me at [email protected] for a more formal resume.
Stephen Rees-Carter
Stephen is a security consultant who specialises in security audits and pentests of Laravel apps, he is the creator of Laravel Security in Depth, where he teaches Laravel developers about security concepts and how to think like a hacker. His Laracon talks have been described as “terrifying magic tricks”, that show just how easy it is to hack into a vulnerable site and cause mayhem.

Qualifications & Certifications
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (v10, 2020)
CompTIA Security+ Certified (SY0-501, 2019)
Bachelor of Engineering in Software Engineering (University of Canberra, 2007)
Winner of the Engineers Australia ITEE Student Presentation Awards Night 2007
Talks & Presentations
2015
New Zealand PHP Conference
2018
2020
WordCamp Asia (Event Cancelled)
WordSesh APAC
Laracon EU Online
LaravelConf Taiwan
NDC Sydney
Employment

Valorin Security
Friendly Hacker / Director
January 2022 → Present
(Company founded July 2022)
WithExtraVeg
Technical Manager
March 2018 → Present

Defiant / Wordfence
Senior Developer
July 2018 → July 2021
Security Analyst
Jan 2017 → Jul 2018 (casual)
Award Force
Technical Lead & Lead Security Analyst
August 2016 → July 2018
Senior Engineer
March 2015 → August 2016
Verve Ed — Casual Developer
February 2016 → May 2017

InterSect Alliance International
Product Manager
June 2013 → February 2015
Software Engineer / Security Analyst
June 2012 → June 2013

Uber Global / AussieHQ
Platform Engineer / Systems Developer
June 2008 → May 2012