Hector
Godoy
Creus
Project Managers
Hector
Godoy

Hèctor Godoy Creus is a computer engineer specializing in information security and cloud computing. He is particularly interested in cybersecurity, systems administration and technology in general, as well as mobile application development. Outside his professional life, he plays drums in several bands and has training as a sound technician and live event sound engineer.

He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from Facultat d’Informàtica de Barcelona (FIB) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), specializing in Information Technologies. During his studies, he was a member of the GreyHatUPC hacking club, which competes in Capture The Flag events, and helped the team achieve first place in Spain and 36th place worldwide in the Hack The Box University CTF 2022. He subsequently completed a postgraduate program in Cloud Computing Architecture at the Polytechnic Foundation of Catalonia.

Since March 2022, he has worked at inLab FIB UPC as an information security specialist and project manager. There, he trains and coordinates teams in conducting penetration tests, security audits, forensic analyses, and training sessions for clients and external organizations, among other activities. He also administers Linux servers, develops websites using WordPress, and has recently been working on integrating AI and LLMs into the penetration testing process to improve results, with a particular focus on using locally hosted models. As of this year, he is also an associate professor for the Operating System Administration course at FIB.

Main projects directed

Development of an automated pentesting system based on artificial intelligence to speed up the detection of vulnerabilities and optimize cybersecurity audit processes.
The inLab FIB collaborates with the Mossos d’Esquadra by assisting in the analysis and research of security monitoring systems for infrastructures, featuring enhanced capabilities that enable improved detection of vulnerabilities and threats, as well as integration with other tools that will expand functionalities such as incident management or asset discovery.

Main projects participated

Development of an automated pentesting system based on artificial intelligence to speed up the detection of vulnerabilities and optimize cybersecurity audit processes.
InLab FIB collaborates with Nubem sytems helping in the analysis and research of possible protection and detection tools and techniques that they can incorporate into their suite of cybersecurity services, as well as the evaluation of current services.
inLab FIB collaborates with Ilimit in the development of a new platform for its customers to deploy their applications in a flexible and secure way.

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