# Nikolai Lorentzen (@frapzo.bsky.social)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/frapzo.bsky.social
Headline: Defending digital infrastructure since 2023
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolai-lorentzen-255767223

## About

Organizer of UiTHack24, UiTHack25, and UiTHack26.
Primary focus on making challenges in the Crypto category.

## Career

- **Penetration Tester at Norwegian Armed Forces** (Aug 2025 - Present)
  Full-time · On-site
- **Operations Intern at Xait** (Sep 2023 - Jun 2025)
  Part-time · Remote
  Worked mainly with the network monitoring solution.
  Set up and configured vulnerability scanning of internal and external endpoints.
  Helped where needed otherwise.
- **Operations Intern at Xait** (Jun 2023 - Aug 2023)
  Temporary · On-site
  Set up network monitoring at datacenters.
  Helped in developing the security awareness program.

## Skills

### Technical
- Software Engineering
### Security
- Penetration Testing
- Reverse Engineering

## Credentials

- OSCP+ — Offsec (Jul 2026) https://credentials.offsec.com/a9930dfe-9d76-4d8d-9919-d0085720f64e
- OSCP — Offsec (Jul 2026) https://credentials.offsec.com/f695e8d8-8f28-429f-a418-9d91d8ec86d4

## Education

- **University of Tromsø – The Arctic University of Norway** — MSc, Cybersecurity (Aug 2020 - Jun 2025)
  Integrated masters in Cybersecurity.
  Primarily an adjusted informatics degree with additional Math and Cybersecurity.
  Activities & Societies: Was part of organizing and creating challenges for the CTFs UiTHack24 and UiTHack25

## Languages

- Norwegian (native)
- English (full professional)

## Links

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolai-lorentzen-255767223