Hi, I'm Eden

I'm a software engineer turned cybersecurity researcher, currently based in Berlin. This site is where I put the things I make, write, and learn as I move through this field.

The short version

I have a bachelor's in software engineering from Addis Ababa University and an MSc in Applied Cybersecurity from the Erasmus Mundus CyberMACS programme — Year 1 at Kadir Has University in Istanbul, Year 2 at SRH Berlin. My thesis explored cross-layer detection of software supply chain attacks, and it's where I first picked up eBPF.

Before the MSc, I worked as a research assistant at TÜBİTAK in Istanbul and as a junior full-stack developer at Aquila ICT Solution. I also co-founded Jama Software Solutions.

What I'm interested in

Broadly: cybersecurity, IT, and software engineering. Specifically I've spent time on web security, penetration testing basics, OSINT, and supply chain / DevSecOps. I'm CCNA certified and comfortable across the full stack (Node, Django, Laravel, React, PostgreSQL). I'm open to entry-level roles that let me grow into either the security or engineering side.

What I'm focused on right now

Job-hunting in cybersecurity, IT, and software engineering roles across Berlin and remote. On the side, I'm working through the PortSwigger Web Security Academy, learning German (A2.1 at VHS Treptow-Köpenick), and setting up this digital garden and my content channels at @edensdigitalgarden.

Why "digital garden"

A blog rewards you for publishing finished things on a schedule. A garden rewards you for tending. Most of what I know about this field is still forming — some notes here are seedlings, some are growing, and a few are evergreen. All of them get revisited when I learn more.

Elsewhere

Videos on YouTube, shorter thoughts on TikTok and Instagram, longer essays cross-posted to Substack, and code on GitHub. All under @edensdigitalgarden.