Joop ter Wal
Researcher
Joop ter Wal started as a DIVD volunteer out of pure drive, no formal security background, just the conviction that the internet should be safer. His professional background is in real estate and videography. As a researcher on DIVD-2024-00042, he helped identify and notify vulnerable organizations running SolarWinds Web Help Desk. The case involved three critical vulnerabilities, including hardcoded credentials and remote code execution, affecting all versions prior to 12.8.3 HF2. By day, Joop works as an Operational Security Officer at the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. He knows what it looks like when critical systems are exposed. That context drives his work at DIVD. He signed up himself. That says enough.