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Episode 35 — Louis Nyffenegger — security engineer and budding surfer who took PentesterLab from side hustle to global success
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Updated on October 1, 2026
Louis Nyffenegger is the founder and CEO of PentesterLab. On this episode of No Password Required, Louis shares how he built his penetration-testing training company, why empathy is crucial to application security, and what can be learned from having hobbies you’re not good at. He also tells us his favorite pen testing story, explains the early days of smartwatch security, and describes his journey from France to Australia. The entire No Password Required team (Ernie, Jack, Rex, Devin, and Sarina) celebrate Ernie’s final episode by participating in a game show challenge about his life. Learn how many tattoos he has, how many countries he’s been to, and more juicy facts that we’ve all been dying to know.
You can connect with Louis on Twitter here: @snyff
You can learn more about the PentesterLab here: https://www.pentesterlab.com/
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