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🔒 You need security that actually works — not a report that says it does. The organisations I work with want to find the vulnerabilities that matter, fix them with confidence, and get on with growing their business without security becoming the thing that stops them. I have delivered over 1,000 commercial penetration tests across 27 years. Not side projects. Not internal assessments. Full mission-critical engagements for high street and investment banks, hedge funds, insurance firms, government departments, police, military, national infrastructure, retailers, law firms, airports and more. I led the security architecture for the Athens 2004 Olympics internet-facing systems. I was lead architect on the UK Cyber Essentials scheme at launch. I have published in commercial security press and guest lectured at universities. There is a difference between someone who does penetration testing and someone who has seen every flavour of environment, every attack pattern, and every way organisations deceive themselves about their security posture. That difference is what you are hiring. 🎯 Where can I help: 🗡️ Network & Infrastructure Penetration Testing — adversarial testing of internal and external infrastructure, finding exploitable exposures before an attacker does. 🌐 Application Penetration Testing — web application and API security testing against real attack patterns: authentication, authorisation, input handling and business logic flaws. ☁️ Microsoft 365 Security Assessment — Entra ID, Conditional Access, PIM, Intune, DLP, sensitivity labelling, Exchange Online and Defender for Office 365. 🔷 Azure Security Assessment — identity and access management, network controls, storage and key management, Defender for Cloud posture, and monitoring coverage. 🟢 Google Workspace, GCP & AWS Security Assessments — configuration and access control assessments across Google and Amazon cloud environments. 🏛️ Security Architecture and Risk Advisory — senior technical input on architecture decisions, control design and risk without a full engagement commitment. 👤 Every engagement is delivered directly by me — David Morgan, founder of Metis Security. No account management layer, no junior handoffs, no templated output. You work with the person conducting the analysis and writing the report. 📋 How I work is as important as what I find Every finding in my reports is one I will defend as genuinely material to your environment. No padding, no low-hanging fruit included to justify the fee, no default risk ratings copied from a scanner. If your context changes the risk, the rating reflects that. What you receive: ✅ A visually structured report with clear separation between executive summary, findings and remediation roadmap — written to be read by people who are not security specialists ✅ Risk ratings adjusted to your specific environment and context, not defaulted from a tool ✅ A prioritised remediation roadmap so your team knows exactly what to fix first and why it matters commercially ✅ Immediate escalation of any high-risk finding or schedule-affecting issue during the engagement — you are never waiting until the end to hear something important ✅ Daily status updates so you always know where the engagement stands ✅ A debrief call at close to walk through findings, answer questions and finalise the report before it is delivered CISSP | ISSAP | Microsoft Security certifications | 27 years If you need to know whether your environment is genuinely secure — not whether it looks configured — I am worth a conversation.

I am a globally acclaimed Cyber security consultant and Internet Security Specialist with a proven track record in security engineering and discovering Critical Zero Day Security Issues in a significant number of Web Applications, Products and Browsers which have helped protecting Privacy and Security of millions of users globally. My research on Cyber Security has been featured in BBC, Forbes, WSJ, Tech Crunch and many International media outlets. My mission is to fortify your digital defenses by harnessing the power of cutting-edge AI/ML technologies. I currently hold the following educational degrees and certifications: ✅ Masters in Cyber-Security and Forensics ✅ Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) ✅ Certified Information Security Auditor (CISA) ✅ Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) ✅ CREST Practitioner Security Analyst (CPSA) ✅ Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE) ✅Offensive Security Wireless Professional (OSWP) Security/Compliance Frameworks: ISO 27001, SOC2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NY DFS 23/ NYCRR Part 500, NIST, CIS, GDPR, HIPAA, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171, NIS2, DORA Services I Offer: Penetration Testing Vulnerability Assessment PCI-DSS SAQ Filing + ASV PCI compliance assessment Cloud Security (AWS, Azure and GCP) Red Teaming Assessment Threat Modelling Security Architecture Review Web 3.0 Wallet Security Smart Contract Audits Cloudflare WAF Protection DDOS Protection Expert Bot Protection Expert

An ambitious and optimistic person with excellent communication and team leading skills and clear career goals. Result oriented and well-disciplined with ability to manage multiple assignments efficiently under extreme pressure while meeting tight schedules. I have 6+ years experience of Data Entry & Web Researching with proficiency in Microsoft Office & task management softwares. I have worked as VA & Data Entry Professional for tech, healthcare, ecommerce & real estate companies and carry knowledge in following categories with working on various projects. - Virtual Assistant(5+ Years) - Web Researching (5+ Years) - Lead Generation (3+ Years) - Information Security(1 Year) - Software Engineering - Quality Assurance(2-3 Years) - Penetration Testing (Masters Degree in Information Security with Research Thesis) I have done Masters in Information Security with Certification in Ethical Hacking and i am all-rounder in various domains mentioned above.

I am a consultant specialised in helping small businesses with their IT systems and websites. Whether you're looking to start your own online store or worried about security threats or email deliverability I can help. * An expert in Cloudflare/GoDaddy DNS * Can solve email issues with Google Workspace / M365 / SendGrid / Hotspot * Can help with setting up a work VPN for remote office work * Able to migrate / fix / host WordPress / WooCommerce / Magento sites * Understanding of Windows / MacOS / Linux systems * Have solutions to fit your budget

That vulnerability your scanner flagged last? It already missed three others. Automated tools were built for speed, not depth. They catch surface-level issues and hand you a report full of findings that look thorough but leave the real risks untouched. Business logic flaws, broken access controls and chained API vulnerabilities are not things a scanner reasons though they require someone who thinks like an attacker and understands how applications are actually built. With 15 years of web application penetration testing experience and both OSCP and OSWE certifications, the vulnerabilities that matter most are exactly what gets found here. ✅ OSCP and OSWE certified with 15 years of hands-on web application penetration testing ✅ API security testing across REST, GraphQL, BOLA, JWT and OAuth attack surfaces ✅ Full OWASP Top 10 coverage using real working exploits, not recycled scan output ✅ Business logic flaws, auth bypasses and access control gaps that no scanner will catch ✅ SaaS, fintech and startup clients across the US, UK, Europe and Australia ✅ Virtual CISO support for SaaS, fintech and AI companies without a full-time security hire ✅ ISO 27001 implementation and ISMS structuring to pass audits and satisfy enterprise buyers ✅ Security questionnaires handled end-to-end so compliance never stalls a deal ✅ Audit-ready policies, procedures and control frameworks beyond checkbox compliance ✅ Hands-on GRC platform work across Vanta, Drata, Secureframe and Thoropass Certifications: ✅ Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) ✅ Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) ✅ eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester (eJPT) ✅ GIAC Penetration Tester (GPEN) ✅ Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE) ✅ GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT) ✅ Certified AppSec Practitioner (CAP) ✅ AWS Certified Security – Specialty ✅ Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate Here's the thing: most penetration testing engagements produce the same report. Same ten findings, same scanner, same template. That is not useful to a development team trying to fix real problems, and it is not useful to a business trying to understand real risk. The vulnerabilities that lead to actual breaches live inside application logic, API design and access control architecture. Finding them requires manual testing, genuine attack thinking and an understanding of where developers cut corners under deadline pressure. Web Application Penetration Testing Testing covers the full attack surface authentication, session management, input validation, business logic, access control and injection vulnerabilities mapped across the complete OWASP Top 10. Burp Suite Professional, OWASP ZAP, Nuclei, ffuf, SQLmap and XSStrike are used alongside deep manual testing to find chained vulnerabilities and logic flaws that no automated tool reaches on its own. Scope covers single-page applications in React, Angular and Vue, backend platforms including PHP, Node.js, Python, Java and .NET, and extends into microservices and cloud-native environments across AWS, Azure and GCP. API Security Testing Every REST and GraphQL endpoint gets tested for broken object-level authorisation, excessive data exposure, broken function-level authorisation, mass assignment, JWT vulnerabilities, OAuth misconfigurations and rate-limiting bypasses. Testing covers both technical weaknesses and business logic abuse, not just surface HTTP checks that any scanner can run. GraphQL engagements go further into introspection abuse, batching attacks, nested query exploitation and field-level authorisation gaps. Application Security Audit and Vulnerability Assessment Every audit combines manual penetration testing with SAST via Semgrep, SCA via Snyk and container scanning via Trivy to deliver a full picture of code-level, dependency and infrastructure risk. Findings are prioritised by real exploitability and business impact, not by CVSS score alone. Compliance-Aligned Testing Audit work maps directly to OWASP ASVS, SOC 2, GDPR and NIST CSF requirements — useful for SaaS companies approaching enterprise sales, startups preparing for investor due diligence and platforms handling regulated or sensitive user data. All findings are documented with detailed technical evidence, including proof-of-concept exploitation steps, affected endpoints, request/response analysis, and attack flow breakdowns where applicable. The reporting structure is designed to support engineering teams in reproducing and fixing issues efficiently, with clear mapping to OWASP Top 10 and relevant security controls. Each vulnerability includes prioritized remediation guidance, validation notes Send a message to discuss scope. A short conversation is all it takes to get started.

Cybersecurity professional and ethical hacker, Worked on projects to secure websites, have done VA&PT, and have worked on malware. Hardworking, Goal-oriented, and problem-solving mentality. Familiar with concepts of cybersecurity and all its practices. I will always work according to the client and make sure that the client is satisfied with the work I provide.