Hire the Best Penetration Testers in Maryland
Baltimore, Maryland
Stop relying on automated scans. I find the vulnerabilities they miss. I’m a senior penetration tester and vulnerability researcher with deep experience across enterprise networks, web apps / APIs and cloud platforms. Most testers just run automated tools and hand you a generic report. I simulate how an attacker actually thinks, perform thorough testing, and deliver professional, tailored reporting suitable not just for your own remediation efforts but also for audit / compliance. Benefits of manual testing: - Chaining multiple low/medium findings to show more significant impact - Breaking multi-tenant isolation - Bypassing auth controls (JWT, OAuth, misconfigurations) - Identifying cost-amplification / abuse vectors (e.g., billing attacks in serverless environments) - ZERO false positives (and wasted time trying to remediate non-issues) - REAL severity scoring (not just CVSS or ratings with no connection to actual impact/risk for your systems and data) What I Deliver - Manual, attacker-style testing (not just scans) - Clear, prioritized findings with real business impact - Proof-of-concept exploits where it matters - Practical remediation guidance your devs can use immediately - Optional retesting to verify fixes Common Engagements - SaaS / multi-tenant application security testing - API and authentication testing (JWT, OAuth, session flaws) - Cloud security reviews (GCP, AWS, Azure, O365) - DevOps security reviews (Gitlab/hub, BitBucket, etc.) - Pre-SOC2 / investor readiness assessments - High-intensity black-box pentests Why Clients Hire Me - I go beyond the scan—I find what others miss - I understand both offense and architecture - I communicate clearly with both engineers and leadership - I’ve worked on MANY real-world, high-impact systems I also help organizations: - Investigate breaches - Contain active threats - Recover compromised systems (Note: I do not assist with social media account recovery.)
- Penetration Testing
- Security Assessment & Testing
- Ethical Hacking
- Network Penetration Testing
- Network Security
- Vulnerability Assessment
- Web App Penetration Testing
- Security Analysis
- Security Engineering
- Web Application Security
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- OWASP
- White Box Testing
- Security Infrastructure
- Incident Management
Bethesda, Maryland
🛜I am a cybersecurity consultant with over a 14 years of experience, I offer advisory and hands-on technical expertise aligned with practical business growth. 🏢I help growing organizations in industries such as FinTech, Non-Profit, Government, and more, to secure their infrastructure, respond to cyber incidents, and build resilient cloud and mobile-first environments. 💻Whether you need: •Virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) - Compliance, Oversight, Secure Infrastructure •Network Penetration Testing - Identify vulnerabilities proactively and mitigate beforehand •Mobile Application Security Reviews - Identify application flaws in mobile applications •Digital Forensic Analysis - Network, Mobile Devices (Android and iOS), and System Forensics (Windows) 📚I hold multiple industry certifications including: •Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) •Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) •GIAC Network Penetration Tester (GPEN) •GIAC Mobile Security Analyst (GMOB) •GIAC Network Forensic Analyst (GNFA) •GIAC Advanced Smartphone Forensics (GASF) 🔒Let’s secure your future — intelligently.
- Penetration Testing
- Information Security
- Web App Penetration Testing
- Digital Forensics
- Incident Management
- Cyber Threat Intelligence
- Cybersecurity Monitoring
- Cybersecurity Management
- Security Policies & Procedures Documentation
- SOC 2
- NIST Cybersecurity Framework
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional
- Information Security Audit
- Mobile App Testing
- Governance, Risk Management & Compliance
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