Offensive Security Consultant

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41.0082° N, 28.9784° E IBM X-Force Red MITRE ATT&CKcon 6.0 Speaker
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01 / About

Red team by trade,
engineer by nature.

Offensive security consultant specialising in red team operations and penetration testing, operating within IBM X-Force Red — one of the most respected adversarial security teams in the industry. Conducts enterprise-level assessments across aviation, energy, oil & gas, and financial sectors, with a track record of identifying vulnerabilities with proven operational and financial impact across live, production-grade enterprise environments.

Speaker at MITRE ATT&CKcon 6.0 in McLean, Virginia, presenting Human-First Tactics: Red Teaming Where Automation Fails — a session exploring the critical gaps where human intuition, creativity, and adaptability outperform automated tooling, and why operator expertise remains the irreplaceable core of effective offensive security operations.

Holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and a Master's degree in Cybersecurity from Bahçeşehir University.

Outside of offensive work: distance runner, sailor, occasional trekker on the Lycian Way, amateur astronomer with a keen interest in space exploration, and a frequent traveller rarely found in one place for long.

02 / Expertise

How I operate.

01
Red Team Operations

Full-scope adversarial simulations modelled on real-world threat actors. Attack path development from initial access through persistence and objective completion — no guardrails, no predefined scope limits.

Kill Chain C2 ATT&CK OPSEC
02
Penetration Testing

Targeted assessments across web applications, APIs, and enterprise infrastructure. Complex multi-step vulnerability chains, business logic abuse, and Active Directory exploitation under realistic conditions.

Web & API AD ADCS Kerberos
03
Operator Tradecraft

Where scanners stop, the real work starts. Manual vulnerability research, creative attack chaining, and detection evasion built on operator judgment — the thesis behind the ATT&CKcon 6.0 talk.

Manual Research Evasion Chaining Custom Tooling

03 / Speaking

Conference appearances.

2025
MITRE ATT&CKcon 6.0
Speaker — McLean, Virginia, USA
Human-First Tactics: Red Teaming Where Automation Fails
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Let's talk red.