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Eren GözaydınOffensive Security & Advisory
Türkiye — Available for international remote engagements.

Independent Cybersecurity Consultant & Senior Penetration Tester

Advanced Web, API & Mobile Security | Red Team Operations | Enterprise Security Assessments

Eren Gözaydın is an Independent Cybersecurity Consultant and Senior Penetration Tester specializing in manual web, API, mobile, and enterprise infrastructure assessments. Recognized in the NASA Vulnerability Disclosure Program Hall of Fame and ranked #5 worldwide on the EC-Council Global Ethical Hacker Leaderboard, he helps international organizations uncover complex attack paths and translate technical vulnerabilities into prioritized, actionable risk reduction.

“Real-world offensive security expertise, translated into practical risk reduction.”
Eren Gözaydın — Independent Cybersecurity Consultant and Senior Penetration Tester

Eren Gözaydın

Co-Founder & Leadership at MetaGuard • Senior Penetration Tester

Verified
Top Credentials
LPT Master • CPENT
AppSec & Red Team
eWPTX • CMSE • CRTP
CVE Disclosures
3 MITRE / NVD CVEs
Acknowledgment
NASA VDP Hall of Fame

Consulting Capabilities

Specialized Offensive Security & Advisory Services

Every engagement is scoped to uncover real-world exploitation paths across web, API, mobile, network, and Active Directory environments—delivering clear engineering reproduction steps and executive risk prioritization.

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In-depth manual security assessments of complex web platforms, SaaS applications, and enterprise portals—uncovering authentication flaws, multi-tenant isolation bypasses, and server-side vulnerabilities that automated scanners cannot detect.

  • Authentication, SSO (OAuth 2.0 / OIDC / SAML) & MFA workflow security
  • Horizontal & vertical authorization boundaries (IDOR / BOLA / BFLA) and multi-tenant isolation
  • Business logic abuse, race conditions & workflow state bypass
  • Injection vulnerabilities (SQLi, NoSQLi, XXE, SSTI, OS Command Injection)
eWPTXLPT MasterCPENT
Scope Details
Application & Integration Security

API Security Assessment

Rigorous manual testing of RESTful, GraphQL, and microservice APIs focusing on object-level authorization, token validation, mass assignment, and business logic abuse across web and mobile backends.

  • REST API & GraphQL endpoint security auditing
  • Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA / IDOR) & Broken Object Property Level Authorization (BOPLA / Mass Assignment)
  • API authentication mechanisms (JWT, OAuth 2.0 bearer tokens, API keys, mTLS, HMAC signatures)
  • Rate limiting, resource exhaustion, batching abuse & automated scraping defenses
eWPTXeMAPTCMSE
Scope Details

Comprehensive static, dynamic, and runtime instrumentation assessments of Android and iOS applications—evaluating client-side binary protections, local data storage, transport security, and backend API interactions.

  • Android (APK/AAB) & iOS (IPA) static binary analysis and reverse engineering
  • Dynamic runtime analysis and method hooking (Frida / Objection runtime instrumentation)
  • Local data storage, cache, memory dump, and Keystore/Keychain security evaluation
  • Network communication, TLS configuration, and certificate pinning bypass resistance
CMSEeMAPTeWPTX
Scope Details

External perimeter and internal network penetration testing designed to identify exposed services, segmentation weaknesses, privilege escalation vectors, and multi-hop lateral movement paths across corporate infrastructure.

  • External perimeter reconnaissance, port/service interrogation, and vulnerability validation
  • Internal network penetration testing (assumed-breach or segmented foothold scenarios)
  • Network segmentation and firewall boundary verification across VLANs and DMZs
  • Service misconfigurations, default credentials, and protocol-level attacks (SMB, SNMP, LDAP, Kerberos, NFS)
LPT MasterCPENTeCPPTv2
Scope Details
Identity & Adversary Simulation

Active Directory & Red Team Assessments

Targeted identity and domain security assessments focused on uncovering Active Directory attack paths, Kerberos delegation flaws, ACL/GPO misconfigurations, and privilege escalation chains—paired with practical detection and hardening guidance.

  • Active Directory attack-path mapping and privilege escalation chain analysis
  • Kerberos authentication security (Kerberoasting, AS-REP Roasting, delegation abuse, ticket manipulation)
  • Access Control List (ACL), Group Policy Object (GPO), and administrative tiering evaluation
  • Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS) & domain trust relationship security
CRTPLPT MasterCPENT
Scope Details
Strategic & Technical Advisory

Security Architecture & Advisory

Pragmatic technical risk assessments, security posture reviews, and remediation governance that bridge the gap between deep offensive findings and executive security decision-making.

  • Application and infrastructure security posture reviews
  • Architectural threat modeling for new platforms, APIs, and multi-tenant systems
  • Technical risk assessment and exploitability-driven backlog prioritization
  • Defense-in-depth control evaluation (authentication architecture, network segmentation, secrets management)
Associate C|CISOLPT MasterCPENT
Scope Details

Verified Vulnerability Research

Published CVE Disclosures & Federal VDP Recognition

Independent vulnerability discovery and responsible disclosure across enterprise web applications and public-sector digital infrastructure.

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CVE-2022-27927CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL

Unauthenticated SQL Injection in Microfinance Management System v1.0

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Microfinance Management System v1.0, when deployed with MySQL as its backend database, contains a critical SQL injection vulnerability in `/mims/updatecustomer.php`. User-controlled input passed through the `customer_number` (and/or `course_code`) parameter is concatenated directly into backend SQL statements without parameterized prepared statements or strict type casting, enabling remote attackers to alter query logic and execute arbitrary SQL commands.

CVE-2022-28079CVSS 8.8 HIGH

SQL Injection Vulnerability in College Management System v1.0

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

College Management System v1.0 contains a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability via the `course_code` parameter. Insufficient input sanitization and lack of prepared statements allow an attacker with low-privileged access to inject arbitrary SQL syntax into backend database queries.

CVE-2022-28080CVSS 8.8 HIGH

SQL Injection Vulnerability in Royal Event Management System v1.0

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Royal Event Management System v1.0 is vulnerable to SQL injection via the `todate` parameter. Because date-filtering input is concatenated directly into SQL queries without strict date parsing or prepared statements, an attacker can manipulate query execution against the backend database.

Responsible Vulnerability Disclosure Acknowledgment • November 2024

NASA Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) Hall of Fame Recognition

Officially recognized in NASA's Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP) Hall of Fame for independently identifying and responsibly reporting security vulnerabilities to help protect NASA's digital infrastructure and information systems.

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The Independent Specialist Advantage

Why Security-Conscious Organizations Engage Eren Gözaydın

Large consultancies frequently sell engagements with principal partners and hand delivery off to junior analysts running automated scans. Independent consulting guarantees senior execution from scoping through retest.

No bait-and-switch or junior analyst delegation

Direct Principal Execution

When you engage an independent specialist, the practitioner who scopes your architecture is the exact person executing the manual testing, analyzing the attack paths, and authoring the report.

LPT (Master), CPENT, eWPTX & CRTP certified operator

Business logic, authorization boundaries & multi-step chains

Deep Manual Testing Beyond Scanners

Automated vulnerability scanners miss broken object-level authorization (BOLA), multi-tenant isolation flaws, mobile runtime tampering, and Active Directory trust abuse. Every engagement prioritizes manual, context-aware testing.

3 MITRE/NVD CVEs & NASA VDP Hall of Fame researcher

Actionable remediation without alarmist jargon

Boardroom & Engineering Fluency

Reports are structured for two audiences simultaneously: an executive risk summary mapping findings to business impact, and reproducible, code-level proof-of-concept documentation for engineering teams.

Associate C|CISO & MetaGuard Co-Founder leadership perspective

Operational empathy built on 8+ years in enterprise IT

Production-Safe Rules of Engagement

Prior experience administering production IT systems ensures testing respects availability boundaries, rate limits, and data handling constraints—with immediate escalation when critical exposures are identified.

TSE Senior Penetration Testing Specialist criteria alignment

Structured Execution

Five-Stage Offensive Security Assessment Lifecycle

Predictable, transparent engineering workflow aligned with OWASP, PTES, NIST SP 800-115, and MITRE ATT&CK.

PHASE 01

Scoping & Rules of Engagement

Define target boundaries, architecture context, user roles, testing windows, and emergency escalation paths under mutual NDA.

  • ›Asset inventory & trust boundary mapping
  • ›Test environment & credential provisioning
  • ›Rules of Engagement (RoE) & safety alignment

Key Deliverable

Signed Scoping Charter & Rules of Engagement

PHASE 02

Reconnaissance & Threat Modeling

Map the external and internal attack surface, analyze application workflows, and identify high-value privilege boundaries before active exploitation.

  • ›Endpoint, API schema & subdomain enumeration
  • ›Role-matrix & authorization boundary modeling
  • ›Technology stack & defense fingerprinting

Key Deliverable

Attack Surface & Threat Model Baseline

PHASE 03

Manual Exploitation & Attack Chaining

Conduct deep manual testing aligned with OWASP (WSTG, ASVS, MASVS) and PTES to uncover logic flaws, authentication bypasses, and lateral movement paths.

  • ›Manual parameter, token & business logic manipulation
  • ›Controlled proof-of-concept (PoC) validation
  • ›Cross-component vulnerability chaining

Key Deliverable

Real-Time Critical Alerting (if urgent risk found)

PHASE 04

Executive & Technical Reporting

Translate validated findings into a dual-layer report containing strategic business risk prioritization and step-by-step developer reproduction guides.

  • ›CVSS v3.1 & contextual business risk scoring
  • ›HTTP/CLI reproduction logs & annotated evidence
  • ›Concrete architecture & code-level remediation advice

Key Deliverable

Comprehensive Assessment Report & Debrief Briefing

PHASE 05

Remediation Advisory & Retesting

Collaborate directly with engineering teams to review proposed fixes, verify patch effectiveness through targeted regression testing, and issue an updated status record.

  • ›Interactive Q&A with engineering stakeholders
  • ›Targeted patch verification & bypass testing
  • ›Updated remediation status documentation

Key Deliverable

Updated Retest Verification Report

Verified Qualifications

Selected Offensive & Executive Security Credentials

Hands-on, exam-verified certifications spanning live multi-network cyber ranges, extreme web/API exploitation, mobile reverse engineering, Active Directory red teaming, and executive security governance.

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LPT (Master)EC-Council

Licensed Penetration Tester (Master)

EC-Council's highest practical penetration testing designation, awarded for achieving a mastery-level score (90%+) on the 24-hour live multi-network cyber range examination.

Issued December 2022Verify Badge
CPENTEC-Council

Certified Penetration Testing Professional

Advanced, 100% practical certification validating penetration testing across complex, defense-in-depth enterprise networks, Active Directory zones, and segmented architectures.

Issued December 2022Verify Badge
eWPTXINE Security (eLearnSecurity)

eLearnSecurity Web Application Penetration Tester eXtreme

Advanced manual web and API exploitation certification covering filter/WAF evasion, complex server-side vulnerabilities, insecure deserialization, and authentication attacks.

Issued June 2022Verify Badge
CMSE8kSec

8kSec Certified Mobile Security Engineer

Specialized, hands-on mobile security engineering credential focused on auditing Android and iOS application internals, runtime instrumentation, and mobile security hardening.

Advanced Mobile SpecialistCredential Spec
CRTPAltered Security (Pentester Academy)

Certified Red Team Professional

Hands-on Active Directory red teaming certification validating privilege escalation, Kerberos delegation abuse, and cross-forest lateral movement across defended Windows enterprise environments.

Issued September 2021Credential Spec
Associate C|CISOEC-Council

Associate Certified Chief Information Security Officer

Executive-track security governance credential validating knowledge across governance, risk management, compliance controls, security program operations, and strategic CISO planning.

Issued December 2023Credential Spec
Engagement Scoping

Discuss Your Security Testing Requirements

Tell me what you need assessed—whether a multi-tenant web application, REST/GraphQL API, Android/iOS mobile build, or internal Active Directory environment. You will deal directly with the senior specialist executing the assessment.

• Direct Senior Execution• Mutual NDA Available• Reproducible PoC Reporting• Post-Remediation Retesting