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delivers hands on courses at conferences including Black Hat and DEF CON, aimed at raising the standard of offensive security practice industry wide. Our mission is simple to state and hard to deliver: help organisations, including the ones keeping Britain and beyond connected, operate as though they are under constant cyber attack, because in reality, many of them already are.
retail, critical infrastructure, and increasingly connectivity and telecoms providers themselves. Our aim is to help these organisations move away from a compliance-driven, checkbox approach to security and toward one that treats offense as an ongoing discipline, not an annual event. We are a CREST accredited provider and a signatory to CREST’s AI Charter, reflecting our commitment to the responsible, rigorously assessed use of AI within offensive security as the tools available to both attackers and defenders continue to evolve. We also invest heavily in the wider security community. Our team speaks at industry events, publishes original research, and
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