Austin Wile: Founder & Principal Consultant
Austin Wile: Founder & Principal Consultant
Having spent seven years as a cyber security professional, I have an wide knowledge base of information security’s
fundamental concepts as well as experience with many different advanced topics of interest concerning network and web
application security as well as how to assess most types of infrastructures’ security posture. My goal currently is to settle
into a position within a company that offers educational opportunities that would allow me to continue to pursue knowledge
of more advanced topics in security that interest me and allow me to improve my craft for future endeavors.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Penetration Tester
01/2019 to 09/2020
Nike
Portland, OR
Executed web, mobile, API and internal/external network penetration tests against various Nike platforms on a weekly
basis. Worked with risk management personnel to inform the stakeholder of any identified vulnerabilities and educate the
developers on secure code best practices. Created Nikes Innovative Detections and Purple Team initiatives to work with
incident responders and threat hunters in order to engineer detections for novel attack techniques employed by modern
threat actors and cybercriminals.
Security Engineer II
12/2017 to 06/2018
Northstate Technology Solutions
Winston-Salem, NC
Primary responsibilities consisting of executing penetration tests with my focus being network layer penetration testing.
Specialized in OSINT and reconnaissance during team engagements. Interfaced with clients technical teams to devise
remediation efforts and to go over technical documents produced.
Website Administrator
05/2013 to 12/2017
Dirt Cheap Christian Wear
Blue Ridge, GA
Developed and managed the website for Dirt Cheap Christian Wear, a wholesale Christian T-Shirt company located in
North Georgia. Implemented e-commerce software and managed the advertising campaign; keeping up to date with the
most common and searched key words. Dirt Cheap Christian Wear sold for $500,000 in June 2018 and continues to
prosper as a result of the strategies employed.
SKILLS
Manual and Automated Fuzzing using Python, Burp Suite, AFL and other frameworks - 7 years
Vulnerability Scanning using Nessus, Nexpose, nmap, WhiteHat, RIPS and more - 7 years
OSINT using DNS Analysis, Scrapers, XREFing Company Data, Business Records, Trademarks and more - 7 years
EDUCATION
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONFERENCES
Travels to Las Vegas annually for the Defcon/Black Hat conference week. Speaks with industry innovators and leaders at
conferences to learn about their newest research first hand. Goes to multiple BSides conferences (Portland, Knoxville,
Atlanta). Participates in competitions and CTFs.
BUG BOUNTY
Participates in bug bounty programs through platforms such as HackerOne and Bugcrowd. This has significantly improved
his abilities in various fields of vulnerability research. Identified over 30+ bugs in various web and binary applications.
Participated in both public and private bug bounty programs for different levels of clientele, both enterprise and
government.
CERTIFICATIONS / LICENSES