TRENT SHELTON / SECURITY & SOFTWARE

Think like an
attacker.
Build like an
engineer.

Penetration testing and secure coding.
Two perspectives on building more resilient systems.

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TWO PERSPECTIVES. ONE DISCIPLINE.

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01 / THE APPROACH

Security is stronger
when you see both sides.

An offensive mindset to challenge assumptions.
An engineering mindset to turn findings into better systems.

01PENETRATION TESTING

Find the weakness.

Look beyond the happy path. Explore attack surfaces, question assumptions, and follow the connections between applications, identities, and infrastructure.

Enumeration
Web & API security
Attack-path analysis

02SECURE ENGINEERING

Understand the code.

Connect a security finding to its underlying cause. Bring code review, stronger authorization, and practical remediation into the engineering workflow.

Secure code review
Authorization
Vulnerability remediation

02 / SELECTED WORK

Built to explore.
Designed to be useful.

Independent tools and field notes
at the intersection of security and software.

METHODOLOGY / KNOWLEDGEIndependent project

Offensive Security Field Guide

A structured collection of enumeration workflows, privilege-escalation playbooks, Active Directory notes, and reporting material.

Penetration testing
Technical writing

TOOLING / SOFTWAREPrivate project · In development

Pentai

An operator-driven CLI project for organizing penetration-testing engagements, terminal sessions, and the evidence they produce.

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Java
CLI tooling
Workflow design

FROM THE ENGINEERING SIDE

Secure code review, authorization improvements, and vulnerability remediation in enterprise applications.

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03 / THE PERSON BEHIND THE WORK

Curiosity drives the testing.
Experience informs the fix.

I work at the intersection of offensive security and software engineering. My focus is understanding how applications break—and how to build them better. Along the way, I’ve built backend services, worked on enterprise integrations, and helped others develop their technical skills.

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04 / NOTES & PERSPECTIVES