Wiktor Szymanik

Offensive Security Specialist

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

About

I’m a cybersecurity professional focused on the offensive side of security. I specialize in penetration testing, red teaming, and security assessments, helping organizations identify real-world risks and turn them into practical, prioritized improvements. My work combines hands-on technical testing with a broader perspective on secure architecture and development. I’m particularly interested in how design decisions, system integrations, and development practices shape overall security posture – and how to improve them in a way that actually works in complex enterprise environments. Beyond testing, I support teams in translating findings into actionable recommendations, bridging the gap between security, development, and business needs.

Experience

  • Senior IT Security Consultant | Cybersecurity Trainer at Securitum
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    As a Senior IT Security Consultant and Cybersecurity Trainer at Securitum, I help organizations assess, understand, and improve their security across applications, APIs, cloud environments, identity platforms, endpoints, and enterprise infrastructure. My work spans both offensive and defensive security. I conduct penetration tests, red team activities, adversary simulations, and technical security assessments, while also supporting organizations with security improvements, risk reduction, architecture-oriented consulting, and practical remediation strategies. I focus on identifying realistic attack paths, understanding their business impact, and translating technical findings into clear, actionable recommendations for engineering, security, and management teams. Alongside consulting work, I deliver technical cybersecurity trainings and workshops, including for Sekurak Academy. My training activities cover both offensive and defensive security topics, with a strong focus on practical knowledge, real-world scenarios, hands-on demonstrations, and explaining how modern attacks work, how they can be detected, and how organizations can reduce the underlying risk.

  • Owner / Offensive Cybersecurity Specialist at LionSec
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

  • Penetration Tester at Sportradar
    Apr 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos

    As a Penetration Tester, I provide the highest level of offensive security services, such as web applications, thick clients, infrastructure, LLMs penetration tests and red teaming assessments. Moreover I provide trainings and active engagement in threat modeling initiatives.

  • Offensive Security Specialist at BeSecure Solutions
    2023 - Sep 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    As an Offensive Security Specialist, I provide penetration testing, red teaming, and cybersecurity consulting services on a contract basis. My work involves assessing security postures, identifying vulnerabilities, and simulating real-world attack scenarios to enhance defensive capabilities.

  • Centrum Cyberbezpieczeństwa ()
    • Red Team Manager
      Apr 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo

      As a Red Team manager, i am responsible for leading a team of specialists in the field of offensive cybersecurity. In addition, I am responsible for the development of the organization's products and services in terms of security.

    • Senior Pentester
      Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 · 7 mos

      As a senior pentester, I provided the highest level of security analysis services for web applications, networks and infrastructure of external clients. In addition, I supervised the SSDLC process for the organization's services and product