Arturs S.

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DISC Type : Dc

Principal Penetration Tester | Penetration Testing Sevices & Operations | Consultant at Scotiabank

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Overview

Arturs is the Founder of Cyber Security Pentesting Inc. and a Red Team Consultant with a decade of experience in offensive security. He specializes in enterprise penetration testing for financial-sector organizations, focusing on Active Directory, multi-cloud (Azure, AWS, GCP), and AI environments. He holds OSEP and OSCP certifications.

His colleagues describe him as exceptionally skilled, professional, and a dedicated technical mentor who excels at clear communication and sharing his deep cybersecurity expertise with his team.

Unique fact: Arturs emphasizes that true pentesting isnt just flagging CVEs, but demonstrating real-world risk by chaining minor misconfigurations to achieve full domain compromise.

Personality Overview

Demanding

Objective Thinker

Quality Focused

They respond well to strong and respectful communication.  They are very proud of what they do. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Topics They Care About

Enterprise Red Teaming
He has spent over a decade leading red team operations and adversary simulations for enterprise environments, particularly in the financial sector at Scotiabank.
Cloud Attack Paths
He frequently posts about exploiting overlooked trust relationships and misconfigurations in GCP, Azure, and AWS environments to gain high-level privileges.
AI Security
A key area of focus in his current role, underscored by recent certifications in "Red Teaming AI" and "Prompt Injection Attacks".

Media Appearances

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Work History

3-2025 - 10-2025
Principal Penetration Tester | Penetration Testing Sevices & Operations | Consultant at Scotiabank
10-2022 - 3-2025
Principal Red Team Penetration Tester | Cyber Security Red Team (CSRT) | Consultant at Scotiabank
10-2020 - 10-2022
Senior Red Team Penertation Tester | Cyber Security Red Team( CSRT) | Consultant at Scotiabank
8-2019 - 10-2020
Red Team Penertation Tester | Cyber Security Red Team (CSRT) | Consultant at Scotiabank
9-2018 - 8-2019
Security Testing and Incident Response Team(STIRT) | Penetration Tester Consultant at Bell

Education

8-2000 - 6-2001
Network Administration from Toronto School of Business

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Insights For Selling To Arturs

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Help them weigh the risks by sharing objective proof points without becoming too analytical
  • Use phrases like ‘it’s your decision’, ‘strategic impact’ etc.

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead
  • Don’t be in a rush to invite them for a social meet and greet

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Arturs is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Arturs

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Arturs move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Arturs take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Arturs

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