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Victor Tsao

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Pentest Job Seeker at Currently Seeking New Opportunities
📍 Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States

Victor is a senior penetration tester with over 15 years of experience in offensive security for federal and corporate clients. Specializing in web application vulnerabilities, he holds an MS in Information Assurance and multiple certifications, including CEH and ECSA. Colleagues describe him as smart, trustworthy, and hardworking.

He is a dedicated lifelong learner, actively staying current with emerging threats. His recent studies include adversarial AI, prompt injection techniques, and investigations on the dark web, reflecting a deep personal commitment to understanding the evolving cybersecurity landscape beyond his core professional duties.

Unique fact: While job-seeking, he has been proactively learning about AI prompt injection, a cutting-edge area of cybersecurity research.

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Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States
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Web App Penetration
His core expertise for 15+ years. He emphasizes manual enumeration over automation and focuses on identifying and exploiting critical vulnerabilities like SQLi and business logic flaws.
Adversarial AI
Recently earned a certificate in adversarial AI and posted about a real-world AI model breach, showing a keen interest in emerging AI-related security threats.
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Career

Work history

4-2026
Pentest Job Seeker
Currently Seeking New Opportunities
7-2025 - 3-2026
Penetration Tester (DOC/NOAA Contractor)
AttainX, Inc.
7-2024 - 2-2025
Penetration Tester Job Seeker
job seeker
9-2022 - 6-2024
IT Security Tester/Pentester (LOC Contractor)
Zermount, Inc.
7-2020 - 9-2022
Sr. Penetration Tester (LOC Contractor)
TISTA Science and Technology Corporation
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Education
2006 - 2009
Master of Science in Computer Systems Management - Information Assurance Major
University of Maryland Global Campus
1998 - 2004
Bachelor of Science
University of Maryland Global Campus
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