That is me...
My name is Dmitrii ‘Zamrax’ Strizhkov. I am a Canada-based penetration tester and a lifelong student. I graduated from the University of Toronto Mississauga with a degree in Information Security, Mathematics, and Statistics in June 2021 and have been in the cybersecurity industry ever since.
I love cybersecurity and ethical hacking specifically, as can be seen from this website. I not only enjoy ‘hacking’ but also helping people understand and remediate flaws in their web applications, systems, and networks. Helping beginners and students break into the industry is my other passion. Having struggled to get a job for four months, I understand the values and skills needed for a successful job landing and hope to convey them to students in an easy and clear manner.
Work Experience
Parabellyx Cybersecurity
Penetration Tester
Performed simulations of real-world cyber attacks on corporate web, mobile and thick applications as well as systems, cloud based, physical and wireless networks.
- Conducted penetration testing on 50+ web applications, 10+ network infrastructures, both external and internal,
as well as wireless networks for various clients. - Created comprehensive reports detailing findings, remediation strategies, and recommendations for clients.
- Worked closely with clients to understand their security needs and provided recommendations to improve their
security posture. - Developed custom penetration testing tools and scripts to improve testing efficiency and effectiveness.
- Conducted Active Directory and firewall configuration audits for several companies to ensure best practices are in place
DigitalDefence
Information Security Consultant
Performed simulations of real-world cyber attacks on corporate web, mobile and thick applications as well as systems, cloud based, physical and wireless networks. Helped with development of governance policies. Developed tools for efficient vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and adversary simulations.
- Worked on a team of 4 to perform internal and external penetration tests on network devices, operating
systems and databases. - Recommended IT security improvements to achieve system confidentiality, integrity and availability.
- Developed risk assessment reports to identify threats and vulnerabilities.
- Analyzed security policies for usefulness and value to suggest security policy improvements.
- Developed and maintained incident response protocols to mitigate damage and liability during security
breaches.
Certifications
eLearnSecurity Junior Penetration Tester
(eJPT)
Practical Network Penetration Tester
(PNPT)
Burp Suite Certified Practitioner
Offensive Security Certified Professional
(OSCP)
Certified Red Team Operator
(CRTO)
Education
University of Toronto Mississauga
Honours Bachelor in Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics
Skills
Programming Languages
Ethical Hacking
Networks
Platforms
Python
Go
Rust
Java
C
Assembly
Bash
Scripting
Burp
NMap
Nessus
Postman
Impacket toolset
SQLMap
Metasploit
OSINT
Bloodhound
Covenant
Wireshark
OSI model
Firewalls
Active Directory
Wireless
Windows
Linux
AWS
GCP
Azure