Adrian Gaitan is a cybersecurity engineer, researcher and the Founder & CEO of Evaluris Solutions, working at the intersection of offensive security, AI security, GRC and emerging post-quantum security research.

His background is rooted in penetration testing, adversarial modeling, red team operations, and advanced threat simulation. Adrian has extensive hands-on experience assessing enterprise environments, web applications, cloud infrastructures, and distributed systems, using methodologies and techniques applied by professional security teams worldwide.

Through Evaluris Solutions, Adrian develops practical cybersecurity training focused on real-world attack techniques and defensive strategies. His courses emphasize hands-on learning, real attack simulations, and the tools and methodologies used by professional penetration testers, red team operators, and security engineers.

Beyond traditional cybersecurity domains, his work increasingly focuses on adversarial AI security, quantum-ready security architectures, and post-quantum cryptographic transition strategies. He studies the long-term resilience of digital infrastructure against emerging threat models including autonomous AI-driven adversaries and next-generation cryptographic risks.

His research includes multiple CVEs (including 2x NASA CVE-2026-72579 & CVE-2026-72577), exploit development, agentic AI attack orchestration, AI model abliteration, post-quantum downgrade attacks in hybrid migration environments, blockchain-resident command-and-control infrastructure, LLM adversarial manipulation, and self-evolving malware systems.

He collaborates with organizations and partners across the United States, UAE, Canada, and Europe on initiatives requiring deep technical validation, offensive security expertise, and resilient system design.

Certifications:

CEH, CND, CPENTv2 LPT, WAHS, ECES, ECC ICS/SCADA, CCNA, eCPPT, eWPT, CWES, COAE, BSCP, MCRTP, ACRTP, CRTA, CRTAv2, AD-RTS, API-RTA, CRT-COI, Web-RTA, COPO, CRTO, C-AI/MLPEN, CRTeamer, C-AgAIPen, CRTeamerX, KHDA APT, HCDA, ISO 27001 LI&LA.

Specialties:

• Offensive Security and Penetration Testing 

• Red Team Operations and Adversarial Simulation 

• Web Application Security and Vulnerability Research 

• Active Directory Exploitation and Enterprise Network Attacks 

• Cloud Security Assessments (AWS, Azure) 

• AI Security and Adversarial Machine Learning 

• Malware Analysis and Exploit Development 

• Post-Exploitation and Privilege Escalation 

• Threat Modeling and Secure System Architecture 

• Post-Quantum Cryptography and Quantum-resilient Security 

• Blockchain Security and Distributed Systems

Tools & Technologies:

Kali Linux, Burp Suite Professional, Metasploit Framework, Nmap, Cobalt Strike, BloodHound, CrackMapExec, Impacket, Responder, Mimikatz, Empire, Sliver C2, Havoc C2, Burp Suite, OWASP ZAP, Nikto, ffuf, sqlmap, dirsearch, Gobuster, Wireshark, tcpdump, NetworkMiner, Zeek (Bro), Suricata, Security Onion, BloodHound, SharpHound, Rubeus, PowerView, Kerberoasting toolkits, AD exploitation frameworks, Ghidra, IDA Pro, Radare2, x64dbg, PE-Studio, malware sandbox environments

Programming & Security Automation:

Python, Rust, C/C#, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell, Go

Development & DevOps:

Git, GitHub, GitLab, CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, infrastructure automation

Operating Systems:

Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch), Windows Server environments, macOS