Cody Martin

Areas of personal interest and research included secure software design, software engineering and product management, information security, compiler design, and robotics.

Major focal points included general topology, cryptography, applied statistics, linear algebra, and advanced calculus.

As a Partner at APT Security Management, I help organizations, ranging from local small businesses to enterprise environments, secure their digital infrastructure against modern cyber threats. We are an innovative Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) that breaks the traditional mold by offering flexible, token-based cybersecurity solutions tailored to our clients' exact needs and workflows.

In my role, I partner with executive and technical teams to design and implement robust, vendor-agnostic security strategies that bridge the gap between business risk and technical defense.

Key focus areas and offerings include:

• Offensive Security: Providing Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS), External Attack Surface Management (EASM), and advanced Red/Purple Team adversary simulations.
• Defensive Security & Monitoring: Delivering 24/7 Managed Detection and Response (MDR/XDR), alongside managed endpoint, network, and cloud security.
• Strategic Advisory & Compliance: Guiding clients through Compliance as a Service (HIPAA, PCI, SOC 2), Vulnerability Management, and Fractional CISO engagements.
• Client Engagement: Delivering our unique "Experience as a Service" model (ravenWing, ravenGuard, ravenSentinel) to ensure our reporting and touchpoints match the operational rhythm of each specific client.

Feel free to send me a message or visit www.aptsecuritymanagement.com to learn how we can secure your environment.

• Designed red team and penetration testing engagements across enterprise, cloud, XIoT, and application environments
• Built structured adversary simulations including initial access, privilege escalation, persistence, and data exfiltration scenarios
• Conducted large-scale external reconnaissance and attack surface enumeration
• Delivered executive-level attack narratives and technical post-assessment briefings
• Contributed to offensive methodology refinement and service delivery improvements

• Scoped and architected penetration testing and adversary simulation engagements
• Built automation tooling in Python and C# to streamline reporting and engagement workflows
• Contributed research to the App Defense Alliance under the Linux Foundation
• Authored detailed SOWs defining attack surfaces, threat models, and rules of engagement
• Developed internal reporting pipelines to normalize findings and improve consistency

• Delivered PTaaS engagements across web applications, APIs, internal Active Directory, and Azure/AWS cloud environments
• Identified privilege escalation chains, domain compromise paths, and cloud identity abuse scenario
• Validated exploit chains and severity ratings to ensure defensible risk scoring
• Partnered directly with client security teams to scope engagements and translate findings into remediation roadmaps
• Produced executive-ready and deeply technical reports aligned to OWASP and MITRE ATT&CK

• Executed full-scope penetration tests and red team engagements
• Achieved domain compromise through phishing-based initial access and Active Directory privilege escalation
• Designed and operated C2 infrastructure, redirectors, and evasive payload delivery mechanisms
• Published MITRE-assigned CVEs affecting enterprise XIoT devices
• Contributed exploit modules and proof-of-concepts to the Metasploit Framework
• Delivered reporting aligned to NIST SP 800-30 and CMMC frameworks
• Mentored junior operators in AD exploitation, cloud attack paths, and web application testing