AKA // C4LCUL4T0R

DANIELIILIAEVI

Senior Offensive Security Engineer · Offensive Security Lead · Cybersecurity Lecturer

Cybersecurity professional with 6+ years of hands-on experience in penetration testing, security engineering, technical leadership, training and research. Experienced across external/internal pentesting, web applications, APIs, networks, infrastructure, Active Directory, social engineering, wireless security, AI/LLM security, reporting, remediation and retesting.

LOCATION TBILISI
CERT C|EH
AUTH DGA
FOUNDER CSPA
TRAINED 2,200+
Danieli Iliaevi
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6+ yrsCybersecurity
2,200+Students trained
C|EHCertified
DGAAuthorized
CSPACo-Founder
01 // EXPERIENCE

Professional Experience

Security engineering, penetration testing, technical leadership and teaching roles, each shown separately.

JUL 2026 — PRESENT

LEPL Pension Fund of Georgia

External/internal testing across information systems, web applications, APIs, networks and infrastructure; risk validation, reporting, remediation guidance and retesting.

Information Systems Penetration Testing Specialist
NOV 2023 — APR 2026

ISSP Georgia

Web, network and infrastructure security assessments; attack-path validation; vulnerability prioritization; executive/technical reporting and remediation support.

Security Engineer · Penetration Tester
OCT 2025 — JAN 2026
FEB 2026 — APR 2026

Kutaisi Multifunctional Center

Practical pentesting training, labs, assessments, presentations and course materials.

Specialization Pentester Lecturer
2023 · 2024 · 2025

Komarovi Summer Camp

Camp leadership, program delivery and cybersecurity education.

Leader · Cybersecurity Lecturer
AUG 2023 — JUL 2024

Kutaisi International University

Cybersecurity and ethical hacking lectures, practical sessions and student assessments.

Cybersecurity Lecturer
APR 2024 — AUG 2024

Chiatura Multifunctional Center

Penetration-testing training, practical exercises, presentations, tests and quizzes.

Specialization Pentester Lecturer
NOV 2023 — MAR 2024

Construct2

Cybersecurity lectures, course materials, practical activities and hackathon-based learning.

Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Lecturer
JAN 2020 — DEC 2022

ClickSolvers

Application/infrastructure penetration testing, vulnerability validation, technical reporting and remediation guidance.

Ethical Hacker · Penetration Tester
02 // EDUCATION

Education

Academic background kept separate from work experience.

2026 — PRESENT

Washington University of Science and Technology

Master of Science in Cybersecurity (MSCS), online program in the United States.

2020 — 2025

Kutaisi International University

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Research later developed into a 2026 public bio-cybersecurity thesis defense.

2020

V. Komarov School of Physics and Mathematics

Diploma of Higher Education, Tbilisi.

03 // PROJECTS

Selected Projects

KIU / INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY COMPETITION

KIU Mars Rover

Created and led a ~10-person team. Personally helped build and program the rover and developed its phone application. The rover included movement, sensors, a robotic arm, camera, remote control and autonomous functions. The completed rover won the competition.

OFFENSIVE SECURITY

Enterprise Security Assessments

Multi-workstream security assessments involving web applications, APIs, external/internal infrastructure, Active Directory, attack-path validation, reporting, remediation and retesting.

04 // OFFENSIVE SECURITY

Capabilities

APPSEC

Web Applications

Authentication, authorization, sessions, file handling, business logic and server-side vulnerabilities.

API

API Security

REST/OpenAPI, BOLA/IDOR, authentication, object access and role boundaries.

INFRA

External / Internal

Attack surface mapping, network assessment, service exposure and controlled exploitation.

IDENTITY

Active Directory

Privilege paths, internal attack paths, identity security and lateral-movement opportunities.

AI

AI / LLM Security

Prompt injection, data leakage, unsafe integrations and trust-boundary testing.

HUMAN

Social Engineering

Authorized human-layer testing and realistic security-awareness scenarios.

WIRELESS

Wireless Security

Wireless assessment and practical attack-surface validation.

DELIVERY

Reporting & Retesting

Executive summaries, technical findings, remediation guidance and verification of fixes.

05 // SECTORS

Sectors

01

Banking & Finance

Applications, APIs, infrastructure and internal systems.

02

Government & Public Sector

Information systems and infrastructure-focused security.

03

Healthcare

Sensitive operational environments and security assessment.

04

Technology & Fintech

Product, application, API and infrastructure security.

05

Education

Universities, training centers, cybersecurity programs and camps.

06

Telecom

Networked environments and security-focused technical work.

07

Corporate Infrastructure

Internal networks, identity systems and attack paths.

08

Cybersecurity Training

Professional and academic security education.

06 // RESEARCH

Research

Bio-cybersecurity research developed from a public three-minute concept into a larger experimental thesis.

FALLING WALLS LAB GEORGIA · 2025

Breaking the Wall of Bio-Cybersecurity

Presented as a separate three-minute research concept before the later thesis. It focused on the security implications of emerging neural and biometric interfaces and placed 2nd at Falling Walls Lab Georgia 2025.

KIU THESIS · PUBLIC DEFENSE · 2026

Cognitive Manipulation: AI-Powered Brainwave Attacks/Defences and External Neural Exploits in Bio-Cybersecurity

Experimental, simulation-based research focused on EEG biometric authentication security. Supervisors: Davit Kipshidze and Maksim Iavich. The work used the PhysioNet EEG Motor Movement/Imagery dataset recorded with BCI2000, with 109 source subjects and experiments on 30 selected subjects across 64 EEG channels.

AUC / EERAuthentication-discrimination metrics.
FAR / FRRFalse acceptance/rejection behavior.
RobustnessNoise, frequency variation and duplicate-segment tests.
PCADimensionality-reduction comparison.
RESEARCH BOUNDARY

Simulation-based and non-invasive

The thesis was designed as an ethically acceptable simulation and analysis project. It did not involve harmful human testing or invasive hardware modification.

07 // TEACHING

Teaching & Mentoring

Practical cybersecurity education built around labs, demonstrations, realistic scenarios, assessments and hands-on exercises.

IMPACT

2,200+ Students Trained

Cybersecurity fundamentals, ethical hacking, pentesting, web security, networking, social engineering, vulnerability assessment, reporting, Active Directory and awareness.

PROGRAM

Specialization Pentester

Six-month practical program covering foundations, web pentesting, network pentesting, Active Directory, social engineering, reporting and capstone work.

METHODOLOGY

Hands-On First

Labs, demonstrations, scenarios, assessments, hackathons, course design, curriculum development and mentoring.

08 // AWARDS & CREDENTIALS

Signals

CREDENTIAL

Certified Ethical Hacker — C|EH

EC-Council certification.

AUTHORIZATION

DGA Penetration Testing Authorization

Authorization in Georgia to perform penetration testing.

TRAINING

Fortinet · Splunk · Palo Alto · TryHackMe

Additional security training and practical labs.

2019

1st Place — Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking Camp Hackathon

Hackathon
2020

1st Place — Cyber Camp Hackathon

Hackathon
2022

1st Place — SCSA International Ethical Hacker Camp Hackathon

Hackathon
2022

2nd Place — 8th International Olympiad

Social Engineering / Phishing research presentation.

Olympiad
2025

2nd Place — Falling Walls Lab Georgia

Breaking the Wall of Bio-Cybersecurity.

Research Pitch
09 // FOUNDER

CSPA

Co-Founder of Cyber Security & Protection Agency, a Georgian cybersecurity company focused on offensive security, awareness and training.

SECURITY

Penetration Testing

Web, network, Active Directory and technical assessments.

ASSESSMENT

Vulnerability & Security Assessment

Risk identification, validation, remediation guidance and retesting.

PEOPLE

Awareness & Training

Corporate awareness, ethical-hacking courses, workshops, seminars and cyber camps.

Visit CSPA
10 // MEDIA

HackWithDaniel

Cybersecurity education, scam investigations, social engineering, practical demonstrations and security-awareness content.

VIDEO

Dark Web + AI Robin

Explaining dark-web concepts through an educational format.

VIDEO

TOR / Darknet Explained

Educational walkthrough of TOR and darknet concepts.

VIDEO

Camera / GPS & Wi-Fi Security

Practical awareness-focused demonstrations around privacy and wireless risks.

Open YouTube
11 // WRITING

Writing

Future articles on offensive security, practical pentesting, research, teaching and career development.

OFFENSIVE SECURITY

Practical Pentesting

Methodology, web/API security, attack paths and reporting.

RESEARCH

Security Explained

Bio-cybersecurity, EEG authentication and AI security.

CAREER / EDUCATION

Teaching & Growth

Cybersecurity careers, teaching, labs, competitions and projects.

Open Blog
12 // ABOUT

About

Cybersecurity started with curiosity — movies, technology and the question “how does this actually work?” That curiosity became offensive security. Teaching followed because I enjoy helping people understand security, and CSPA grew from the goal of making a meaningful contribution to cybersecurity in Georgia.
IDENTITY

c4lcul4t0r

Offensive security engineer, lecturer, researcher and founder working across practical security, education and technical experimentation.

13 // CONTACT

Contact

BUILD.
BREAK.
TEACH.

Cybersecurity work, professional opportunities, speaking, university/research collaboration, teaching, CSPA partnerships, media, interviews and technology projects.

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