Tyron Kemp
Cybersecurity Professional

Senior offensive security specialist with 10+ years across penetration testing, adversary simulation, deception engineering, and technical sales engineering. Based in Paarl, South Africa.

About
A decade of breaking things
to make them stronger

I'm a senior cybersecurity professional with deep roots in offensive security — from hands-on penetration testing and red teaming to building detection strategies using deception engineering.

My career spans technical roles across penetration testing, security architecture, network engineering, and deception strategy, with experience in both hands-on delivery and customer-facing technical advisory.

I've spoken at Black Hat USA and BSides Cape Town, and built training content for Offensive Security's globally recognised platform.

10+
Years in cybersecurity
5
Active certifications
3
Conference talks
OSCP
Top offensive cert
Experience
Where I've worked
Thinkst Applied Research

Technical Sales Engineer — deception strategy, Canary deployments, and enterprise security advisory.

Offensive Security

Content Engineer — built globally used training labs and realistic adversary attack scenarios.

SensePost

Lead Security Analyst — penetration testing, incident response, and security research across web, mobile, and infrastructure.

NTT

Senior Network & Security Engineer — enterprise architecture, firewall design, and security operations across MEA.

Capabilities
Areas of Expertise
🎯
Penetration Testing

Real-world attack simulation across web applications, internal infrastructure, and cloud environments to identify and prove exploitable risk.

🕵️
Deception & Detection Strategy

Design and deploy deception systems that surface attacker activity early, improving visibility across your environment without adding noise.

🏗️
Security Architecture Review

Assess and advise on network segmentation, firewall posture, and security control design from an attacker's perspective.

Skills
Tech stack & expertise
🎯
Offensive Security
Penetration Testing Red Teaming
🕵️
Deception Engineering
Thinkst Canary Detection Strategy Honeypots Threat Modelling
🌐
Network Security
Fortinet Cisco Firewalls Segmentation VPN
🛠️
Tools & Platforms
Burp Suite Impacket Metasploit Linux Windows
☁️
Cloud & Infra
AWS Azure Docker VMware
💻
Development
Python Bash Scripting & Automation
Certifications
Professional credentials
🔐
OSCP
Offensive Security Certified Professional
🛡️
CISSP
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
🌐
CCNP
Cisco Certified Network Professional
🔒
CCNA Security
Cisco Certified Network Associate Security
🦾
NSE4
Fortinet Network Security Expert Level 4
⚔️
CNP
Certified Network Pentester
Community
Speaking & contributions
🎤
Speaker — Black Hat USA 2020
Presented research at one of the world's most prestigious security conferences
🛠️
Creator — Black Hat Arsenal 2020
Open-source tool demonstrator at the Black Hat Arsenal showcase
🎤
Speaker — BSides Cape Town 2023
Contributed to the local security community through research and knowledge sharing
Contact
Let's connect

Whether you're looking for a technical security advisor, a speaker for your next event, or someone to help your organisation think like an attacker — I'd love to hear from you.

Based in Paarl, South Africa. Open to opportunities and collaboration.