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DEF CON / Black Hat Speaker

Advance Red Team skills. Taught by the pioneer.

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Trusted by 50K+ students from 130+ countries

Learn from a Red Team specialist who builds real offensive skills and industry-ready certifications—so you can advance faster, deliver real impact, and lead sophisticated Red Team assessments.​

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Nikhil Mittal

Red Team Lead / Altered Security Founder

Nikhil Mittal is the founder of Altered Security and a Red Team expert with over 15 years of experience specializing in Active Directory, Azure, Offensive PowerShell, and Red Teaming. As a global leader in cybersecurity education, he has nurtured the field, helping bring it from niche groups to the mainstream.

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Expertise

Active Directory

Deep understanding of AD architecture, forest trusts, and lateral movement paths.

Azure

Securing and exploiting hybrid cloud identities and cloud-native infrastructure.

Offensive PowerShell

Developing custom tooling and weaponizing scripts for post-exploitation success.

Red Teaming

Full-scope adversary simulation to test detection and response capabilities.

Conferences & Events

2022

BruCON

0wn-premises: Bypassing Microsoft Defender for Identity

2017

44CON

Red Team Revenge - Attacking Microsoft ATA

2015

BlackHat Europe and DeepSec

Continuous Intrusion: Why CI tools are an Attacker's Best Friends

2013

BlackHat Europe

PowerShell for Penetration Testers
 

2019

DEF CON

RACE - Minimal Rights and ACE for Active Directory Dominance

2017

BlackHat USA & BruCON

Evading Microsoft ATA for Active Directory Domination

2015

HITB, Amsterdam

Workshop:PowerShell for Penetration Testers

2012

EuSecWest

Owning Windows 8 with Human Interface Devices

2018

BruCON

Forging Trusts for Deception in Active Directory

2017

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PowerShell for Practical Purple Teaming

2014

DeepSec

Lethal Client Side Attacks using PowerShell

2012

RSAChina

Hacking the future with USB HID
 

2018

IT Defense

Hacked? Pray that the Attacker used PowerShell

2016

BlackHat USA

AMSI: How Windows 10 Plans to Stop Script-Based Attacks

2014

DEF CON

Powerpreter: Post Exploitation like a Boss

Services

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Live Red Teaming Bootcamp

A 4-week live Red Teaming Bootcamp for security professionals looking to advance their offensive skill set through realistic enterprise lab exercises and expert-led instruction from an experienced Red Team operator

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Beginner to Advance Red Team Training

Our training is fully hands-on and delivered by world-renowned experts who regularly speak and teach at DEF CON, Black Hat, and other leading security conferences. All programs are available both on-site and virtually.

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Red Team Certification - Beginner to Pro

Advanced Red Team courses and hands-on labs designed to help security professionals build real offensive capabilities. Learn structured attack workflows, practice in enterprise-grade lab environments, and develop the technical depth required to execute and lead Red Team operations.

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