Corey Gilks
Senior Consultant - Penetration Testing & Red Team
Greater Cleveland United States
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Top SchoolCorey Gilks is a Senior Consultant specializing in penetration testing and red team operations with nine years of hands-on experience helping large organizations harden their security posture. Based in Greater Cleveland, he blends practical offensive testing with Python tool development and a track record of delivering detailed, client-facing remediation reports. His career spans bank and enterprise environments and continued growth through SecureState’s integration into RSM, where he now focuses on advanced adversary simulation. A published security researcher and blogger, he shares tooling and findings publicly, reflecting a commitment to community knowledge-sharing beyond billable engagements. Colleagues describe him as methodical and inventive—someone who pairs deep technical craft with clear, actionable communication for technical and executive stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School Diploma, High School Diploma at Maine Central InstituteBachelor in Information Systems, Bachelor in Information Systems at Ashford University
Github Skills (98)
python10
wmi10
security10
network-protocol10
rid10
encryption10
flask10
mmc10
active-directory10
bruteforce10
cisco10
kerberos10
phishing10
data-analytics9
crypto9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
Gilks/hostscan-bypass
Jul 2018 - Jun 2020
Generate OpenConnect CSD files to bypass Cisco AnyConnect hostscan requirements
Contributions:9 commits, 3 PRs, 4 pushes in 1 year 11 months
anyconnectopenconnect
Gilks/boofuzz-primer
Mar 2017 - Jul 2018
Contributions:4 commits, 2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
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