Jason Nickola
Lecturer
CEO and Principal Penetration Tester at Pulsar Security
Specialities
Offensive Operations
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About Jason
Jason Nickola is a SANS Certified Instructor, CEO and Principal Penetration Tester at Pulsar Security, and a hands-on offensive security practitioner whose work spans penetration testing, red teaming, Python, automation, and applied AI. At SANS, he teaches SEC560: Enterprise Penetration Testing, and SEC598: AI and Security Automation for Red, Blue, and Purple Teams. His work connects practical enterprise attack simulation with the scripting, automation, and repeatable testing methods practitioners need to assess real environments with discipline.
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Recognitions
- GitHub / Open-Source Tool / Ongoing gitSome, OSINT tool for extracting email addresses and useful data from GitHub sources.
- GitHub / Open-Source Tool / Ongoing creepyCrawler, OSINT crawler for gathering reconnaissance data from websites.
- GitHub (chm0dx) / Open-Source Contributions / Ongoing Shared security research projects, PowerShell tooling, and offensive security resources