Summary
Martin M is a Director of Offensive Content Engineering with eight years of focused experience in red teaming, exploit development, content creation, and AI-driven offensive security. He founded Vulnlab, an advanced red team training platform acquired by Hack The Box, and now leads offensive content at Hack The Box after roles building certification labs and vulnerable machines at Offensive Security. His background includes running large-scale red team engagements across banking, critical infrastructure, energy, and healthcare, and he holds elite certifications (OSEE, OSCE³, OSCP, CRTO I+II, CISSP). Based in Yokohama, he combines hands-on exploit craftsmanship with product-level content strategy, bridging real-world operations and scalable training platforms. Beyond formal roles, Martin maintains an active public presence through vuln.dev, vulnlab.com, and GitHub, where his self-described hobbyist approach reflects a continual appetite for collecting challenges and sharpening offensive tooling.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Applied IT-Security, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Applied IT-Security at Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Informatik, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Informatik at Wilhelm Büchner Hochschule
German, English, Japanese