Nathan Acks
Security Engineer at Bureau Veritas Cybersecurity
United States
Summary
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Top SchoolNathan Acks is a security engineer with 11 years of experience applying a rigorous, research-driven approach to application and infrastructure security. With a Master’s in Applied Mathematics and a background in physics, he combines strong analytical skills with hands-on penetration testing across web, mobile, IoT, and thick-client environments. He has led small multi-disciplinary teams, developed threat models and automated tooling, and translated technical findings into actionable mitigation plans for clients. Earlier in his career he founded and ran IT & Security for a national nonprofit, owning policy, migrations to Okta/Google Workspace/Microsoft 365, PCI DSS coordination, and staff-wide two-factor rollout. Comfortable breaking things to make them safer, he builds practical security automation and documentation to scale defenses across organizations. Based in the United States, he brings a blend of offensive testing, systems administration history, and policy-driven program building that helps teams move from discovery to durable remediation.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Applied Mathematics, Master of Science - MS Applied Mathematics at University of Colorado DenverEngineering Physics/Applied Physics, Engineering Physics/Applied Physics at Colorado School of Mines
Github Skills (179)
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password-manager10
qemu9
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javascript9
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automation9
tagging9
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Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
The-Yak-Collective/backups
Aug 2020 - Mar 2025
Contributions:75 pushes in 4 years 6 months
The-Yak-Collective/infrastructure-map
Sep 2020 - Dec 2021
SPA for doc tool for YC
Contributions:21 commits, 12 pushes in 1 year 3 months
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