Said Ortiz
Lead Information Security Engineer
Mexico City
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Top SchoolSaid Ortiz is a Lead Information Security Engineer based in Mexico City with a decade of experience bridging web development, pentesting, and security operations. As a co-founder and active penetration tester at RedTeamSec and now leading security efforts at Mastercard, he combines hands-on offensive testing with enterprise security program leadership. His background spans full-stack and frontend development, DevOps, and hands-on device/firmware testing—giving him a practical appreciation for both application and hardware attack surfaces. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex technical findings into actionable risk mitigations and to embed secure development practices across teams. Notably, his career progressed organically from developer and firmware tester roles into security leadership, reflecting deep technical roots paired with entrepreneurial drive.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Electronic Tech., Electronic Tech. at Cetis 156COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES, COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES at Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana
English, Spanish
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Github Skills (20)
verify6
aircrack-ng6
wireshark5
api5
cve4
python3
transmission3
ionic3
security2
bash2
shell2
ionic-framework2
windows1
linux1
crypto1
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
saidortiz/CVEapp
Apr 2019 - Dec 2020
CVE details API example
Contributions:12 commits, 10 PRs, 14 pushes in 1 year 8 months
apicvedetailssecurity-toolssecuritycve
saidortiz/site-up-or-down
Nov 2017 - Feb 2019
python script to verify if the site is up or down
Contributions:1 PR, 7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 3 months
pythonpython-scriptverify
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