Tyler Boykin
Principal Penetration Tester
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Boykin is a Principal Penetration Tester based in Austin, Texas with nine years of hands-on experience in offensive security, application and cloud testing, and vulnerability management. At Oracle he leads internal penetration efforts across web, API, database, network segmentation, and OCI environments while contributing tools, code reviews, and team knowledge assets. His background includes building and testing automated attack-emulation systems, supporting ATO/FISMA processes for federal clients, and instructing cybersecurity topics from networking to ethical hacking. A former Marine communications officer, he blends operational leadership with deep technical craft—comfortable pivoting from OSINT and TLS compliance to local privilege escalation on Windows and Linux. He also teaches and creates hands-on exercises for learners, reflecting a commitment to mentorship and practical skills transfer. Outside work his HTB handle (CaptBoykin) signals active engagement in the offensive security community.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS Geography, Bachelor of Science - BS Geography at Texas A&M UniversityMaster of Science - MS Cybersecurity & Information Assurance, Master of Science - MS Cybersecurity & Information Assurance at Western Governors University
Github Skills (12)
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Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CaptBoykin/50_shades_of_sudo_abuse
Apr 2020 - Aug 2020
Presentation and take-home demo material examples
Contributions:20 commits, 6 PRs, 21 pushes in 3 months
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CaptBoykin/oscp
Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
Contributions:19 commits, 18 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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