Senior Penetration Tester
Alin Trimbez
Alin is a senior penetration tester at Intrudify, with 7+ years in offensive security across web application, API and infrastructure testing for enterprise clients.
Former senior penetration tester at Blackbox Information Security, where he led engagements end to end from scoping through retest, alongside five years of independent bug bounty work. He now runs the deep manual testing on customer engagements.
6 articles by Alin
- Types of Penetration Testing: Black Box, Grey Box, White Box Two different things get called "types of penetration testing": how much the tester knows, and what they are pointed at. Mixing them up is how scopes end up wrong.
- Automated vs Continuous Security Testing: What Actually Differs These two get used interchangeably, and they are not the same thing. One describes who performs the test, the other describes what triggers it. You can have either without the other, and most teams do.
- AI vs Traditional Security Testing: Where Each One Wins The useful comparison is not "which is better" but which constraint each one removes. Traditional testing is limited by human hours. AI-driven testing is limited by judgment. Those are different problems.
- The Benefits of AI in Cybersecurity, and Its Real Limits Most writing on this topic is either a sales pitch or a warning. The useful version is a ledger: what AI actually improves, what it makes worse, and where the honest boundary sits.
- How AI Is Used in Cybersecurity: A Practical Guide AI in security is not one thing. It shows up in at least five distinct places, doing different jobs with different track records. Here is the map, with an honest note on which parts are mature.
- Beyond Your Walls: Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Supply Chain Security In the interconnected world of modern software development, your security is only as strong as your weakest link - and that link is increasingly found in your supply chain.