**Joaquin Paredes** is the leader of the Offensive Security practice at VerSprite with more than 15 years of experience in cyber security consulting. He has performed adversarial security testing for some of the largest global companies in diverse industries, including retail, financial, tech and healthcare among others. Joaquin leads his team by pushing the boundaries of pentesting methodologies. The team emulates real-life attacks with each exercise by practicing offensive techniques, a risk-based manual testing approach, and adopting a creative, criminal mindset.