Physical Intrusion
Major Museums
Physical intrusions into major museums housing priceless artifacts, reaching the collections the facilities were built to protect.
Senior Director, Cybersecurity. More than 30 years in information technology and cybersecurity, including two decades of hands-on offensive operations. Hundreds of penetration tests, social engineering engagements, and physical intrusions against some of the most heavily defended targets in the world.
Mark Manousogianis is a Senior Director in Cybersecurity specializing in offensive security: penetration testing, red team and adversary simulation, physical intrusion, social engineering, and offensive testing of AI systems. Over two decades he has performed hundreds of penetration tests, social engineering engagements, and physical penetration tests. He provides offensive security leadership and strategic advisory services to organizations seeking to understand and reduce their exposure to real-world cyber and physical threats.
He approaches every engagement with an attacker's mindset, stress-testing defenses across people, processes, and technology, and consistently identifies critical exposures that automated tools and compliance programs fail to surface. His engagements span large financial institutions, healthcare organizations, casino and gaming operations, critical infrastructure, and major technology companies.
Mark Manousogianis has spent two decades testing the defenses organizations trust most. The engagements below are representative of that work.
Physical intrusions into major museums housing priceless artifacts, reaching the collections the facilities were built to protect.
Offensive operations against casino and gaming environments, demonstrating potential losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Breaches of secured datacenters through close-quarters social engineering and access badge cloning.
As enterprises have adopted artificial intelligence, Mark Manousogianis has extended his offensive practice to AI systems, including adversarial assessments of large language models and AI-enabled applications. This work targets exposures that traditional security testing does not address.
Provides offensive security leadership and strategic advisory services. Works with clients to define offensive security objectives, scope engagements to their environment, and align testing with actual business risk. Engagements span large financial institutions, healthcare organizations, casino and gaming operations, critical infrastructure, and major technology companies.
Built and led a national offensive security practice at a major consulting firm, developing the methodologies, delivery standards, and quality processes used across the practice.
Created the organization's first dedicated offensive security program, including its governance framework, testing workflows, and long-term improvement roadmap.
Known for investing in the success and growth of his teams, removing obstacles from their path, and creating the conditions for practitioners to do their best work.