Tamer Sahin
Tamer Sahin, based in Austin, Texas, is a cybersecurity professional renowned for his contributions to ethical hacking and cybersecurity. He has consulted on various cybersecurity cases at both national and international levels, using his expertise as an ethical hacker to detect vulnerabilities in numerous computer systems and develop defense strategies for leading private sector organizations and public institutions.
Sahin discovered critical zero-day security vulnerabilities in some software companies’ products and published the security vulnerability announcements on global security platforms. He enriched the field of information security by publishing more than 50 security advisories registered under his name. Collaborating with world-renowned software developers like Microsoft, HP, Redhat, Debian and OpenBSD, he identified zero-day vulnerabilities in their software.
He also co-developed “Mindwall IDS,” one of the first intrusion detection software programs for the U.S. and global markets. The Mindwall Intrusion Detection Software received early-stage investments from the U.S. and was tested by institutions like JPMorgan Chase Bank, Citibank, and AT&T.
During the COVID-19 outbreak, Sahin mastered a comprehensive penetration testing project for a market-leading German company involved in the storage, distribution, and logistics of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. His efforts contributed to the safe delivery of the vaccine worldwide.
Nicole Perlroth, a former New York Times journalist and advisor to the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CISAC), referred to Tamer Sahin in her bestseller “This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends” as “the first person in the world who found and sold a zero-day vulnerability.”
Sahin’s expertise and contributions have been recognized in various media outlets and educational forums. He has been giving speeches, seminars, and leading panels at universities and corporations globally like IDC, Fortinet, and IBM. He authored the book “Hackers Mind”, which made three editions and was on the bestseller list. The book is archived in prestigious libraries, including the National Library of Congress Washington DC, Princeton University, Columbia University, Harvard University and others.
Sahin holds numerous professional cybersecurity certifications, including OSCP, OSWP, OSWE, eCPTXv2, CRTE, CEH Practical, PenTest+, Security+, and CNSS, which are globally recognized industry standards.