Debrief · The founders
We don't hand you a report and leave.
Most security firms stop at the findings. The industry calls what comes after that “the implementation gap”. We call it the actual job. CyberOps works as a temporary security department that joins your team: we find the risks, then stay engaged until they're closed.
- CREST Certified
- NATO-Cleared Founders
- 2,000+ Assessments
- Six Continents
- Published CVEs
- DEF CON Cluj Founders
Leadership · The technical core
The founders you'll actually work with.
We founded CyberOps and we run the engagements: scoping, testing, and reporting are ours. For larger jobs we bring in vetted senior specialists, so you always know who is doing the work and why.
Ovidiu Valea
Managing Director
NATO COSMIC clearance. MSc in Cybersecurity. Co-founder of DEF CON Cluj. Leads technical delivery and the firm's offensive security practice.
Costica Luchian
Chief Technology Officer
Four published CVEs. Multiple offensive security certifications. Leads technical delivery as the firm's senior testing authority.
David Timofte
Cyber Operations Lead
Five+ years securing government, energy, and financial systems against state-sponsored attacks. 500+ audits, pentests & red team engagements. DEF CON Cluj board member.
Brett Ortgiesen
Business Development Director
Leads business development, partnerships, and client relationships across EU and North American markets. He runs the commercial side of the firm.
Persistence · How we engage
A security department, on your timeline.
01 · Embed
We join your team
Direct channels with your engineers, daily updates, live walkthroughs. Think embedded security department, not external auditor.
02 · Deliver
Accountable for outcomes
The engagement isn't done when the report lands. It's done when your fixes hold, and the retest we include proves they do.
03 · Repeat
Global, proven track record
2,000+ assessments across six continents, from fast-scaling startups to multinational banks and critical infrastructure.
04 · Protected
Vetted, and inside the EU
Background checks on everyone who touches your systems. Every engagement delivered by our own team inside the EU with nothing subcontracted, and your results stored and destroyed to an agreed standard.
Alliance · Who we work with
A wider network behind the work.
Beyond the founders, we collaborate with specialists we trust: legal counsel for cybercrime and digital evidence, and security and technology partners across Europe.
Trusted partners
Certifications that stand up to scrutiny.
Individual engineer certifications held across the founding team, plus company-level accreditations you can verify.
Individual certifications
Company certification
CREST · PEN TEST
CREST company accreditation for Penetration Testing
Accreditation is also your protection. If an engagement falls short, CREST provides an independent route of complaint with the authority to investigate it. Ask a low-cost provider what recourse you have and you will usually find there is none.
Put this team on your timeline.
Tell us what you need tested and when you need it. A senior tester, one of the people above, will reply within an hour.
Reply within an hour · NDA on request · Scoped by a senior tester, not sales