Terry Cordes

Terry Cordes, Attack Simulation Architect at GuidePoint Security, began his information security career in 2012 after 18 years developing complex software systems for the logistics and financial industries. Since moving into security full time, he has focused on vulnerability management with emphasis on penetration testing and attack simulations. He has experience running a vulnerability management program for a financial services company as well as performing and managing security assessments for a global life sciences company.

Terry’s experience in software development was focused on integration, tool and telemetry software for complex systems including custom packet capture and analysis, integration with monitoring and control systems and automated test harnesses. He has professional experience as a programmer, technical and product architect, quality control engineer, build engineer, development team lead and development manager.
Terry is passionate about using his software development and penetration testing experiences to build out the next generation of penetration testing software in GuidePoint’s Penetration Testing as a Service (PTaaS) offering.