A small cybersecurity firm that actually exploits the findings
Valtik Studios is a Connecticut LLC offering penetration testing, compliance readiness, and security engineering for small and mid-size businesses. We are operator-led, senior- driven, and deliberately small. Every engagement is led by someone who has actually broken into environments like yours. Not a project manager translating between you and offshore testers.
Tre. Founder & Principal Consultant
I started Valtik Studios to do security work the way it should be done. Actual offensive testing, not box-check scans. My background is in vulnerability research, exploit development, and red team operations. I have participated in bug bounty programs on HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Code4rena, and Sherlock, and done offensive security consulting independently for years before launching Valtik.
Day-to-day I work IT at a capital building in Connecticut where Palo Alto Networks is the security vendor. Which means I spend my days on the defender side and my evenings and weekends on the attacker side. That dual perspective shapes how I run engagements. Defenders need findings that translate directly to remediation. Attackers find things that matter operationally, not things that look good in reports.
The Valtik approach is boring on purpose: read the stack, find what is actually exposed, exploit it to prove impact, document everything, ship a report that someone can actually act on. No automated-scanner screenshots dressed up as manual testing. No theoretical clickjacking on a static page. No filler.
Operator-led. Senior-driven. Small by design.
No junior handoff
The person doing the kickoff call does the scoping, the testing, and the reporting. No intermediaries. If you have a technical question during the engagement, you are talking to the operator finding your bugs.
Fixed-price engagements
Every engagement is quoted fixed-price after a scoping call. No hourly billing. No scope creep surprises. You know what you are paying before you sign.
Proof before report
Every finding in a Valtik report is exploited in a controlled environment before it is written up. No theoretical issues. No scanner output without validation. If we say it is exploitable, we have exploited it.
Free retest included
Remediated findings are retested within 90 days at no additional cost. The report is updated with remediation status so it works for audits and compliance documentation.
Compliance-framework mapped
Findings are mapped to the specific compliance requirement they impact. PCI DSS 4.0, HIPAA Security Rule, SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, CMMC practices, NYDFS sections. Your auditors can accept the report directly.
Original research
We publish original vulnerability research in our blog covering Supabase, Hasura, Clerk, Firebase, Auth0, AWS, Kubernetes, Next.js, and more. The same research drives our engagement methodology.
What we are not
We are not a large firm. We do not run dozens of concurrent engagements. We do not hand off work to junior staff offshore. If scale matters to you. If you need 10 parallel teams running a global enterprise assessment. We are not the fit. We will refer you to firms that are.
We are not a compliance consultancy. We do not build ISMS programs from scratch, write your policy library, or sit on your steering committee. We do the technical security work that compliance programs depend on. Penetration testing, access reviews, incident response exercises, encryption audits.
We are not a C3PAO. We cannot certify your company for CMMC. We perform the readiness work, then hand off to a C3PAO for certification. The Cyber AB prohibits the same firm from advising and certifying.
We are not an MSSP. We do not run your SOC 24x7, manage your EDR, or triage your SIEM alerts. If you need ongoing operational security, we refer to MSSP partners.
Connecticut, Dallas-Fort Worth, nationwide
Connecticut
Connecticut-based. On-site available same-week across Hartford, New Haven, Stamford, Bridgeport, Waterbury, and Greenwich.
CT page →Dallas-Fort Worth
DFW remote and on-site coverage including Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, Frisco, Arlington, Irving, and McKinney. Texas SB 2610 safe harbor readiness.
DFW page →Nationwide
Remote engagements across the US. Travel for on-site work arranged per-engagement. Healthcare, financial services, legal, defense, technology.
Services →Work with us
Start with a free website security check. We scan your public surface and email a plain- English findings report in 48 hours. No obligation, no sales pitch.