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Artifice Security is a Veteran-Owned, Top Rated Penetration Testing Company in Denver, Colorado.

At Artifice Security, a trusted Denver penetration testing company, we work directly with your team to strengthen your security posture by identifying vulnerabilities in your networks, web applications, and IoT devices. Our mission is not only to find flaws but to empower you with the knowledge and guidance needed to remediate them effectively.

Artifice Security always uses manually-controlled penetration testing methods since its formation in 2019.

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About Our Penetration Testing Company

We help enterprise organizations avoid, detect, and respond to cyberattacks by combining deep technical expertise, a commitment to innovation, and first-hand knowledge of the tactics threat actors use to breach defenses.

As a highly-rated penetration testing company, our senior-level consultants specialize in manual security testing tailored to your infrastructure. Our team has decades of combined experience and has conducted hundreds of penetration tests across sectors including technology, finance, energy, education, government, and the public sector.

Artifice Security operates with one goal: to deliver expert-led penetration testing services that go far beyond automated scans. Our consultants are trusted leaders in the cybersecurity field, chosen for their ability to find hidden risks before attackers do.

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Meet Our Security Experts

Our consultants represent the best in the penetration testing industry, bringing together hands-on technical backgrounds, military discipline, and enterprise-level cybersecurity knowledge.

Our security experts are diverse, with prior experience working as system administrators, web developers, network engineers, and cloud specialists to military veterans and former NSA employees who held Top Secret clearances. Artifice Security consultants have also taught and spoken at cybersecurity conferences and created tools used by many penetration testers today. Each of our consultants is not only highly passionate about security, but they are also highly credentialed.

At Artifice Security, our consultants have a vast array of certifications that make them well-rounded. Below are the collective certifications held by team members at Artifice Security:

Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
Offensive Security Certified Expert (OSCE)
Offensive Security Web Expert (OSWE)
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
CompTIA A+
CompTIA Network+
CompTIA Security+
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer – Specialization in Security (MCSE+S)
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA)
CREST Certified
National Security Agency INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (NSA IAM)
National Security Agency INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology (NSA IEM)

Founder

Founder: Jason Zaffuto

Jason Zaffuto is the founder and lead consultant at Artifice Security, a veteran-owned penetration testing company serving enterprise clients across the United States.

Jason has over 25 years of experience working with electronics, information technology, and security. A former Army Paratrooper, Military Intelligence Electronic Warfare Systems Maintainer (33W), and a Locksmith/Safe Cracker with the US Army, he has worked in some of the most challenging positions worldwide.
After the Army, Jason worked as an overseas contractor with the NSA, where he helped track terrorists using cellular direction-finding equipment and other equipment that he helped engineer himself. He also worked as a system engineer at NASA’s Stennis Space Center and was a security engineer for the Department of Homeland Security.

Jason holds a Bachelor of Science from UAT in Network Security and pursuing a Masters in Cybersecurity from Georgia Tech, specializing in energy systems. Today, Jason leads the Artifice Security team from the front, actively performing penetration tests alongside our consultants to ensure the highest level of quality, professionalism, and technical depth.

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