Senior Information Security Engineer

Scott Altiparmak

I'm a Senior Information Security Engineer and cybersecurity researcher with over eight years of experience across financial services, legal, and education. My work focuses on identity, cloud security, and automation. I currently research how humans detect AI-generated phishing, and I write about security topics that interest me along the way. Miami-based, Australian by origin. I also spend time mentoring early-career engineers breaking into the field.

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The Action Pause: A 10-Second Habit for AI-Era Impersonation

A behavioral framework for AI-era impersonation across email, voice, video, chat, and in-person asks. Empirically grounded in 2,511 classifications from the Threat Terminal study. Trigger on the action request, not on the content.

Research Phishing AI Security Awareness Threat Terminal Social Engineering

Apr 14, 2026·15 min read

Everyone's Talking About Mythos. My Wife Is Still Talking About the TV.

Anthropic's Mythos Preview report measures the model I can actually run. So this weekend, I ran it on my house. Here is what Opus 4.6 did.

AI Agentic AI Offensive Security Security Engineering IoT Security Claude

Apr 10, 2026·11 min read

What 1,011 Cybersecurity Jobs Actually Ask For

I pulled 1,011 live cybersecurity postings and enriched them with an LLM. CISSP dominates, entry-level is a mirage, remote work is mostly gone, and half of employers still won't post a salary.

Career Cybersecurity Data Hiring

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