Someone should try to break it before someone else does.

Practice

Penetration testing

Internal and external network, web application, and cloud assessments. Engagements have run from a handful of hosts to several thousand.

Red team & adversary emulation

Full-scope operations: OSINT, attack planning, exploitation, and post-engagement briefing. Emulation mapped to threats that actually apply to the environment.

Subcontract delivery

White-label capacity for consultancies and MSSPs that have sold the work and need someone to deliver it. Client-facing report included — not raw findings handed back for someone else to clean up.

Background

Counterplay Consulting is Shannon Francis — thirteen years in offensive security across commercial and federal engagements, most recently leading penetration testing teams against large government network infrastructure.

The work includes custom exploit development from patch-diff analysis, not only tooling. It also includes production software: the same hands that run the engagement write the automation and the deliverable.

Credentials

CISSP — ISC²
CPTS — Hack The Box, Certified Penetration Testing Specialist
CRTO — Zero-Point Security, Certified Red Team Operator
B.S. Computer Science — University of Central Florida