I've spent over two decades finding my way through systems — networks, infrastructure, applications, and the human patterns behind them. What started as system and network administration grew into something I didn't have a word for at first. Pete Herzog, the creator of OSSTMM, gave me that word: hacker.
Not in the headline-grabbing sense. In the truest sense. Someone who looks at a problem from every angle until the system yields. And when it does, I feel energized. That feeling is what drives everything I do.
As a Security Analyst with ISECOM and CTO of Akiya Research Limited, I've led penetration tests for clients across the US, Japan, and Europe — including financial firms, AI companies, and international sports organizations — always under the structured discipline of OSSTMM methodology.
Some of my most meaningful work has happened in the spaces between job titles. Building an early agentic email processing system before AI pipelines had a name. Solving an anonymous identity investigation in under 24 hours that a professional firm couldn't crack in two weeks. These aren't things I was hired to do. They're things I couldn't not do.
"Htet is one of the most engaging and motivated security professionals I've ever had the pleasure of working with. He takes initiative and does the work above and beyond what is expected... He is exactly the kind of person anyone would want to employ for their team."
— Pete Herzog, Creator of OSSTMM, Co-Founder of ISECOM
I hold an MBA from European International University and an OPST certification, and I've contributed to Hacker Highschool — a Microsoft-sponsored security education project — helping build security awareness across communities worldwide. I am based in Yangon, Myanmar, where I continue to pursue research-driven security work with international reach.
