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JOAS ANTONIO

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Head of Cybersecurity & Engineer | Red Team Lead | Researcher | Author | Speaker | MITRE ATT&CK Contributor | iBest 2025 & 2026 Top Influencer

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Joas Antonio dos Santos
JAS
MITRE ATT&CK
Red Team Lead
iBest 2025 & 2026
Top Voice
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WHO I AM

joas@security:~$ cat about.txt

$ My career is marked by a series of leadership roles: Senior Researcher, Red Team Lead, GRC Analyst, DevSecOps Specialist, vCISO Projects, Advisor and Mentor, Software Security Engineer, SysAdmin/DevOps, Cyber Threat Intelligence, AI Researcher and Blue Team Leader.

$ I'm a contributor to MITRE ATT&CK, actively delving into TTP research to advance threat intelligence.

$ Recognized as LinkedIn Top Voice and awarded iBest 2025 & 2026 - Top Influencer of Technology and Innovation.

$ University Teacher of Programming and Cybersecurity, Microsoft Educator and Innovator, Game Development Instructor, Mentor and Volunteer of social IT projects for young people and seniors.

$ Academic researcher with 20+ DOI published papers, 300+ articles and 300+ PDF contents across Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, Child Safety, Biology, Cinematic Arts and more.

$ Passionate cinema enthusiast — author of 25 books, founder of disturbingmovies.com, a curated database of extreme and horror cinema, and founder of the Global Human Protection Alliance — building technology to combat child exploitation and human trafficking.

$ International speaker with 100+ events across 10+ countries.

Roles & Leadership

Red Team Lead vCISO Blue Team Leader DevSecOps GRC Analyst AI Researcher

Programming Languages

Python C# C/C++ Rust Lua JavaScript Golang PowerShell Assembly x86/x64 ShellScript MySQL

Achievements

300+ Articles & PDFs
20+ DOI Publications
25 Books Authored
100+ Speaking Events
10+ Countries

SPECIALTIES

Offensive Security

PenTest (Web, API, Infrastructure, OT/IoT, Cloud, Wireless, Mobile Android/iOS), Red Team Operations, Purple Team Operations

Defensive Security

Blue Team Operations, Incident Response, Cyber Threat Intelligence, OSINT, Malware Analysis & Reverse Engineering

Application Security

SAST, DAST, SCA, Code Review, OWASP SAMM, Game Security, Software Security Engineering

AI & Machine Learning

NLP, ML/Deep Learning, MLOps, Prompt Engineering, AI-Powered Security Tools Development

Cloud & DevOps

AWS, Azure, GCP Security, Terraform, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, GitOps, Multi-Cloud Architecture

Research & Education

MITRE ATT&CK Contributor, Academic Researcher, University Teacher, Microsoft Educator, Author & Speaker

OPEN SOURCE

Featured repositories from github.com/JoasASantos

PUBLICATIONS

Books Authored

The Long Career in Cybersecurity

Foundations, Specialization, and Leadership for a Thirty-Year Career

Cybersecurity

PsyOps — Como Você Está Sendo Enganado

Dois milênios de engenharia de consentimento

Media & Society

Introdução ao Red Team Operations 1 & 2

Offensive Security

Introdução à Segurança Ofensiva

Offensive Security

Como Desenvolver sua Inteligência

Self-Development

Táticas Internas: A arte de evoluir na era do agora

Self-Development

Leaks of True

Literature

Hérois de Papel

Literature

Introdução a Finanças Pessoais

Finance

Discussões Interdisciplinares - Vol. 4

Academic

Fronteiras da Ciência - Vol. 2 & 3

Academic

Avanços e Desafios em Ciências Aplicadas - Vol. 3

Academic

Digesto "Temas de Direito Digital e Tecnologia" 5ª Ed.

Digital Law

III South Florida Congress Development

Congress

Protocolo Sombra

Literature

O Cinema do Desconforto

Cinematic Arts

Necropolítica

Philosophy

A Geração Perdida Não Está Perdida

Self-Development

O Existencialismo

Philosophy

Tratado de Investigação Forense — Vol. I

Digital Forensics

Windows Internals na Prática: Da Win32 API ao NT Kernel

Systems Programming

Desenvolvimento de Malwares e Exploits & Técnicas de Evasão para Segurança Ofensiva e Operações de Red Teams

Offensive Security

Malware Development for Ethical Hackers

Technical Reviewer

PROJECTS & VENTURES

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