Nir Saias

Nir Saias is a Principal Security Researcher at Palo Alto Networks since January 2025 and a Bug Hunter at Bugcrowd since October 2019. As an Information Security Instructor at HackerU, Nir specializes in OWASP Top 10, Red Team Operations, Reverse Engineering, and Digital Forensics and Incident Response. Previously, Nir led the Adversarial Tactics Team at Sygnia, focusing on enhancing security measures and crisis management readiness through technical testing and strategic simulations. Nir also served as Head of Professional Services at Ten Root Cyber Security Ltd, Head of Offensive Security and Offensive Team Leader at BugSec, and a Cyber Security Officer in the Israeli Defense Forces' SIEM-SOC team. Educational background includes certification in Computer and Information Systems Security from HackerU and training as a Cellular Technician and Practical Computer Science Engineer.