Tim Reed

Technical Director

Tim Reed

Tim is the Director and Co-Founder of Sentrium Security, responsible for developing innovative technical products and services, and leading the development of our advanced cyber capabilities. He oversees our penetration testing team, and supports our customers in understanding their security posture and manage risk effectively.

Before founding Sentrium, Tim worked in technical security consulting roles at Redscan and Portcullis (Cisco), and as an Intelligence Operator with HM Forces. These experiences shaped Tim’s ability to identify weaknesses across complex systems and communicate findings clearly. He is driven by pioneering high-quality security services and helping clients take practical steps to improve security.

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Areas of expertise

  • Web application penetration testing
  • Infrastructure and network assessments
  • Red teaming and adversary simulation
  • Threat modelling and risk assessments
  • Cloud security assessments

Writing focus

Tim writes about penetration testing approaches, emerging attack techniques, and practical methods for improving organisational security posture through evidence-based assessment.

Tim's work

  1. Secure use of cloud providers (PaaS) can transform your business
  2. How to prepare your business for secure cloud migration

    June 1, 2021

    How to prepare your business for secure cloud migration

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  3. Celebrating Sentrium's contribution to cyber security

    May 19, 2021

    Celebrating Sentrium’s contribution to cyber security

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  4. Why choose a CREST accredited penetration testing company?

    May 10, 2021

    What is CREST and why choose an accredited company?

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  5. Learn about the 10 steps to cyber security
  6. The key actions you should take after getting your penetration test report

    January 13, 2021

    What should you do after your penetration testing report?

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  7. How to protect your business from a phishing attack

    December 11, 2020

    How to protect against a phishing attack

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  8. How to secure data in cloud computing

    December 3, 2020

    How to secure data in cloud computing

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  9. What cloud security risks do I need to be aware of?

    November 9, 2020

    What are the main cloud security risks?

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