ASECASEC // Toronto, Canada
Security for
autonomous systems.
Offensive security for drones, robotics, and autonomous systems, inside a full-stack practice.
Field notes //
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Full-stack offense
Drone, UAV and Robotics Testingthe wedge
Adversarial testing of autonomous platforms: RF and MAVLink links, firmware, hardware, and ground control.
Adversarial Assessments
Web and API (GraphQL specialist), network, cloud, mobile, IoT, and physical penetration testing.
Security Consulting
Threat modeling, NIST maturity, compliance readiness, vendor risk, and virtual CISO.
Incident Response
Threat hunting, IR program assessment, playbook development, forensics, and table-top exercises.
The ASEC Platform
Continuous security testing, attack surface management, patch validation, and Nuclei test development.
Proof of work //
Where hackers meet hackers. DC416 turns ten in 2026, a 2,880-member Toronto security community founded by Nick Aleks.
Who breaks it //
Nick Aleks
Chief Hacking Officer, founder of DC416
Co-author of Black Hat GraphQL and Black Hat Bash, and the maker of Damn Vulnerable Drone, the open ArduPilot and MAVLink lab the industry trains on. A decade running DC416, Toronto's DEF CON group. The offensive work here is his, not a slide deck.