Cyfinoid Research was created with a simple idea: do quality research, share it with the world, and keep the joy of learning and experimentation alive.
We do this through open source tools, research-driven work, and training programs at major security conferences. Training works better when it is collaborative. Having another strong practitioner in the room changes the energy and gives participants a richer learning experience.
That is why Cyfinoid works with a small set of trusted collaborators on selected training and research projects. These are practitioners who bring deep hands-on experience, strong teaching ability, and field-tested perspectives from real security work.
This page lists the people Cyfinoid collaborates with across trainings, research, and community-focused initiatives.
Sunil Yadav
Co-Founder – X-Biz TechVentures
He is focused on software supply chain security from both offensive and defensive perspectives. He also builds products around supply chain security, AI-driven cybersecurity, and third-party risk management.
Riyaz Walikar
Independent Security Researcher
He brings more than a decade and a half of hands-on offensive security experience, with a strong focus on cloud, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure, AI agentic systems, and MCP security.
Dhruv Shah
Founder – TCPInfoSec / Byt3Con
Over 13 years of experience focused on web application security. Co-author of security books on Kali Linux and Burp Suite, with work spanning web, cloud, and infrastructure security, as well as OSINT for pentesters.
These collaborations strengthen Cyfinoid’s research-led training model without changing its foundation. The core curriculum, labs, and learning outcomes are shaped by Cyfinoid, while collaborators join as co-trainers to bring additional field experience, domain depth, and practical examples from their own work.
As this initiative grows, more collaborators and topic areas will be added. The goal is to give participants access to multiple expert perspectives in the same classroom while keeping the training practical, current, and grounded in real-world security work.
Organizations and conference teams interested in hosting a training can reach out to discuss the audience, topic, format, and suitable co-trainer combination.