Cybersecurity practitioner focusing on AI safety
I am a cybersecurity practitioner focusing my career on AI safety. My experience is in offensive security, application security and, more recently, the security of AI-enabled systems.
The AI Security Bootcamp in London helped me recognize the work I want to dedicate my life to: helping make AI safer and more beneficial, with meaningful human judgment and control.
I am early in my AI safety journey and still developing the foundations I need for research. My current contributions include technical writing, conference talks on MCP security and related subjects, and practical resources in development.
PhiloCyber is my personal publication and brings that work together. Over time, I hope to contribute through independent and collaborative research, building on the security experience that brought me here.
London clarified the scale and urgency of the questions I want to work on. I am strengthening my machine learning and research foundations while continuing to publish the technical work I can stand behind today.
Writing, talks and developing resources remain the clearest way to inspect what I am contributing now.
Technical analysis, field reports and reflections from the work and questions I am exploring.
Browse writingThe AI Red Teaming Field Guide and Agentic Threat Modeler are active projects in development.
Explore resourcesConference and community sessions on MCP security, agentic threat modeling, prompt injection and application security.
See talks and materialsPractical cybersecurity explanations and recorded material for Spanish-speaking learners.
Visit the channelRemote / Personal publication
United States / Remote
Remote
October 2025 — July 2026
Led the organization's end-to-end AI Security function as the focal point for AI Security within Cybersecurity.
June 2025 — October 2025
Integrated automated security tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) into CI/CD pipelines to expand test coverage and reduce secrets exposure in code repositories.
United States / Remote
Wellington / New Zealand
Buenos Aires / Argentina
Buenos Aires / Argentina
Buenos Aires / Argentina
Learning with others and sharing knowledge are also part of my work in security.
Co-founder
A cybersecurity community rooted in Argentina and Latin America, developed with the founding team around shared knowledge, events and collaboration.
Visit communityAmbassador and organizer
I co-founded the Hack The Box meetup in New Zealand and later joined the Argentina chapter as an organizer.
Visit communityPhiloCyber began as my technical blog. Over time I added more practical resources and a YouTube channel so the work could be useful in different formats.
I later tried to turn it into a consultancy. Today it has a different role: my personal home for writing, resources and a developing contribution to AI safety.
Training and certifications that have accompanied my work across offensive security, application security, cloud and AI.
What people who shared teams and projects with me throughout my career say about working with me.
Managing Security Consultant / Bastion Security Group, New Zealand
Source / LinkedIn recommendation
“I had the pleasure of working with Richie when he first moved to New Zealand. He stood out to me during the interview process, partly because he was friendly and personable but mostly because he clearly demonstrated a passion for cyber security, particularly with web applications, and an eagerness to develop and hone his skills. These were the core characteristics he brought to his role. He was always looking to learn and do his best on every engagement and would actively try to do better on the next one. His penchant for development wasn't limited to himself as he would also actively share his knowledge and help other members of the team. It's been exciting to see Richie be so involved with both local and online security communities and I would happily jump at the chance to work with him again.”Recommendation 1 of 6
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