Our Story

At Blackthorn Tactical, LLC, we specialize in what organizations fear most — identifying and exposing real-world threats before they become actual incidents. Based in Las Vegas, we provide elite security consulting, red team operations, and adversarial threat simulations designed to reveal vulnerabilities across cyber, physical, and human-factor environments.

Where Most Security Programs Stop, We Begin

Traditional security assessments often fail to capture how real adversaries think, plan, and adapt. Attackers don’t follow checklists — they exploit assumptions, workflows, and overlooked weaknesses.
We close that gap by delivering high-fidelity red team engagements that mirror the tactics, behaviors, and intent of sophisticated threat actors. Our simulations show leaders exactly how an intelligent adversary would attempt to breach their defenses, escalate access, or compromise operations.

A Holistic Approach to Modern Threats

True security requires understanding how attacks originate, evolve, and impact an organization. Our methodology blends:

  • Behavioral analysis

  • Threat modeling

  • Cyber and physical intrusion techniques

  • Social engineering and human-factor testing

  • NLP-driven communication and adversarial psychology

This approach allows us to reveal vulnerabilities that do not surface during routine penetration testing — the hidden gaps that emerge only under realistic adversarial pressure.

Realism Sets Us Apart

We reject generic playbooks and canned scenarios. Every engagement is tailored to your:

  • Industry-specific threat landscape

  • Operational workflows

  • Technology stack

  • Physical environment

  • Human behavior patterns

  • Executive priorities

From insider threat simulations to coordinated cyber-physical attack scenarios, we replicate the exact conditions under which real-world breaches happen. Our clients don’t just get findings — they get an immersive understanding of how their defenses hold up when tested by a determined adversary.

Actionable Intelligence, Not Just Reports

Leaders choose Blackthorn Tactical because we provide more than technical results.
Every assessment includes:

  • Executive-level insights

  • Clear, prioritized remediation guidance

  • A roadmap to strengthen resilience across digital, physical, and organizational layers

Our mission is simple: prepare your organization for the threats that matter most — the ones capable of disrupting operations, damaging reputation, or endangering people.

Your Strategic Security Partner

Whether you operate in Las Vegas, Nevada, or across the national enterprise landscape, Blackthorn Tactical stands as a trusted partner for organizations seeking adversarial expertise, real-world threat simulation, and advanced defensive strategy.
If you need a team capable of thinking, adapting, and operating like the adversaries you worry about most — we’re here to help.

Leadership Profile

Principal Adversarial Strategist & Director of Threat Simulation

Our Principal Adversarial Strategist brings an unconventional, high-impact background to modern security operations. Their expertise didn’t originate in a traditional cybersecurity or law-enforcement pipeline — it began in the back rooms of Las Vegas theaters, learning precision, misdirection, and system-level mastery from professional illusionists and escape artists. Surrounded by lockpicks, restraints, and complex mechanical systems, they developed the core skill every elite red teamer needs: the ability to understand an environment so completely that bypassing it becomes second nature.

That early foundation evolved into a multifaceted career spanning adversarial threat simulation, cybersecurity, physical security assessments, red team operations, defensive tactics, and executive protection strategy. They’ve executed covert vulnerability assessments across some of the largest properties in Las Vegas — navigating surveillance networks, layered access control systems, and human-factor weaknesses to uncover risks that only surface under authentic adversarial pressure.

A defining chapter of their operational experience came through a state-level, multi-agency training program involving the Department of Corrections, Highway Patrol, Sheriff’s Office, and municipal law enforcement. Selected as the designated adversary, they conducted state-authorized prison escape simulations designed to stress-test real tactical teams under live operational conditions.

Not hypothetical scenarios — full-scale, sanctioned escape operations.
Not classroom theory — real-world exploitation of systemic weaknesses.
Repeatedly, successfully, and with measurable impact.

Their mission was clear: identify procedural gaps, exploit them under pressure, and force agencies to refine their coordination, containment, and emergency response strategies. This role shaped their philosophy on proactive security, resilience, and the necessity of confronting uncomfortable realities before adversaries can exploit them.

Today, as the firm’s Director of Threat Simulation, they lead advanced red team engagements for Fortune 500 retailers, critical infrastructure, major hospitality groups, and high-profile individuals. Their attack paths replicate how modern threat actors think, adapt, and escalate — providing clients with actionable intelligence, operational clarity, and a true understanding of their real vulnerabilities.

Their guiding principle is simple and uncompromising:

Break the system before someone with malicious intent does.

Backed by state certifications, field-tested operational experience, and a career built on adversarial logic, they deliver the strategic insight and high-fidelity threat simulations that help organizations strengthen defenses, eliminate blind spots, and build true resilience in an evolving threat landscape.