The desks. Rhine paper.
The desks that write ABS Audit letters. Names wait on the roster.
Review desks
One house
Paper that ships
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Aram Petrosyan
Co-Founder, CTO
Leads the technical desk. Reviews that have to hold when the repo ships.
Reviews that have to hold when the repo ships.
Highlights & Achievements
- Reviews on live protocol desks.
Primary Expertise
- VM and low-level components security
- EVM and Blockchain internals
- Zero-Knowledge audit
- Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Research
Bram De Vries
Head of Audits
Runs the audit calendar and matching. Findings get graded here.
Runs the audit calendar and matching.
Highlights & Achievements
- Reviews on live protocol desks.
Primary Expertise
- Offensive security testing for both black-box and white-box (Solidity, Rust, Go, Python, PHP, C#, Java, C/C++, Javascript)
- Smart contract auditing
- Blockchain/DLT auditing
- Web application penetration testing
Audit Examples
- Retained protocol reviews.
Tigran Melkonyan
Senior Security Researcher
Cryptography and protocol research on the stacks that move money.
Cryptography and protocol research on the stacks that move money.
Primary Expertise
- Source code audit (Solidity, Rust, Go, Java, C#, C/C++, Python, JavaScript, PHP);
- Zero-knowledge audit (Circom, Zokrates, Cairo, PIL);
- Cryptographic implementations audits;
- Blackbox pentest;
- Application security engineering;
Certificates & Achievements
- Desk certifications on file.
Audit Examples
- Retained protocol reviews.
Miguel Sarmento
Head of Offensive Security
Offensive reviews across web, mobile, and the parts that are not Solidity.
Offensive reviews across web, mobile, and the parts that are not Solidity.
Primary Expertise
- Red team operations and adversary emulation (C2 infrastructure, phishing, evasion)
- Web application penetration testing (black-box and white-box)
- Mobile and cloud security assessment
- Exploit development and vulnerability research
- Source code review
Highlights & Achievements
- Reviews on live protocol desks.
Certifications
- Offensive-review certifications on file.
Dae-ho Park
Senior Security Researcher
Minh Pham
Senior Security Researcher
Hugo Vermeulen
Security Researcher
Narek Hovakimyan
Co-Founder, CEO
Leads the house. Scope, paper, and the desks that write it.
Leads the house. Scope, paper, and the desks that write it.
The desks that write ABS Audit letters. No leftover house brand.
ABS Audit writes paper for live protocol work.
Primary Expertise
- 15+ years in IT, with 12+ years specializing in cybersecurity
- 10+ years of experience building and leading high-performance security teams and scaling cybersecurity organizations
- Securing global enterprises against emerging cyber threats
- Open-source intelligence
- Expertise in offensive security, penetration testing, and risk management
- Specializing in Web3 security, architecting next-gen solutions for decentralized ecosystems
Armen Sargsyan
Product and operations for the review calendar.
Author of the biggest open-source library of cognitive biases (thinking patterns) and nudging strategies - absaudit.com
Product and operations for the review calendar.
Primary Expertise
- 10+ years of C-level managerial experience in B2B and operations desks
- 12+ years in CogSci/Behavioral sciences
- Background in cybersecurity and state defense
- Mainly specialized in the management of teams and high-impact products where the need for tailored UX and understanding human psychology subtleties is paramount
Samvel Grigoryan
CISO
CISO. Incident windows and the paper trail after.
Writes the incident window. Open tooling where it helps the desk. (FOSS), he brings a deep commitment to openness and collaboration in technology.
Incident windows and the paper trail after. trategic execution to bolster security at scale.
Primary Expertise
- Cybersecurity Compliance/Risk Management
- Large-scale DDoS Mitigation
- State-Sponsored Spyware Research
- UNIX/Linux System Administration
- Network Security
Vahan Barseghyan
Operations across the desks. d led teams of 170+ people across 8 countries to achieve market leadership and operational excellence.
Keeps the house running across the desks.
Primary Expertise
- Operations Excellence: Deep understanding of operational specifics and building complex, scalable structures.
- Financial Strategy: Ensuring profitability and sustainable growth in competitive, high-pressure markets.
- Crisis Management: Skilled in creating and implementing action plans under pressure, including during times of war and resource constraints.
- Legal & Compliance: Successfully managed tax audits and legal frameworks, achieving zero penalties during multiple investigations.
- Innovation Leadership: Operations across the desks.
- Performance Audits: Keeps the house running across the desks.
Lilit Arakelyan
Finance for the house. No leftover brand on the books. including the development of AI-based tools for blockchain security. Her background in advising technology ventures and Central Bank provides a solid foundation for managing growth in the blockchain cybersecurity sector.
Primary Expertise
- Financial Strategy & Capital Management – Driving financial planning, forecasting, fundraising, and capital allocation to support growth and shareholder value.
- Risk & Compliance Oversight – Ensuring regulatory compliance, managing financial risks, and implementing robust internal controls.
- Operational & Performance Management – Optimizing financial processes, monitoring KPIs, and aligning resources to business objectives for efficiency and profitability.
- Stakeholder Communication & Leadership – Partnering with the CEO and board, building investor confidence, and leading finance teams with strategic insight.
Charlotte Ashworth
Inbound and the conversations that start a review.
Inbound and the conversations that start a review.
Inbound and the conversations that start a review.
Primary Expertise
- Strategic Business Development - Proven success in scaling revenue and partnerships across global markets.
- Web3 & Cybersecurity Ecosystem - Deep focus on smart contracts, blockchain infrastructure, and security tooling.
- Partnership Growth - Experience in building relationships with top protocols, foundations, and DAOs.
- Sales Leadership - Inbound conversations that start a review.
- Market Expansion - Built out US and UK operations, aligning commercial growth across numerous Technology markets.