For those who don’t know me, my name is Daniel Duggan, known online as RastaMouse. I spent over a decade working as a penetration tester and red teamer across the public and private sector, before founding Zero-Point Security in 2018. My mission was to build the kind of training I wish had existed when I was coming up: practical, accessible, cost-effective, and rooted in real adversary tradecraft.
My Red Team Ops and Red Team Ops II training courses are the fruits of that labour, which are now recognised across multiple industry sectors including financial services, military, manufacturing, and naturally, security consultancies.
In 2025, Fortra and Zero-Point Security collaborated to launch a dedicated Cobalt Strike training course, giving operators a hands-on foundation in red team assessments and adversary simulations, built directly around the tool. The response made it clear there was appetite for a lot more.
Today I’m happy to share that we’re making it official. Fortra has acquired Zero-Point Security, and I’m joining the team to build out the next generation of offensive security training.
Building Training Alongside the Tools
When it comes to offensive security, tooling is only part of the equation – the operators using those tools need training that’s just as sharp. One limitation of building training with commercial tools is that you’re always working slightly in the dark. You can write great content around a tool’s public capabilities, but you don’t have insight into what’s coming next, why certain design decisions were made, or how features could be used at a deeper level.
That changes completely when you’re sitting with the tool developers. Courses can go deeper and stay current for longer as the tool evolves and new versions are released. Feedback from training can even flow back into the product design.
The Cobalt Strike collaboration was a preview of what it looks like to integrate training and development. And now, having joined the team, that will become the default, not the exception.
Why Now?
I’m blessed and honoured to have been able to build a successful business, made possible in no small part by the support of the cybersecurity community. But it’s fair to say that the size and complexity of the business have outgrown what I’m able to handle alone. More of my time is being taken up on platform engineering, compliance, licensing, operations, coordination, and other admin tasks, rather than what I love – which is writing training material and interacting with the students.
Joining Fortra means handing those aspects over to their team of experts, allowing me to get back to grassroots. The strength of my existing working relationship with Fortra and the success of the aforementioned collaboration, made it a no-brainer when the opportunity to join came up.
What I’m Bringing with Me
The entirety of Zero-Point Security’s existing course and certification catalogue are coming to Fortra:
- Red Team Ops I: Introduction toadversary simulation and emulation exercises, leading to the “CRTO” certification.
- Red Team Ops II: How tooperate against advanced defenses and EDR, leading to the “CRTL” certification.
These courses, labs, and exams will remain as core products of the Zero-Point Security brand.
What’s on the Roadmap
New training courses are already being planned and developed. First, an Advanced Cobalt Strike Certified operator course will go deeper on adversary simulation with Cobalt Strike, building on the foundation we established with the initial collaboration.
From there, we will analyze developments in the offensive industry as well as Fortra’s other offensive tools. The goal is to offer a comprehensive offensive security training portfolio that allows organisations to invest upskilling their security teams on platforms that they’ll use operationally, with hands-on labs and real-world scenarios.
Further details and timelines will follow as I settle into my new role and these programs take shape.
Get in Touch
If you have questions, you can reach me directly at [email protected], X (@_RastaMouse), or BlueSky (rastamouse.me). In the meantime, check out the full press release for the official details.
I’m looking forward to what comes next.
