Physical Exploit was founded by practitioners who got tired of watching the industry treat physical security like an afterthought. We built the training program we wished existed when we started: structured methodology, purpose-built tools, and live exercises against real facilities. Every instructor has active engagement experience. Every tool in the catalog was designed because we needed it in the field and it didn't exist. The Doppelganger hardware ecosystem, ATLAS platform, and Practical Physical Exploitation curriculum are all products of real operational requirements, not theoretical frameworks.
Professional Physical Security Training & Assessment
Our Core Values
The principles that guide how we build training, tools, and methodology for physical security professionals.
People First
Our primary focus is protecting human life. This is not just about accessing data, stealing intellectual property, or planting a device. The number one reason we do this is the preservation of life.
Practitioner-Led
Our instructors are active practitioners with current engagement experience. We teach what works in the field, not what looks good on slides.
Real-World Focus
90% hands-on training. Live facility breach exercises. Purpose-built hardware tested on real engagements. Theory serves practice, not the other way around.
Meet the Instructors
Every instructor at Physical Exploit is an active practitioner with current physical security assessment experience. We teach what we do.
Travis Weathers
Co-Founder, Mayweather Group
Travis Weathers is a U.S. Army and Joint Special Operations veteran with more than a decade of experience across physical security, offensive cyber operations, and adversarial simulation. During his military career, Travis served in tactical and strategic roles supporting global combat operations.
Travis has held senior offensive security roles at FishNet Security, Optiv Security, where he served as Practice Director for Attack and Penetration, and Echelon Risk + Cyber, where he served as Senior Director of Offensive Security. He has personally led and executed hundreds of covert facility breaches against Fortune 100 organizations across healthcare, finance, retail, insurance, broadcast media, banking, technology, and critical infrastructure. His work includes clandestine access into high-value facilities, compromise of sensitive server and production environments, cyber-physical adversarial simulation, and executive exposure analysis.
Travis is the creator of ATLAS Security Operations, a field-grade platform for physical penetration testing, and the Doppelgänger RFID suite of embedded cloning and hacking devices.
Travis is widely regarded as a subject matter expert in RFID cloning, access control bypass, electronic defeat, long-range credential harvesting, covert facility entry, vehicle entry research, and advanced physical exploitation. He has presented at DEF CON, Hack Miami, B-Sides Tampa, and Hack Space Con, and has consulted with large financial institutions on cyber policy, offensive security program design, and risk-informed security practices.
He has trained hundreds of professionals, including corporate security leaders, red team operators, consultants, and U.S. Special Operations personnel, in advanced Covert Methods of Entry, electronic defeat, RFID exploitation, and adversarial tradecraft. Travis also advises executives and their families on residential security, digital hygiene, exposure reduction, and practical security measures tied to real-world threat behavior.
Ralph May
Co-Founder, Mayweather Group
Ralph May is a U.S. Army veteran and former DoD contractor who supported the United States Special Operations Command with information security challenges, threat actor simulations, and mission-focused technology requirements. His background spans government contracting, enterprise IT systems, surveillance camera technology, offensive security infrastructure, and adversarial emulation.
Over the past decade, Ralph has provided offensive security services at Optiv Security and Black Hills Information Security across multiple industries. His expertise includes network, physical, and wireless penetration testing, social engineering, red and purple team assessments, and advanced adversarial simulation. He is viewed as a practical expert in the design, deployment, and assessment of IT systems and surveillance technologies, particularly where those systems intersect with physical security and real-world threat behavior.
Ralph is the creator of SPEAR and ARROW, two offensive security platforms used by Mayweather Group and other cybersecurity companies. SPEAR is a reporting and professional services delivery platform built to improve penetration testing workflow, documentation, project management, and report consistency. ARROW is a remote implant and testing platform used to support controlled internal assessments, remote access operations, and penetration testing infrastructure. Together, these platforms reflect Ralph's focus on building practical tools that improve how offensive security work is delivered in the field.
Kevin Ayala
PPE Instructor
Kevin is a Senior Security Consultant on Optiv's Attack & Penetration team, a PPE instructor, and a veteran of the 101st Airborne Division, where he served as a Cavalry Scout.
He has performed and led a wide range of offensive operations, including physical, wireless, network, social engineering, and red team engagements.
Kevin has presented at SourceZeroCon and volunteers with the Red Team Village. He is also a dedicated mentor, helping transitioning service members pursue careers in offensive security.
Ready to Break In?
Master the methodology in the three-day in-person class with a live facility breach exercise. The self-paced online training is coming soon.
