
In this ask-me-anything-style Q&A, leading Toptal cybersecurity expert Ilia Tivin responds to colleagues’ questions on AI in cybersecurity and provides data and network protection tips and best practices.
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Michael, as the former President of the Advanced Cyber Security Center and a past chief information security officer (CISO), brings a depth of industry expertise to his leadership of Toptal's Information Security Services. Michael's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.
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Michael is dedicated to helping Toptal clients and talent more effectively navigate the industry-wide skills gap with a security-centric application of the world’s largest distributed network of highly skilled talent. As the former President of the Advanced Cyber Security Center and a past chief information security officer (CISO), he brings a depth of industry expertise to his leadership of Toptal's Information Security Services. Michael's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.Michael is dedicated to helping Toptal clients and talent more effectively navigate the industry-wide skills gap with a security-centric application of the world’s largest distributed network of highly skilled talent. As the former President of the Advanced Cyber Security Center and a past chief information security officer (CISO), he brings a depth of industry expertise to his leadership of Toptal's Information Security Services. Michael's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.
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Practice Lead
Michael is dedicated to helping Toptal clients and talent more effectively navigate the industry-wide skills gap with a security-centric application of the world’s largest distributed network of highly skilled talent. As the former President of the Advanced Cyber Security Center and a past chief information security officer (CISO), he brings a depth of industry expertise to his leadership of Toptal's Information Security Services. Michael's educational background includes a Bachelor of Science in brain and cognitive sciences from MIT.
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20+ Years
Delivery Manager
Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.
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Aseem enjoys building DevSecOps pipelines and setting up automation using Go, Python, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, AWS Lambda, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), among others.
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15+ Years
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Sorin is a software developer who enjoys challenges involving automation and security. Highly motivated by exciting projects, Sorin pushes himself to find solutions that work.
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18+ Years
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Claudio has more than 18 years of software development experience and a cybersecurity degree. He has worked in back-end, front-end, and full-stack development; DevSecOps; application security; penetration testing; and solutions architecture.
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10+ Years
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Peter is a security professional with 10 years of experience helping major multinational companies secure their infrastructures and customers.
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12+ Years
of Experience
Arun is a senior DevSecOps architect with 12+ years of experience and a master's degree in information technology. He has worked with government departments, banks, telecoms, healthcare companies, and small- to medium-scale enterprises worldwide.
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25+ Years
of Experience
Mladen is a senior project manager and GRC consultant with extensive experience leading multicountry project teams in the banking and insurance sectors.
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18+ Years
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Poliana is an embedded security engineer with 18+ years of experience integrating embedded systems in the automotive and aerospace products industry. Her expertise includes security requirements, threat modeling, risk analysis, secure architecture, and compliance based on systems engineering fundamentals.
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11+ Years
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Gaya is a cybersecurity expert who loves finding cracks in company security and creating powerful solutions to fill them. With numerous global CTF (capture the flag) competitions under her belt, Gaya excels in vulnerability management, cloud security, incident response, security awareness, and security risk management (PCI/DSS, ISO 27001, CMMC). Gaya is well versed with Qualys, Rapid7, Nessus, Splunk, Carbon Black, SentinelOne, Microsoft Sentinel, Azure cloud tools, and those in Kali Linux.
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Anas is an IT security engineer with five years of experience helping organizations secure their SaaS platforms from threat actors. He is an expert in application security, cloud security, penetration testing, and information system compliance, including ISO 27001 and SOC 2. With keen attention to detail and the ability to adapt to a fast-paced environment, Anas outperforms clients' expectations and provides agile and secure solutions to meet their business needs.
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5+ Years
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Blessed is a senior information security analyst and engineer with a decade of experience aligning enterprise security architecture, policies, and processes with security standards and frameworks to meet business goals. He specializes in designing and implementing security solutions for enterprise-grade cyberdefense teams and conducting penetration testing. Blessed has also been in red/blue teams, implemented ISO 27001 ISMS, and operated as a security lead in a DevSecOps environment.
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10+ Years
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Gökay is a senior manager and principal advisor specializing in cybersecurity, information security, audit, and standards and regulations.
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22+ Years
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Chris is a pioneer in ethical hacking and a Linux systems engineer with multiple certifications and more than 22 years of experience. He is well-known in ethical hacking and open source communities and mentioned in books and documentaries.
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5+ Years
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Nicaury is a security engineer with 5+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, and systems administration. She has worked in fast-paced, remote environments for a couple of years, developing excellent communication and leadership skills. Nicaury is a certified professional with proven problem-solving and analytical skills, a fast learning curve, and the ability to adapt to any team.
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20+ Years
of Experience
Joseph is a cybersecurity professional who strives to be well-rounded while maintaining specialties in technical cybersecurity areas where he provides the best return on investment.
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5+ Years
of Experience
Demmy is an information security architect with numerous years of experience in systems and security architecture. He has worked with different vendor products and platforms to achieve a cohesive and in-depth defense strategy.
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In this ask-me-anything-style Q&A, leading Toptal cybersecurity expert Ilia Tivin responds to colleagues’ questions on AI in cybersecurity and provides data and network protection tips and best practices.
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