
Security engineering is a fast-moving field, and getting left behind is not an option. This ask-me-anything-style Q&A covers compliance frameworks, security checks, and the importance of a DevSecOps approach.
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Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations.
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Information Security Practice Lead
Zohra is a seasoned cybersecurity and risk executive with more than 15 years of experience leading enterprise risk management, cybersecurity strategy, IT governance, and regulatory compliance initiatives across Fortune 500 companies and global organizations. As Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, she takes a strategic, business-aligned approach—building scalable, results-driven security programs that not only protect critical assets but also enable business growth.
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Experience
15+ 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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Experience
9+ Years

31+ Years
of Experience
Joe is a seasoned security and infrastructure engineering professional with experience performing application and network assessments, writing and enforcing policies, providing defense for an enterprise environment, and administrating infrastructures. He has in-depth knowledge of information security, information technology, and information warfare. Joe is a competent Python programmer, adding automation and integration that reduces workloads.
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23+ Years
of Experience
Isra is a cybersecurity architect and threat intelligence lead with over 23 years of experience, specializing in dark web monitoring and an expert in data collection, analysis, framework development, and reporting. A highly skilled cybersecurity professional with a proven track record of success in IT expertise, Isra is also an active participant in ethical hacker events and conferences.
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11+ Years
of Experience
Ajit has over 11 years of experience in the IT industry with expertise in cloud architecture, DevOps, system testing, and designing and building large-scale enterprise and service provider IP/MPLS networks. He has in-depth knowledge of building and operating complex IT systems with distributed architecture. His roles have included network security architect, network architect, software developer, and solutions architect.
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13+ Years
of Experience
Ike is a senior cloud security engineer with 13 years of experience and a solid knowledge of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) publications, cybersecurity, cloud, and DevSecOps tools. Ike is proficient in infrastructure as code, managing a CI/CD pipeline, and protecting applications, websites, cloud networks, and infrastructure.
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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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11+ Years
of Experience
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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10+ Years
of Experience
Anurag is an experienced security professional with a strong background in incident handling and threat hunting based on different attack frameworks. He has expertise in Active Directory and cloud security (Azure), utilizing offensive security tools such as Bloodhound to identify and mitigate threats. He's played a key role in the development and deployment of SOC infrastructure. He's delivered training to different tiers of the SOC team on security best practices, compliance, and the cyber threat landscape.
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20+ Years
of Experience
Mahesh is an IT service professional with more than 20 years of end-to-end presales and delivery experience on large complex assignments involving the integration of multiple platform technologies. He has worked in various industries, including government and finance. Mahesh holds a bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication and is a Google Cloud Certified Professional in cloud architecture, data engineering, network engineering, and security engineering.
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22+ Years
of Experience
Subbu is a subject matter expert in information security and has more than 22 years of information technology experience. He has assisted large enterprise customers in the banking, telecommunication, and e-commerce sectors with security transformation, DevSecOps, security architecture, and implementations. Subbu’s security expertise includes AWS, GCP, IAM, enterprise security, data protection, and application security and compliance.
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22+ Years
of Experience
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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19+ Years
of Experience
Claudio has 19+ years of software development experience and a cybersecurity degree. He has handled back-end, front-end, and full-stack development, DevSecOps, application security, penetration testing, and solutions architecture. With his combined expertise, Claudio focuses on helping companies by developing and architecting secure and resilient web and mobile applications.
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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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15+ Years
of Experience
Mark is a risk assessor, program manager, security operations engineer, and architect with over 15 years of experience implementing risk reduction initiatives. He has a deep understanding of various security frameworks and tools. Mark has successfully developed budgets, risk-informed roadmaps, and project plans and has led multidisciplinary teams to effectively reduce risks and demonstrate compliance with standards, as confirmed by third-party auditors.
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17+ Years
of Experience
Andres is a skilled engineer with over 17 years of experience across many facets of technology, including DevOps, web development, and system administration. At Amazon Web Services, he led the team that added new capacity to the AWS Edge network throughout Asia pacific. He is an avid believer in cloud native solutions that are appropriately sized, cost-effective, and deliver outstanding performance. Andres has enjoys working with organizations of all sizes, from startups to global enterprises.
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7+ Years
of Experience
Nicaury is a security engineer with 7+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity, and systems administration. She has worked in fast-paced, remote environments for 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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Challenge: Nonprofit hospitals often struggle with limited security budgets and bandwidth while processing high volumes of protected healthcare information on a daily basis. In the wake of a breach, a leading US pediatric hospital needed to restructure its security infrastructure. However, budget constraints and inflexible vendors posed major roadblocks.
Solution: Toptal introduced an experienced information security team, including a virtual chief information security officer (vCISO) with decades of experience evaluating and developing security solutions. The Toptal team carried out a thorough analysis of the hospital’s current infrastructure, teams, and procedures.
Outcome: Thanks to the roadmap developed by Toptal’s team, the client now has a strong security presence that will help protect patient data and donor information from future cybersecurity threats. The hospital is better prepared than ever to ensure the safety of sensitive information for years to come.
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Security engineering is a fast-moving field, and getting left behind is not an option. This ask-me-anything-style Q&A covers compliance frameworks, security checks, and the importance of a DevSecOps approach.
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Michael is a seasoned information security leader with experience at the Advanced Cyber Security Center and Toptal. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in high-tech crime investigations from George Washington University.

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