Andrey Kozlov is an AppSec Team Lead with 15 years of hands-on experience building and scaling application security programs across large product ecosystems. He combines deep offensive security experience—hundreds of web tests, dozens of mobile assessments, and active bugbounty work—with strategic leadership in standardizing vulnerability management, bug bounty operations, and AppSec processes at enterprise scale. Andrey has a strong developer background demonstrated by full‑stack and DevOps contributions to notable open-source projects like the CNCF Landscape and a geolocation analysis server, where he automated CI/CD, monitoring and improved UI workflows. He teaches cybersecurity at Tyumen State University and has developed his own curriculum, bringing academic rigor to practical security engineering. Known for turning complex architecture reviews into measurable security requirements and playbooks, he also builds automation to reduce repetitive triage and deployment tasks. Based in Russia, he blends researcher instincts with product-focused execution to make security measurable, repeatable and developer-friendly.
14 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Сybersecurity Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Master of Сybersecurity Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at Tyumen State University
A field-testing & analysis server for the Background Geolocation plugin
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:124 commits, 7 PRs, 29 pushes in 4 years 5 months
Contributions summary:Andrey contributed to the field-testing and analysis server for the Background Geolocation plugin by implementing features and improving the existing code. Their work included the use of `async/await` for asynchronous operations and absolute paths in require statements. The user refactored the UI components using React and also added functionalities such as filtering and managing the device list.
🌄 The Cloud Native Interactive Landscape filters and sorts hundreds of projects and products, and shows details including GitHub stars, funding, first and last commits, contributor counts and headquarters location.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
Contributions:2 reviews, 266 commits, 186 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Andrey primarily focused on automating and maintaining the build and deployment processes of the `cncf/landscape` repository. They updated the build scripts, including setup.bash and netlify.sh, to integrate new dependencies and ensure compatibility. The user added features like Slack reporting, automated updates, and error logging to improve the build process and provide better monitoring. Furthermore, they configured build environments and integrated continuous integration processes.
Find and Hire Top DevelopersWe’ve analyzed the programming source code of over 60 million software developers on GitHub and scored them by 50,000 skills. Sign-up on Prog,AI to search for software developers.
Request Free Trial
Andrey Kozlov - AppSec Team Lead at Tyumen State University