Igibek Koishybayev
Senior Security Engineer at TheHack
Cary, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolIgibek Koishybayev is a Senior Security Engineer with 11 years of experience in web development and a strong research background in software supply-chain and Node.js security. He leads SLSA provenance work and red-team scoping for CI/CD at Qualcomm while pursuing a PhD focused on reducing attack surfaces in Node.js and measuring npm ecosystem risks. A serial founder and educator, he built Topuniver—a student-driven university ranking platform—and TheHack, an educational cybersecurity site in Kazakh, and has developed hands-on CTF challenges and courses. His work bridges academic research and practical engineering, from Kubernetes-based infrastructure to threat modeling of software build systems. Notably, he combines publication-grade research (RAID'20) with product experience, evidencing a rare mix of rigorous analysis and entrepreneurial delivery. Based in Cary, NC, he brings a global perspective and a track record of translating security research into production improvements.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Computer Science, 4.0 at North Carolina State UniversityMaster's Degree, Computer Engineering, Master's Degree, Computer Engineering at Boston University College of EngineeringKazakh Turkish High SchoolBachelor of Science (BS), Information System, Bachelor of Science (BS), Information System at International Information Technologies University
English, Turkish, Russian, Kazakh
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Github Skills (200)
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Programming languages (57)
Github contributions (5)
igibek/igibek
Aug 2017 - Jul 2024
Research: Cybersecurity, AI, SE
Contributions:5 PRs, 90 pushes, 5 branches in 6 years 11 months
sherlockcybersecurityblue-teamjekyll-sitejekyll-blog
BU-EC504/MapsApp
Sep 2015 - Nov 2020
Contributions:4 PRs, 15 pushes, 7 branches in 5 years 2 months
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