Kyle Topasna
OWASP GenAI Security Project AI Researcher at OWASP® Foundation
Anchorage, Alaska, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKyle Topasna is a cybersecurity researcher and OWASP GenAI Security Project AI Researcher with over a decade of hands-on experience in malware analysis, adversary emulation, and detection engineering. He has authored 50+ proof-of-concept malware and exploits to drive gap analysis and improve detection capabilities, and has directly informed product defenses for enterprise endpoint security. With a military background managing large-scale networks for the USAF and federal compliance work supporting 15K+ users, he blends operational discipline with research rigor. Kyle also holds advanced AI and data analytics nanodegrees and contributes to industry best practices for secure-by-design GenAI architectures, positioning him at the intersection of threat research, machine learning, and practical security engineering.
10 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (A.S.), Electronic Systems Technology, Associate of Science (A.S.), Electronic Systems Technology at Community College of the Air ForceNanodegree, Artificial Intelligence, Nanodegree, Artificial Intelligence at UdacityBachelor of Science - BS, Data Management/Data Analytics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Data Management/Data Analytics at Western Governors University
Github Skills (9)
deriving7
statistics5
configurations4
pcap4
python4
elastic3
antivirus3
cybersecurity3
security3
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
alekzandr/flowmeter
Feb 2019 - Nov 2019
A tool for deriving statistical features from pcap data
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 12 pushes in 9 months
statisticspythonderivingstatisticalpcap
alekzandr/hunter
Aug 2018 - Jun 2020
AI based security threat hunter
Contributions:12 PRs, 104 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 9 months
security-toolssecuritycybersecurityhunterthreat
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