Overview

SoftServe’s Security Consultant Lead and Head of the Security Office, Nazar Tymoshyk, has a Ph.D. in Information Security from the Polytechnic University in Lviv and worked there as associate professor teaching Network Security and exploitation for over 2 years. He specializes in Security Consulting, Enterprise IT Consulting, Application Security Assessments, Penetration Testing, malware analysis, intrusion detection/prevention, Ruby, OWASP, Linux, Virtualization/Cloud, Automation, Networking, Forensics, and Reversing.
His Security Certifications include Certified Ethical Hacker (EC-Council), HP Fortify Security Technical Specialist, Cisco SMB Security Specialist, CIW Web Security Specialist, Zyxel Security Specialist. Nazar also holds numerous IT Certifications, such as Amazon SysOps, MCTS, Certified Linux Engineer, Certified Linux Professional, DCTS, DCATS, NAI, NLTS, CNA, NCLA.
Nazar is very passionate about Application Security, so in 2013 he founded and now acts as a chapter leader for the local OWASP community in Lviv (Ukraine). He believes in knowledge sharing as the best source for information security awareness, so he became an Instructor on Penetration Testing at Lviv IT School and a regular speaker at the “Security Hole” events and OWASP Meetups.
Nazar created and now leads SoftServe Security Consulting Team, and led the Attack & Defense practice to create over 5 new and innovative services for the company and set up the secure SDLC practices. In his daily activities, Nazar conducts and manages team penetration testing, social engineering, web and mobile application security assessments, physical security and team defensive services. He also conducts mobile application security, network and application security architecture reviews, and helps with Architecting security products for ISV, retail and healthcare companies making their products secure by design, PII/PCI/PHI data, intellectual property and business protected.