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role: Penetration Tester, Method & AI (LIA)at: Nexer Telescope, Malmögraduating: IT Security, Teknikhögskolan, 2027age: 21

Kirill Kreicberg Stepanov

Cybersecurity student and intern. I work across penetration testing, SOC and SIEM detection, network security and AI-assisted security work. I like checking that a finding is real, writing it up clearly and building a method that others can repeat.

Kirill Kreicberg Stepanov
Focus areas

What I work on

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offensive/

Penetration testing

Systematic security analysis and vulnerability verification on real tasks, under supervision. Ethical hacking practice on TryHackMe (top 6%), with Pentesting Fundamentals and OWASP Top 10 completed.

  • Penetration testing
  • Vulnerability management
  • OWASP Top 10
  • Pentesting Fundamentals
detection/

SOC and SIEM

Hands-on SIEM work in Microsoft Sentinel during my programme, plus incident response and the legal side of digital forensics (DFIR).

  • Microsoft Sentinel
  • Incident response
  • Legal considerations in DFIR
network/

Network security

Cisco Network Security and Network Defense certifications, firewalls and lab work in Cisco Packet Tracer.

  • Network security
  • Firewalls
  • Cisco Networking
  • Cisco Packet Tracer
hardening/

Hardening, cloud and risk

Windows and Linux hardening, secure cloud environments, security architecture, cyber security risk and IT law. Docker and Python for my own tooling.

  • Windows/Linux hardening
  • Security architecture
  • Cyber security risk
  • Docker
  • Python
method + ai/

AI in daily security work

At Nexer Telescope I use AI for information gathering, analysis, automation, documentation and reporting, inside a quality-assured method. Trained through Claude Academy.

  • Claude Code
  • Claude Code subagents
  • Claude Cowork
  • AI-assisted reporting
Experience

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Penetration Tester, Method & AI

Nexer Telescope · Internship (LIA) · Malmö, hybrid

Internship in cybersecurity focused on penetration testing, systematic security analysis and vulnerability verification. I work under supervision on real-world tasks and combine technical skills with a structured method, to build an efficient, quality-assured way of working. AI supports the daily work: information gathering, analysis, automation, documentation and reporting.

Skills
  • Cyber Security Risk
  • Network Security Implementation
Education, certificates and languages

How I learn

Education

  • Teknikhögskolan, IT Security Specialist (higher vocational)Aug 2025 to 2027 · network security, penetration testing, incident handling, information security
  • Tekniska gymnasiet Lund (Thoren Innovation School), Technology programmeAug 2021 to Jun 2024 · Python 3 and Java, two years of web development (HTML)

Certificates

  • Pre SecurityTryHackMe · Oct 2026 · verify
  • Network DefenseCisco · Sep 2026
  • Legal Considerations in DFIRTryHackMe · May 2026
  • Pentesting FundamentalsTryHackMe · Apr 2026
  • OWASP Top 10TryHackMe · Apr 2026
  • Network SecurityCisco Networking Academy · Feb 2026
  • Claude Academy: Building Effective Human Agent Teams (Beta)Anthropic · Sep 2026 · verify
  • Claude Academy: Claude 101Anthropic · Sep 2026 · verify

Languages

  • Russiannative
  • Swedishfluent
  • Englishfluent
  • Ukrainianconversational
  • Germanbasic
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Kirill Kreicberg Stepanov · Malmö, Sweden · 2026