Editorial team

The people behind the research.

Every BackDoor article is written and reviewed by working security engineers — not anonymous content mills. Here's who they are.

Peter Tovanov
Peter Tovanov

Penetration Tester & Security Researcher

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Peter leads offensive security research at BackDoor — focused on autonomous black-box testing, web and API exploitation, and turning real-world attack paths into fixable, evidence-backed findings.

7 articles

Ilya Smyslov
Ilya Smyslov

Application Security Engineer

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Ilya works on application and API security at BackDoor — turning scan findings into prioritized, developer-ready fixes and compliance-mapped evidence for SOC 2, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.

8 articles

Yulia Miuller
Yulia Miuller

Cybersecurity Sales Engineer

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Yulia drives business development at BackDoor — 10+ years in cybersecurity sales engineering at Cisco, Zscaler, and Positive Technologies, specializing in Zero Trust, SASE, and cloud security, and turning technical findings into clear business value.

5 articles

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