Poland’s software development sector is a cornerstone of the country’s digital economy, spanning product companies, global engineering services, fintech platforms, and AI-driven startups. As software organizations scale globally and adopt cloud-native and AI-enabled architectures, cybersecurity leaders must embed security directly into development lifecycles while balancing speed, compliance, and innovation. The leaders featured below represent a new generation of CISOs shaping secure-by-design software environments.
Konstantin Pohrebniak – Chief Information Security Officer, AgileEngine
Konstantin Pohrebniak is an information security leader with more than 10 years of experience across corporate and product security environments. As Chief Information Security Officer at AgileEngine, he focuses on building and executing information security strategies that strengthen organizational resilience and support regulatory compliance. Konstantin is particularly passionate about designing scalable security processes and continuously improving their maturity, ensuring security evolves alongside fast-moving software development organizations.
Tomasz Prasal – Head of Cybersecurity, GFT Technologies
Tomasz Prasal serves as Head of Cybersecurity at GFT Technologies, where he leads security strategy across a global software and digital transformation organization. With a long-standing career in IT and security leadership, Tomasz has held multiple senior roles within GFT, including Head of IT Security and Group IT Security Manager. His background also includes security roles at mBank and Telekomunikacja Polska. Tomasz brings deep experience in enterprise security governance, risk management, and aligning cybersecurity with complex software delivery environments.
Alexandr Bykov – Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, Alpein Software Swiss AG
Alexandr Bykov is a technology leader combining cybersecurity, automation, and artificial intelligence expertise. As Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer at Alpein Software Swiss AG, he focuses on building AI-powered automated systems that enable secure, resilient business operations. His work spans automation, blockchain, AI, networking, infrastructure, and security, supported by hands-on experience in DevOps, Golang, and database management. Alexandr’s approach emphasizes scalable and future-ready security architectures for modern software enterprises.
Grzegorz Szukalski – Application Chief Information Security Officer, IAI
Grzegorz Szukalski is the Application Chief Information Security Officer at IAI, where he is responsible for application-level security across a large e-commerce and software platform. With a long tenure at the organization, Grzegorz has progressed through roles including Chief Technology Officer and Chief Solutions Architect, giving him deep insight into software architecture, development processes, and operational security. His work focuses on embedding security into applications and platforms that support high-scale digital commerce.
Kajetan Korzycki – Chief Information Security Officer, IDENTT
Kajetan Korzycki serves as Chief Information Security Officer at IDENTT, where he combines leadership responsibilities with hands-on cybersecurity engineering. His scope includes building Information Security Management Systems based on ISO/IEC 27001 from the ground up, application security, web application penetration testing, and security awareness training. Kajetan also delivers SecOps solutions for CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments, helping software organizations integrate security seamlessly into development and deployment workflows.
Securing Poland’s Software Innovation Engine
Software development organizations sit at the forefront of digital transformation, innovation, and global competition. The CISOs highlighted here play a critical role in ensuring that speed and innovation are matched with strong security foundations. Through deep technical expertise, process maturity, and close alignment with engineering teams, these leaders are strengthening Poland’s position as a trusted hub for secure software development.