Arina Kudriavtseva obtained a BSc in Information Systems and Technologies and a MSc in System Analysis and Control at St.Petersburg State Polytechnic University. In December 2021 she started her PhD project in the field of secure software development at Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) under the supervision of Olga Gadyatskaya. Scientific interests include investigation of secure software development practices which need to be added to and integrated with each Software Development Lifecycle step.