Marius Kotlarz
Marius Kotlarz is a penetration tester at Equinor and one of the key creators behind the Equinor CTF. Originally joining Equinor as an incident responder before moving full-time into the security testing team, Marius brings practical offensive security experience and a strong CTF background to one of Norway’s most important critical infrastructure environments.
His work on the Equinor CTF spans both challenge design and the demanding technical infrastructure behind the event, including cloud, Kubernetes, Terraform, stress testing and backup planning. He represents the kind of security professional who turns hands-on hacking, creativity and resilience engineering into real value for both Equinor and the wider cyber community.