was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 1991. He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in information protection systems from the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, in 2011 and 2013 respectively. He received the Ph.D. degree in information security from Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, in 2016.
From 2013 to 2017, he was an Assistant with the Physics and Information Security Systems Department, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Since 2017, Mr. Progonov has been an Associate Professor with the Physics and Information Security Systems Department, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv. From 2021, he joined the Information Security Department, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Kyiv, as Associate Professor.
He is the author of book in the domain of digital image steganalysis, and more than 15 papers related to digital image forensics. His research interests include digital media forensics, behavior-based person authentication, machine learning and advanced signal processing. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Information Models & Analyses, and holds five patents.
Mr. Progonov was a recipient of the President of Ukraine Young Scientist Award in 2018.