# Aleksandr Yampolskiy
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aleksandr yampolskiy is the co-founder and CEO of information security company SecurityScorecard.
== Education ==
Yampolskiy graduated from New York University with degrees in mathematics and computer science, and completed his PhD in cryptography at Yale University.
== Career ==
Prior to co-founding SecurityScorecard, Yampolskiy was the Chief Information Security Officer at the Gilt Groupe and Chief Technology Officer of BlogTalkRadio.
Healthcare Sector Among Most at Risk from Social Engineering
SecurityScorecard is out with its 2016 Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Report, and it paints a grim picture about how vulnerable healthcare entities are to socially engineered schemes. CEO Aleksandr Yampolskiy shares insight from the study.
Cybersecurity Insurance: How Underwriting Is Changing
Cybersecurity insurers, faced with growing demand, are looking for new ways to better measure their risks, says Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard. So some are moving toward more carefully scrutinizing the cybersecurity postures of their potential clients.
The Hidden Dangers in Your Supply Chain with SecurityScorecard's Aleksandr Yampolskiy
SecurityScorecard CEO Aleksandr Yampolskiy joins Cyber Focus to warn that third-party risk is now the dominant cybersecurity epidemic. With just 150 companies responsible for 90% of the global attack surface, a single compromise can ripple across sectors and continents. He and host Frank Cilluffo e…
The PhD Cryptographer Who Bet His Career on a Lukewarm Idea and Succeeded
Aleksandr Yampolskiy was doing everything right. He had the tools, the budget, the processes - the full security stack humming along at the e-commerce company where he served as CISO.
Then one routine vendor integration blew the whole thing open. Unencrypted credit card data from other customers, …
Mythos shock - is AI taking cybersecurity risks to new levels?
Governments and regulators are assessing potential implications and urging critical sectors to beef up their defences after a powerful new AI model sent shockwaves around the world. Mythos showed the ability to find previously undetected bugs and to exploit the vulnerabilities by itself, prompting …
Mythos shock - is AI taking cybersecurity risks to new levels?
Governments and regulators are assessing potential implications and urging critical sectors to beef up their defences after a powerful new AI model sent shockwaves around the world. Mythos showed the ability to find previously undetected bugs and to exploit the vulnerabilities by itself, prompting …
No Password Required Podcast Episode 76 - Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy
In this episode:
How a virus-infected Prince of Persia floppy disk on a Commodore 64 sparked a lifelong obsession with cybersecurity (03:03 - 06:45)
From NYU to Yale cryptography PhD to Goldman Sachs to Gilt Groupe, and the near-miss that changed everything (03:03 - 06:45)
What SecurityScor…
No Password Required: Co-Founder of SecurityScorecard, on His Journey From Academics to CISO to CEO
Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy is the co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, one of the world's most trusted cybersecurity brands with tens of thousands of customers, including half of the Fortune 100 and nine of the top 10 U.S. banks. Before founding SecurityScorecard in 2014, Alex earned a Ph.D. in c…
The Don of Security Ratings Mafia w/ Aleksandr Yampolskiy
Alexander Yampolsky didn't set out to invent a category—he just didn't want to get fired for someone else's mistake. As CISO at Gilt Groupe, he watched a fraud-prevention vendor hand over a gorgeous SOC 2 report and then discovered unencrypted credit card data belonging to other customers sitting i…
Fire Yourself Before Your Business Does | The Scaling Executive Podcast
In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, to discuss what happens when technical expertise turns into executive leadership. We talk about scaling through hypergrowth, building a strong company culture, creating customer-focused organizations…
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