Eugene Kaspersky

Eugene Kaspersky, born Yevgeny Valentinovich Kaspersky on 4 October 1965, is a Russian cybersecurity expert and the co-founder and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab, an information technology security company. He trained as a cryptologist at the technical faculty of the KGB Higher School, graduating in 1987 with a degree in mathematical engineering and computer technology, and served as an officer in the Soviet army until 1991. His interest in computer security began in 1989, when the Cascade virus infected his work computer and he wrote a program to remove it. He co-founded Kaspersky Lab in 1997, led its research, and helped identify instances of government-sponsored cyberwarfare. He became chief executive in 2007 and has argued for an international treaty prohibiting cyberwarfare.