Andrei Abakumov
Chief Information Security Officer Yandex Fintech & Funtech
St Petersburg, St Petersburg City, Russia
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrei Abakumov is a seasoned information security leader with over a decade of experience and 8+ years focused across offensive and defensive security disciplines. As Chief Information Security Officer for Yandex Fintech & Funtech, he has designed cloud-first security architectures that enabled the first Russian bank to run in a public cloud and drove multiple PCI DSS and ISO certifications. He combines hands-on vulnerability research and bug bounty experience with large-scale program delivery—having led teams of 30+, run hundreds of architectural reviews, and implemented company-wide SDLC and DevSecOps practices. Known for bridging product, compliance and SOC functions, he also has a background in social-engineering tooling and automated external web scanning that reflects a pragmatic blend of red-team creativity and enterprise-grade governance.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security, Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security at ITMO University
English, German
Github Skills (53)
rbac10
database-access10
audit10
security10
pentesting10
ssh10
odp9
docker-desktop9
redis9
odt9
xlsx9
socket-io9
editors9
classify9
bastion9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
andrewaeva/DGA
Nov 2014 - Jul 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 37 pushes in 2 years 9 months
maliciousneural-networksmachine-learningdetectdomain
yandex/burp-molly-pack
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:1 release, 7 commits, 5 pushes in 2 months
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