Summary
Giorgi Iashvili is a cybersecurity and digital resilience expert and founder based in Tbilisi with two decades of advisory experience and a decade of focused professional engagement across government, international development, and academia. He has led national-level security programs as CISO of the National Bank of Georgia and directed election cybersecurity and IT infrastructure work while advising organizations like USAID, the European Commission, and the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office. As founder of Cyber Trust and a Senior Cybersecurity Expert for EU missions, he combines hands-on incident preparedness with policy, capacity building, and workforce development across fragile and transitional contexts. An associate professor and visiting lecturer with an MSc in Information Security & Privacy from Cardiff, he translates academic rigor into practical, auditable security programs. His profile reflects a rare mix of operational technical depth, strategic advising in conflict-affected environments, and sustained commitment to building local cyber capacity.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Mathematics and Computer Science, Mathematics and Computer Science at Junior Mathematicians’ and Programmers’ School
PhD Information Security Governance (Candidate), PhD Information Security Governance (Candidate) at Georgian Technical University
MSc IT Management, MSc IT Management at Tbilisi State University
The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP), The Swedish Institute Academy for Young Professionals (SAYP) at Linköping University
MSc Information Security & Privacy, MSc Information Security & Privacy at Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd
Georgian, Russian, English, Ukrainian, Arabic