Niko Akatyev
Principal Cybersecurity Architect at BoB at Korea IT Research Institute
Singapore, Singapore
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Top SchoolNiko Akatyev is a Principal Cybersecurity Architect with 12 years of experience building security programs, internal security teams, and engineering organizations across startups and enterprise environments. He progressed from software developer to VP of Internal Security & IT at Horangi, where he built three teams from scratch and drove SOC2 Type II certification in under 18 months. Now advising clients at Bitdefender, he blends hands-on product and engineering experience with pragmatic security operations and compliance guidance. A committed community builder and educator, Niko founded Seoul Tech Society, mentors at Korea’s Best of the Best program, and helps organize Div0 and the Global Cybersecurity Camp. He publishes academic research and speaks globally, often teaching niche topics like threat attribution and cross-disciplinary incident response that bridge digital forensics and intelligence.
12 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science, Master of Science (MSc) Computer Science at Nizhny Novgorod State Technical UniversityCourseraMaster of Science (MSc) Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Master of Science (MSc) Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Korea University
Chinese, French, Romanian, Russian, English, Korean
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Github Skills (22)
android6
parsing6
plug6
java6
eclipse-plugin6
eclipse5
malware3
react3
security2
docker2
probot2
vault2
stream2
python1
github1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
SeoulTech/Manal
Mar 2014 - Jul 2014
Contributions:70 commits in 3 months
forensicplug-ineclipsejavamalware
kolyaak/flask-sdl
Aug 2017 - Mar 2019
An example of the flask app evolution for the SDL explanation
Contributions:2 PRs, 4 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 6 months
pythonevolutionflask-appsdlflask
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