Summary
Sergey Soldatov is a cybersecurity leader with over 20 years of IT experience who now heads Kaspersky’s international Security Operations Center and threat hunting teams. He progressed from C/C++ software development into network and enterprise security, uniquely combining hands-on technical skills with program-level security governance and risk-driven architecture. Sergey has built SOCs and infosec divisions from scratch across large enterprises (including RN‑Inform/Rosneft and TNK‑BP), launched Kaspersky’s Managed Detection and Response services, and developed SOC maturity and framework offerings. He excels at translating risk assessments into pragmatic, business-aligned security controls and operational processes, including incident response, threat hunting, DLP, IAM and SCADA protection. Known for bridging engineering depth and management practice, he also brings a formal technical education from Bauman MSTU and a track record of designing robust security operations under complex corporate constraints.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Maths and Physics, Diploma with distinction, Maths and Physics, Diploma with distinction at Litsey 44 (liceum44.ru)
engineer-developer, Information Security (IU8, IU4), 5.0, engineer-developer, Information Security (IU8, IU4), 5.0 at Bauman Moscow State Technical University
English, Spanish