Aleksandr Yampolskiy
Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Co-Founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, is a globally recognized cybersecurity innovator and expert. Since co-founding the company in 2014, he has been instrumental in developing a platform that measures and communicates cyber risk, leading SecurityScorecard to become a trusted cybersecurity brand. His vision has driven the company's growth to serve tens of thousands of customers, including a significant portion of the Fortune 100.
Career Milestones
- Aleksandr Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard, earned a Ph.D. in Cryptography from Yale University in 2006.
- He served as CISO at Gilt Groupe and CTO at BlogTalkRadio, scaling its technology to over 30 million monthly visitors.
- In 2014, he co-founded SecurityScorecard, pioneering security ratings to measure and quantify cyber risk.
- Yampolskiy was named E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 New York Award winner and Cyber Defense Magazine's CEO of the Year.
- He also received the Public Key Cryptography Conference Test of Time Award for his verifiable random function invention.
- These achievements underscore his commitment to transforming how organizations understand and manage cybersecurity risk.
About SecurityScorecard
SecurityScorecard, founded in 2013, is a cybersecurity risk management company. They help organizations across industries like finance, healthcare, and retail manage cyber risk. Core features include security ratings, continuous monitoring, and third-party risk management. Benefits include improved visibility into security risks and enhanced decision-making.