Aleksandr Yampolskiy
CEO and Founder
SecurityScorecard

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Aleksandr Yampolskiy began his professional career over 15 years ago. Today, he is the CEO and Founder of SecurityScorecard. SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings and the only service with over 9 million companies continuously rated.


Yampolskiy first got his start in 2006 as a senior member of technical staff at Oracle Corporation. From there, he went on to Goldman Sachs, before eventually founding the NYC Technology Startup meetup, his most recent position prior to joining SecurityScorecard.


Yampolskiy graduated from Yale University with a Ph.D. in cryptography and an MS in cryptography, and from New York University with an undergraduate degree in computer science and mathematics.


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  1. Aleksandr Yampolskiy is a globally recognized cybersecurity innovator, leader, and expert. As co­founder and chief executive officer, Yampolsky has led the company since its beginnings in 2013 to become one of the world’s most trusted cybersecurity brands. His vision is to create a new language for cybersecurity by enabling people to work collaboratively across the enterprise and with external parties to build a more secure ecosystem. He has been a lead technologist for SSO entitlement, IDM and identity federation solutions. Aleksandr Yampolskiy has advised various businesses on best practices for integrating security into their products, while complying with internal/external policies and regulations. Aleksandr has ben cited in the New York Times, Yale Scientific, and published half a dozen articles in top security conferences. In 2006, he was awarded the Best Paper Award in Public Key Cryptography conference for discovering the most efficient Verifiable Random Function to-date. SecurityScorecard enables users to view and continuously monitor security ratings, making all organizations more resilient by allowing them to easily find and fix cybersecurity risks across their externally facing digital footprint. SecurityScorecard is the only provider of instantaneous risk ratings that automatically map to vendor cybersecurity questionnaire responses – providing a true 360 degree view of risk. SecurityScorecard’s patented technology is used by thousands of organizations for self-monitoring, third-party risk management, board reporting and cyber insurance underwriting. The platform automatically generates a recommended action plan for issue remediation in order to achieve a “target” letter grade for customers and their third parties. This includes insights and a clear record of issues that have impacted scores over time. This continues to make the world a safer place by transforming the way companies understand, improve and communicate cybersecurity risk to their boards, employees and vendors. Yampolskiy’s ability to transform SecurityScorecard from a small, tech start up to the Industry leading security ratings platform is testament to the strenght and drive behind this organization.

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  2. Aleksandr Yampolskiy is a globally recognized cybersecurity innovator, leader, and expert. As Co-­Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Yampolskiy has led the company since its beginnings in 2013 to become one of the world’s most trusted cybersecurity brands. His vision is to create a new language for cybersecurity by enabling people to work collaboratively across the enterprise and with external parties to build a more secure ecosystem. Yampolskiy has implemented great direction in all of his roles, past, present and future – from building a team of 1,300 from scratch at Gilt Groupe, to advising multiple businesses on the best practices for incorporating security into their products. Prior to founding SecurityScorecard, Yampolskiy led security and compliance and managed all aspects of Gilt Groupe’s IT infrastructure security, secure application development and PCI compliance. He was also a lead technologist for SSO, IDM, entitlement and other solutions. Yampolskiy’s innate capacity to lead is evident in his multitudinous leadership roles as well as in the very tangible results of our company’s continued success. His leadership has directly contributed toward SecurityScorecard’s status as the leading cybersecurity rating platform, which most recently led to a Series E funding round of over $180 million, leading to a total valuation of the company nearing a billion dollars, according to Reuters.

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