Karpov Anton

Karpov Anton

Biography

He graduated from the department Information security computer of "systems." Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University

2009: Working for Barclays Bank's global cybersecurity service

From 2009 to 2011, he worked in the global service, cyber security British bank Barclays conducted technological security audits of the bank's infrastructure around the world, and ensured Russian that the Barclays branch met global security standards.

2011: Head of Yandex Security Service

Since 2011, he worked at Yandex as the head of the security service, was responsible for the information, physical and economic security of the company.

2023: Vice President and Director of Information Security VK

On October 3, 2023, information appeared that Anton Karpov moved to VK from Yandex, replacing Aleksei Volkov as vice president - director of information security. Volkov, in turn, decided to leave the company and continue his career outside of VK.

As noted, Anton Karpov will oversee the strategic direction of information security. Under his leadership, the team will continue to promote the VK Protect program to protect users and their data, as well as provide practical security for VK products.^[1]

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