Business programme

The contribution of Russian Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) enterprises is approximately 50% of GDP and up to 80% of the country's exports. Digital technologies enhance the efficiency of key sectors, such as healthcare, industry, communications, transport, energy, finance and the media. The smooth operation and high quality of the CII play a crucial role in enabling efficient logistics, financial growth and fostering interaction among market players. However, these benefits can disappear if the CII is targeted by cyber-attacks or other external influences. The Russian CII faces unprecedented risks, and ensuring its sustainability and secure development has become a matter of national security. How can we balance the interests of development and security in the current environment? Are solution developers and CII actors prepared to keep up with the pace of digitalization and the advancement of technological independence? What can Russia provide to its partners from friendly nations to safeguard their information infrastructure?

Moderator
Igor Lyapunov, Senior Vice President for Information Security, Rostelecom; General Director, Rostelecom-Solar

Igor Lyapunov

Senior Vice President for Information Security, Rostelecom; General Director, Rostelecom-Solar

Panellists
Andrey Belevtsev, Senior Vice President, Sberbank
Mikhail Ermolaev, General Director, Greenatom
Dmitry Zauers, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank
Eugene Kaspersky, Chief Executive Officer, Kaspersky Lab
Evgeny Charkin, Deputy Managing Director, Russian Railways
Aleksandr Shoitov, Deputy Minister of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation
Vasiliy Shpak, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation

Andrey Belevtsev

Senior Vice President, Sberbank

This department is responsible for developing and implementing a long-term digital strategy, managing implementation and synergy across IT projects to take the company’s key competencies to a new level.

Previous experience:
•18 years’ experience in the IT industry;
•experience in digital transformation at communications service providers (CSPs), network service providers, telecoms companies, or in banking;
•an entrepreneur, ideally co-founder of a digital platform development company;
•experience in systems automation for network and banking market players including MTS, Rostelecom, Yota, Otkrytie Bank, Bin Bank, Bank Zenit, etc.;
•experience in managing the dissemination of IT developments and software at Russian companies in 40 countries worldwide.
Previous employers: RooX, YOTA, CBOSS, ISA RAS.

Dmitry Zauers

Deputy Chairman of the Management Board, Gazprombank

Eugene Kaspersky

Chief Executive Officer, Kaspersky Lab

Eugene Kaspersky is a world-renowned cybersecurity expert and successful entrepreneur. He is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of Kaspersky Lab, the world’s largest privately-held vendor of endpoint protection and cybersecurity solutions.
Eugene began his career in cybersecurity accidentally when his computer became infected with the ‘Cascade’ virus in 1989. Eugene’s specialized education in cryptography helped him analyze the encrypted virus, understand its behavior, and then develop a removal tool for it. After successfully removing the virus, Eugene’s curiosity and passion for computer technology drove him to start analyzing more malicious programs and developing disinfection modules for them. This exotic collection of antivirus modules would eventually become the foundation for Kaspersky Lab’s antivirus database. Today the database is one of the most comprehensive and complete collections in cybersecurity, used in detecting and preventing systems from being infected by more than 500 million malicious programs.
Further pursuing his passion for defensive technologies, in 1990 Eugene started gathering a team of like-minded enthusiast researchers to create the AVP Toolkit Pro antivirus program, which four years later was recognized by the University of Hamburg as the most effective antivirus software in the world.
Wishing to combine their successful track record of antivirus programming with their entrepreneurial vision, Eugene and his colleagues decided to establish their own independent company. In 1997 Kaspersky Lab was founded, with Eugene heading the company’s antivirus research. In 2007 he was named Kaspersky Lab’s CEO.
Today Kaspersky Lab is one of the fastest growing IT security vendors worldwide, operating in almost 200 countries and territories worldwide. The company employs more than 3,800 professionals and IT security specialists in 35 dedicated regional offices across 31 countries, and its cybersecurity technologies protect over 400 million users worldwide.
Kaspersky Lab’s globally renowned team of experts has investigated some of the most complex and sophisticated cyberattacks ever known, including Stuxnet, Flame, and Red October. The company also cooperates extensively with INTERPOL, Europol, and national police bodies to actively assist them in their fight against cybercrime.
Eugene has an Honorary Doctorate of Science from the UK’s Plymouth University. He regularly gives both lectures on cybersecurity at universities around the globe, and keynotes at leading conferences and industry events.
Eugene is both a passionate traveler and dedicated devotee of wild nature and adventure-tourism. He is also a talented photographer, which assists in his prolific chronicling of his exploits in his blog – from polar expeditions and glacier crossings to volcano scaling and jungle trekking.

Evgeny Charkin

Deputy Managing Director, Russian Railways

Vasiliy Shpak

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation