

Ihor Malchenyuk
Strategic Advisor
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Cossack Labs
Ukraine🇺🇦
Ihor Malchenyuk is a veteran cybersecurity leader who recently transitioned from his role of Director of the Cyber Defense Department at Ukraine's SSSCIP, where he provided strategic oversight during a period of unprecedented global threat and led the development of national policies aligned with EU regulations. He is now Strategic Advisor at Cossack Labs, where he leads high-stakes cybersecurity and defense initiatives and integrates Ukraine's unique frontline expertise into the European defense architecture. A recognized security evangelist, Ihor also serves as the Academic Director at CISO Campus, focusing on cultivating the next generation of cybersecurity leaders.
With a 30-year career spanning solution sales at Microsoft and SAP to spearheading Ukraine's first national cyber tabletop exercises under USAID, Ihor brings a multi-dimensional perspective to cyber resilience.
A frequent conference speaker and co-author of several strategic documents, Ihor is proficient in nearly every cybersecurity acronym known to man. Perhaps more impressively, he is renowned for his ability to translate complex technical threats into clear, actionable business strategies that humans can actually understand.

