Igor Muttik
IRL Name:
Igor Muttik
Biography:
Prof. Igor Muttik Prof. Igor Muttik (PhD) (born 1962 in Russia) is a computer security professional, researcher and inventor. He started researching computer malware in the 1980s when the anti-virus industry was in its infancy. He is based in the UK and worked as a virus researcher for Dr. Solomon's Software. From 1998 he ran McAfee's malware research in EMEA and switched to his architectural role in 2002. He takes particular interest in applied security research and design of new security software and hardware. Igor holds a Ph.D. degree in physics and mathematics from the Moscow University. Igor has worked for Intel Corporation since McAfee was acquired in 2011.