About

Boris Sverdlik is an accomplished Information Security and Risk Management Executive with over 15 years of experience in the industry. As the Director of Security at Quizlet, he provides strategic and tactical guidance for the most comprehensive security program with maximum impact and minimal friction to employees, customers, and partners. Boris is a seasoned professional who works with the most talented SME’s in the industry to perform a deep analysis of the core business and identify critical assets as part of a comprehensive risk management approach. He then develops a security program customized to the risk appetite, budget, and culture of the organization. Boris helps organizations sift through the vast security products and misleading magic bullet solutions targeted at organizations with unlimited budget and resources. With his targeted program, he enables organizations to focus on their strategic goals of revenue generation with minimal risk. Boris has a wealth of experience in various areas of security, including Security Budgeting and vendor negotiations, Private and Public Cloud Security (Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Azure), Application Security, Identity and Access Management, Vulnerability Management, Managed Security Services, Physical and Virtual Network Security, Log Aggregation & Management, Endpoint Security, User Behavior Analytics, Disaster Recovery, Business Continuity Planning, DNS security, DDoS mitigation, Virtualization Security, Mobile Security, and Internet Of Things Security. Boris has worked with several organizations in the past, including Clover Health, where he served as the Director of Solutions Engineering and Security Operations, and Restoration Hardware, where he served as the Senior Director of Information Security. He has a strong technical background in Azure, Mobile, and Web technologies. Overall, Boris is a highly skilled and experienced Information Security and Risk Management Executive who is dedicated to helping organizations develop targeted security programs that enable them to focus on their strategic goals of revenue generation with minimal risk.