Igor Muttik (born 1962 in Russia) is a computer security expert, researcher and inventor.

Career

Igor Muttik is a Senior Principal Research Architect with

McAfee McAfee Corp. ( ), formerly known as McAfee Associates, Inc. from 1987 to 1997 and 2004 to 2014, Network Associates Inc. from 1997 to 2004, and Intel Security Group from 2014 to 2017, is an American proprietary software company focused on online ...

which is part of

Intel Corporation Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer components such as central processing ...

since 2011. He started researching computer malware in 1980s when anti-virus industry was in its infancy. Muttik holds a

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physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

from the

Moscow State University Moscow State University (MSU), officially M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University,. is a public university, public research university in Moscow, Russia. The university includes 15 research institutes, 43 faculties, more than 300 departments, a ...

. He has been a member of

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(Computer Antivirus Research Organization) since 1994, and worked as a virus researcher for Dr. Solomon's Software. Since 1998 Muttik was running

’s anti-malware research in

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and switched to his architectural role in 2002. In 2008 he was one of the co-founders of AMTSO (Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization) and was on the Board of AMTSO for 3 years. Muttik was also a co-founder of

Industry Connections Security Group The Industry Connections Security Group (IEEE ICSG) is a global group of computer security entities (past and present members include: Anh Labs, AVG, Avira, ESET, F-Secure, K7 Computing, Kaspersky Labs, Marvell, McAfee, Microsoft, Palo Alto Net ...

(ICSG is part of

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is an American 501(c)(3) organization, 501(c)(3) public charity professional organization for electrical engineering, electronics engineering, and other related disciplines. The IEEE ...

) - he is the chair of the taggant system working group, vice-chair of the ICSG and CMX (clean file

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exchange) working groups. The taggant system and CMX are both part of AMSS (Anti-Malware Support Service). He is a regular speaker at major international security conferences like

Black Hat Briefings Black Hat Briefings (commonly referred to as Black Hat) is a computer security conference that provides security consulting, training, and briefings to hackers, corporations, and government agencies around the world. Black Hat brings together ...

RSA Conference The RSA Conference is a series of IT security conferences. Approximately 45,000 people attend one of the conferences each year. It was founded in 1991 as a small cryptography conference. RSA conferences take place in the United States, Europe, Asia ...

DEF CON DEF CON (also written as DEFCON, Defcon, or DC) is a Computer security conference, hacker convention held annually in Las Vegas Valley, Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON took place in June 1993 and today many attendees at DEF CON include comp ...

Virus Bulletin Virus Bulletin is a magazine about the prevention, detection and removal of malware and spam. It regularly features analyses of the latest virus threats, articles exploring new developments in the fight against viruses, interviews with anti-virus ...

, EICAR. Muttik lives in the UK Muttik is a visiting professor at the Information Security Group at

Royal Holloway, University of London Royal Holloway, University of London (RH), formally incorporated as Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, is a public university, public research university and a constituent college, member institution of the federal University of London. It ...

. He is heading McAfee's work for the security research of mobile devices funded by

EPSRC The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is a British Research Council that provides government funding for grants to undertake research and postgraduate degrees in engineering and the physical sciences, mainly to univers ...

: * MobSec * ACID and * AppGuarden projects. His current work is focused on the architecture of security solutions for smart devices and on hardware-assisted security technologies.

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External links

Issued USPTO patents

Virus Bulletin resources

Muttik's publications
(covering research in solid state physics, anti-malware and in security industry collaboration)
Personal Web page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muttik, Igor Living people 1962 births Russian computer scientists Computer security specialists

Career

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