In 1996, he graduated from the Russian Technological University (MIREA) with a degree in Applied Mathematics (specialization - Information Security). He began his career in the field of information security in 1992. He worked as an information security specialist in various government and commercial organizations. He went from being an encryption programmer and administrator to an analyst and business development manager in the field of information security.

He lectures on information security at various educational institutions and organizations, and is the author of three dozen courses on information security.

He took part in the development and examination of a large number of regulatory legal acts in the field of information security and personal data. He worked in the Russian office of Cisco, where he was responsible for the development of the information security business in Russia, the CIS and Europe, and also performed a number of other tasks in the field of internal information security. Since 2022 - information security business consultant at Positive Technologies.