Igor Muttik (PhD) is a Principal Research Architect with McAfee Labs™ which is part of Intel Corporation since 2011. He started researching computer malware in 1980s when anti-virus industry was in its infancy. He is based in the UK and worked as a virus researcher for Dr. Solomon’s Software where he later headed the anti-virus research team. From 1998 to 2002 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 PhD degree in physics and mathematics from the Moscow University. He is a regular speaker at major international security conferences and an author of more than 20 international patents.
