Konstantin Sapronov

Konstantin Sapronov works as the deputy head of the Global Emergency Response Team at Kaspersky Lab. He joined Kaspersky Lab in 2000 and has been in his current position since August 2011. His previous position was group manager of the virus lab in China since 2007, and he has been responsible for establishing and developing the virus lab at Kaspersky Lab's office in China. Prior to this, he worked as a virus analyst and head of the Non-Intel Platform Group in the virus lab at Kaspersky Lab's HQ in Moscow, specializing in reverse engineering and the analysis of malware, exploits, and vulnerabilities. Konstantin is the author of several analytical articles on malware for Unix and other information security topics. Konstantin holds degrees from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute (a technical university) and the Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and Information Technology.