Georgy
Lagoda
Independent Cybersecurity Researcher & Security Engineer
Cryptographic Security · Vulnerability Research · Low-Level Systems Security
Most security failures are not failures of design. They appear in the implementation — in how a primitive was written, how a compiler transformed it, how a processor executed it. This practice works at that level.
Expertise
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CRYPTOGRAPHY
Primitives, protocols, implementations
Cryptographic Security
Security analysis of cryptographic implementations, primitives, protocols, and implementation-level behavior.
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VULNERABILITY
Authorized assessment and validation
Vulnerability Research
Authorized vulnerability assessment, technical investigation, reproduction, and controlled validation.
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SYSTEMS
Binary, kernel, instruction set
Low-Level Systems Security
Security analysis at software, binary, operating-system, instruction-set, and processor architecture levels.
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HARDWARE
Processor behavior and boundaries
Hardware & CPU Security
Research into processor behavior, hardware/software boundaries, implementation-level security properties, and mitigations.
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ENGINEERING
Architecture, review, advisory
Security Engineering
Architecture review, security design, implementation analysis, and technical security advisory.
Research
Current research spans cryptographic implementation security and processor-level security — low-level implementation analysis, software/hardware security boundaries, and the validation of security mitigations. Selected work is conducted in direct technical collaboration with processor technology partners and is subject to NDA.
- Cryptographic implementation security
- Processor-level behavior
- Optimization and security trade-offs
- Low-level code analysis
- Instruction-level behavior
- Validation of security mitigations
Selected research and client engagements are subject to confidentiality obligations.
Professional Background
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Present
Independent practice — Lagoda Security
Cryptographic security, vulnerability research, and processor-level security research, alongside technical advisory work on cryptographic hardware and processor-platform security engineering within a regulated research environment.
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2016–2026
Executive and advisory roles — Technology and digital-transformation organizations
Product strategy, market development, and public-sector technology programs.
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2012–2019
CISO (Chief Information Security Officer), then CEO — SEC Consult
Vulnerability research, application and infrastructure security assessments, and security-methodology development at an Austrian-headquartered international cybersecurity company; leadership of technical security teams across international engagements.
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2011–2012
Information Security Expert — Chronopay
Source-code security review and compliance-driven remediation for an international payment system, including PCI DSS / OWASP / WASC-aligned work and real-time integrity monitoring.
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2007–2012
Software Developer — Microsoft Lab, Lomonosov Moscow State University
Scientific and mathematical software engineering — the systems foundation for the security work that followed.
International Experience
Cybersecurity experience spanning projects across 11 countries, including engagements across banking and financial services, automotive, insurance, payment systems, and public-sector infrastructure.
Extensive security assessment experience across the EU & APAC banking sector.
Much of this experience was carried out through SEC Consult's international project teams; individual client relationships remain confidential.
Academic Background
Currently conducting dissertation research in cryptography, with a focus on cryptographic implementation security, optimization, and processor-level implementation characteristics.
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics.
- cryptography
- implementation security
- processor architecture
Contact
Georgy Lagoda
Independent Cybersecurity Researcher & Security Engineer
Lagoda Security
+1 747 374 3911 — Phone / WhatsApp