Course Instructors

Anna Vladimirova-Kryukova

Lawyer of the intellectual property and information technology practice group of the Latvian office of COBALT. The lecturer specializes in data protection, technology and sustainability issues, is a European data protection specialist (CIPP/E), a certified lead auditor of information security management systems (ISO/IEC 27001), a certified personal data protection specialist of the Republic of Latvia and a cyber security specialist. She also has extensive experience in commercial law matters related to start-ups.

Kirils Solovjovs

Head of security company "Possible Security", IT policy activist, vulnerability finder and the most visible "good hacker" in Latvia. Kirill specializes in network flow analysis and reverse engineering, as well as social engineering. Experienced in investigating security incidents. Kirill has obtained three higher educations with distinction, incl. Master's degree in computer science at the University of Latvia, specializing in computer networks specialist and project manager. His professional experience is complemented by an internship at the NATO Cyber Defense Center of Excellence, developing the Crossed Swords red team exercise.

Āris Dzērvāns

Āris Dzērvāns has held significant roles, managing the ICT sector in notable firms such as Latvijas Valsts ceļi and Latvijas Valsts meži. Additionally, he has acted as the Director of Rīgas digitālā aģentūra and played a pivotal role in shaping the National ICT policies of Latvia during his tenure as Deputy Secretary of State for Digital Transformation at VARAM. Moreover, the lecturer has over 15 years of valuable experience working with Microsoft.

Dāvis Indriksons

Dāvis Indriksons is the Head of the support and management team of "Arvato Systems Latvia" customized applications and a certified ITIL® MP.