Revolut's Vladimir Krupnov on Security Challenges, Third-Party Risk and FTX

Monday, 12/12/2022 | 18:45 GMT by Ben Myers
  • Vladimir Krupnov, a Threat Intelligence Lead at Revolut talks with Finance Magnates.
  • A frank discussion on the threats and challenges in cyber security.
Vladimir Krupnov, Revolut
Vladimir Krupnov, Revolut

A recent panelist at the FMLS event was Vladimir Krupnov, the Threat Intelligence Lead at the fast-growing challenger bank, Revolut.

After explaining his role at Revolut, Vladimir talked of the start-up culture at the London-headquartered company and the challenges the rapid growth, now boasting over 25 million customers worldwide, brings.

"The more we get the brand exposure, obviously that attracts other elements, a percentage of which are fraudsters and hackers," he explained.

Vladimir talked of the threats that fintech faces, the biggest threat? "third-party risk," he said confidently, delving into the vulnerabilities of third-party involvement in the "whole vendor life cycle."

When it comes to security and preventing hacks, Vladimir discussed the need for collaboration, stressing that "security is a global issue" and "talking to your competitors, security is outside of the competition."

Vladimir spoke with cautious optimism of communities sharing information: "I see more and more communities and again instruments which allows fintechs to share these data share intelligence to share threat related information but again it's very much ad hoc uh so it's still a bit chaotic though it starts getting more formulated."

London-based Vladimir praised the UK for leading the fight against cybercrime, saying: "the UK is definitely very much forward thinking." and that the Online safety bill "should have a very positive contribution to the general safety."

After discussing the Government's battle between privacy and safety, I pressed Vladimir on his thoughts on the hundreds of millions of dollars drained from FTX in the chaos of its collapse and whether or not it was an inside job. "once it comes to these sort of volumes, the result is always some inside involvement, either intentional or unintentional."

"I'm all lining to an inside job" he concluded.

Catch all the panels, discussions and video interviews from FMLS22 at the Finance Magnates Youtube Channel here.

A recent panelist at the FMLS event was Vladimir Krupnov, the Threat Intelligence Lead at the fast-growing challenger bank, Revolut.

After explaining his role at Revolut, Vladimir talked of the start-up culture at the London-headquartered company and the challenges the rapid growth, now boasting over 25 million customers worldwide, brings.

"The more we get the brand exposure, obviously that attracts other elements, a percentage of which are fraudsters and hackers," he explained.

Vladimir talked of the threats that fintech faces, the biggest threat? "third-party risk," he said confidently, delving into the vulnerabilities of third-party involvement in the "whole vendor life cycle."

When it comes to security and preventing hacks, Vladimir discussed the need for collaboration, stressing that "security is a global issue" and "talking to your competitors, security is outside of the competition."

Vladimir spoke with cautious optimism of communities sharing information: "I see more and more communities and again instruments which allows fintechs to share these data share intelligence to share threat related information but again it's very much ad hoc uh so it's still a bit chaotic though it starts getting more formulated."

London-based Vladimir praised the UK for leading the fight against cybercrime, saying: "the UK is definitely very much forward thinking." and that the Online safety bill "should have a very positive contribution to the general safety."

After discussing the Government's battle between privacy and safety, I pressed Vladimir on his thoughts on the hundreds of millions of dollars drained from FTX in the chaos of its collapse and whether or not it was an inside job. "once it comes to these sort of volumes, the result is always some inside involvement, either intentional or unintentional."

"I'm all lining to an inside job" he concluded.

Catch all the panels, discussions and video interviews from FMLS22 at the Finance Magnates Youtube Channel here.

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