Born in Novorossiysk, Russia, Eugene graduated from the Institute of Cryptography, Telecommunications and Computer Science and worked at a multi-disciplinary scientific research institute until 1991. He began studying computer viruses in 1989, when the Cascade virus was detected on his computer.

From 1991 to 1997 Eugene worked at the KAMI Information Technologies Center where he developed the AVP antivirus project with a group of associates (AVP was renamed Kaspersky Anti-Virus in November 2000). Eugene Kaspersky became a co-founder of Kaspersky Labs in 1997.

Today Eugene Kaspersky is one of the world's leading experts in the information security field: he has written a large number of articles and reviews covering the problem of computer virology and speaks regularly at specialized seminars and conferences all over the world.

Costin Raiu has been involved in antivirus research and the development of antivirus technologies for more than 9 years. He is a member of the Virus Bulletin Technical Advisory Board and CARO. Costin also provides his services as an incident reporter to The Wildlist Organization International and has written and published extensively on data security and computer viruses.

In 1994 Costin joined GeCAD s.r.l, as Chief Researcher and Data Security Expert in the Romanian AntiVirus (RAV) Team, where he was responsible for product development. Since 2000, Costin has been working with Kaspersky Labs, where he concentrates on new antivirus technologies development, and security and monitoring research.

David is responsible for delivering information on viruses and other security threats, together with Kaspersky products and technology, through presentations, exhibitions and the mass media.

David has worked in the security industry for more than 14 years and has developed an in-depth knowledge of the business and technical issues facing individual and corporate users during successive generations of viruses, worms and other malicious threats.

David joined Dr Solomon's Software in 1990, playing various roles in the years that followed, including Technical Support Manager and Senior Technology Consultant. During this time, he was responsible for establishing and running Dr Solomon's Technical Support department and was closely involved with customer seminars and technical training, including Dr Solomon's Live Virus Workshop. Following the acquisition of Dr Solomon's by Network Associates, David worked as a Systems Engineer and Product Manager, before joining the Product Marketing team in January 2001, where he took on responsibility for the strategic marketing direction, product positioning and messaging for McAfee AVERT, scan engine and Internet gateway appliances.

Born in Dnepropetrovsk, Alexander Gostev founded the Republic of Komi Anti-Virus Centre in 1996 and provided consulting services. Prior to joining the Kaspersky Lab Virus Laboratory in 2003, he worked for Syktyvkar State University, Syktyvkar Mechanical Engineering Factory and Komitex/KomiSat ISP.

Yury Mashevsky was born in Smolensk, and completed both his undergraduate and graduate studies at the Smolensk branch of Moscow Energy Institute (Technical University). He received a PhD for his dissertation on information security.

Before joining Kaspersky Lab in 2003, he worked as an information security systems developer, focussing on protecting information against theft and unauthorized analysis. While working in this field, he became interested in virus analysis.

Roel was born in St. Odilliënberg, the Netherlands and has always been fascinated by all aspects of security.

When his antivirus solution failed, this fascination grew, and he decided to take a closer look at the world of viruses and antiviruses. This quickly became a passion.

He joined Kaspersky Lab in 2004, where his current responsibilities include monitoring the malware situation in the region, preliminary analysis of malware and developing treatment for new viruses.