About Me

Hi, I’m Dmytro Vorotyntsev — a security-minded engineer and strategist with over 16 years of experience in the IT industry, including more than 7 years in DevSecOps roles. My journey has taken me through building secure infrastructure for consumer-scale platforms, leading security-centric engineering teams, and aligning technology with compliance and business goals.

Throughout my career, I have successfully built and led a high-performing Platform and DevOps team, not only with a strong operational focus but also with an engineering-first mindset. By leveraging automation and modern tooling, our team was able to manage infrastructure at scale, reduce incident resolution times, and improve overall system reliability. We collaborated closely with development teams and executive leadership to ensure that incident handling, platform improvements, and business goals were aligned.

In addition to establishing robust incident response protocols, I contributed to designing and implementing scalable, secure systems across multi-cloud environments. I led initiatives in DDoS protection, access control, and continuous compliance. I played a key role in completing successful ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 audits by working closely with CISOs and other stakeholders. At my previous role, I helped scale security practices for a crypto wallet platform serving over 100 million users globally.

I currently lead a security engineering function focused on high-assurance environments. While I don't publicly share the specifics of this work, it significantly contributes to my ongoing growth in security leadership. One of my recent achievements includes successfully contributing to a NIST-based certification of an information system, where I received formal recognition for my key role in the engineering domain. This involved preparing and presenting detailed evidence of implemented security controls, as well as coordinating and delivering comprehensive supporting documentation required for the assessment.

My Mission

This blog is my platform to explore and share what it takes to evolve into a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) — a path I’m deeply committed to.

I believe the modern CISO should not only prepare for defense but also actively adopt proactive and offensive practices to uncover attack surfaces within their own infrastructure and throughout the supply chain. Leveraging AI-driven solutions to improve efficiency, decision-making, and threat detection is essential in this new era of cybersecurity.

That’s why I write about:

  • Security strategy and leadership
  • Building resilient security programs
  • Risk metrics and meaningful KPIs
  • Incident response culture
  • Infrastructure security at scale
  • Developer-centric security enablement
  • Personal growth toward the CISO role

Let’s Connect

Thanks for being here. I hope you find insights, tools, and ideas to help you build better, more secure systems — and maybe, like me, you're also on your own path to CISO.