ceo consultant product manager author cybersecurity expert
Sorin Mustaca is Romanian and has built his professional life in the information-security sector across Romania and Germany. He has worked in IT security since 2000, combining technical product development with product management, security education, and consulting. His professional qualifications include the CSSLP credential from (ISC)² and CompTIA Security+ and Project+ certifications.
Mustaca studied at the Politehnica University of Bucharest from 1997 to 2002. His later professional development has included specialist credentials in secure software development, information security, and project management, including the (ISC)² CSSLP and CompTIA Security+ and Project+ certifications, as well as a cyberdiplomacy course delivered by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs in 2021.
Mustaca entered the IT-security industry in 2000. Until 2003 he worked for RAV Antivirus, which was acquired by Microsoft in 2003. From 2003 to 2014 he worked for Avira, progressing into product-management and security-expert responsibilities. At Avira he was responsible for major AntiVir products used by more than 100 million users worldwide and contributed to product communications and security education, including work concerning Windows, macOS, Linux, and mobile platforms. He left Avira in 2014 and from the end of that year operated his own consulting business, initially identified as Sorin Mustaca IT Security Consulting UG and later as Endpoint Cybersecurity GmbH. Through Endpoint Cybersecurity he advises organizations on security-product development, antimalware and endpoint protection, secure software development, application testing, automotive cybersecurity, and preparation for TISAX, ISO 27001, NIS2, Cyber Resilience Act, and related audits. He also founded and operates IT Security News and maintains the Improve Your Security information project.
Managed and contributed to Avira AntiVir products used by more than 100 million users worldwide.
Founded a cybersecurity consulting business that assists organizations with security-product development, secure software development, application testing, and cybersecurity compliance.
Presented research and practical analysis on emerging anti-malware companies and cybersecurity product development at Virus Bulletin conferences.
Created the Improve Your Security project, providing accessible guidance on information security, privacy, online safety, and protection against digital threats.
(Virus Bulletin commentary examining government surveillan...)
2014(Follow-up presentation analyzing the experience of a youn...)
2020(Virus Bulletin conference paper discussing the technical,...)
2019(Virus Bulletin conference paper co-authored with Cosmin L...)
2009(Consumer-oriented information-security book covering acco...)
2013Mustaca advocates practical, understandable security guidance and emphasizes that security should be incorporated into products and software-development processes rather than treated as a late-stage checklist. His published commentary argues for security by design, user education, layered protection, and technologies that address web, application, privacy, and device threats in addition to traditional malware detection.
Quotations: “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw
