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as a whole company . So there is the risk ownership and there is awareness of what it means to own the assets . And always asking what risks are there ”
Speaking on the impending explosion of quantum computing over the next decade , Antukh cites quantum computing and quantum cryptography as a major issue . He adds , “ I think it ' s again more about the mindset . So whenever there is a new technology , whenever there is a new approach , there are inherent risks in that . So it ' s about how we are able to build that threat model , how we ' re able to identify those risks . And what are the controls there ?”
One example Antukh evokes is that of the Metaverse from Facebook / Meta , which is moving to a new reality . “ Hacking that reality might have some consequences , which we don ' t even think about right now , but might be quite serious . And there ’ s also deep fakes , for example , or imitating the voice of somebody to pass some of the traditional controls , for banking transfers , among many others threats .”
How Glovo stays ahead of the pack The focus for Glovo is to keep growing and expanding into countries and continue to strengthen their footprint in existing markets in which they currently operate . “ We are in 24 countries , in more than a thousand cities worldwide , and we have over 4 million users . So I believe that Africa is going to be a focus for us . And over the next 18 months , we ’ ll look forward to expanding further .”
When asked to describe Glovo ’ s competitive edge , Antukh says that it is two-fold to him personally , starting with an amazing culture that employees strongly believe in . “ This is about how we work all together and we support each other . However , from the market perspective , I
“ I ' d been personally using Bitwarden for some time . We tried it for corporate security purposes and it was a big success ”
ALEXANDER ANTUKH CISO , GLOVO
108 March 2022