Boris Loza

Who is Boris Loza?

Boris Loza is the founder of SafePatrol Solutions and Tego Systems, as well as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. He was born in Krasnodar, Russia, where he attained a Masters degree at the age of 22 and a PhD at the age of 26, both in Computer Science and Cybernetics. While still living in the former USSR, Loza published more than 30 scientific articles, as well as secured one patent. Upon relocating to Canada in 1996, his PhD was confirmed by the Higher Attestation Committee of The University of Toronto.

Since immigrating, Loza has worked for IBM Global Services as a Senior System Administrator and for Fidelity Investments as a Principal Information Systems Security Specialist.

Loza's interest in computer security has led him to continue developing products as well as to publish articles and a book. His articles have been featured in hacker's magazines, such as the "original" Phrack and 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. He has contributed over 40 articles to US industry magazines, such as Usenix;login:, SysAdmin, Inside Solaris, Inside the Internet, and several others.