ask me anything — Expert Community https://community.bitdefender.com/en/ Thu, 03 Oct 2024 22:04:14 +0000 en ask me anything — Expert Community Ask our Principal Software Developer anything https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/92902/ask-our-principal-software-developer-anything Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:09:18 +0000 Security Research Team Alexandru_BD 92902@/en/discussions

At Bitdefender, we take great pride in the advanced security solutions we provide, and even greater pride in the success our customers achieve when they use our products. Behind performance and success, there are always committed and resilient Bitdefenders that make things happen.

The developers use their advanced programming skills and design knowledge to build the awarded antivirus that protects so many users worldwide.

Our Q&A spotlight series where community members meet our specialists continues, and this month we’re featuring Cristian AMARIE, a Principal Software Developer at Bitdefender, who will be answering your questions. Here's what he wanted to share with you:

Working in Bitdefender for some years now, mostly doing C++ on Windows, tinkering on operating system's insides, browsers (mostly Chromium) and in general I like to tackle hard Win32 chapters known to man. Outside work, I'm indulging in enormous quantities of coffee, running my own Rock Now Radio station, very large fully upgraded Dawn of War and Starcraft armies, very sharp King's Gambit (white) and Najdorf Sicilian with black and watching everything classic Doom and Quake.

Cristian is also an experienced member of this community, as he joined us back in 2012 and amassed an impressive number of comments over the years.

What would you like to know? Ask your questions in the comments below! ⬇️

]]> The Bitdefender Security Research Director will answer your questions! https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/90455/the-bitdefender-security-research-director-will-answer-your-questions Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:36:39 +0000 Security Research Team Alexandru_BD 90455@/en/discussions Our Community was born with the purpose of bringing together Bitdefender users, enthusiasts and experts alike and to create an unique experience. The core values that stand by its foundation are inclusion, support, ideation, diversity and the voice of our members. When we said you could get in touch with our research team and also contribute to the development of your favorite cybersecurity solution, we meant it. We are pleased to announce the first major upcoming event, out of a series of many surprises to come. Our special guest for next week is one of the most iconic Defenders who helped shape the bulletproof Antivirus we have today.

Beloved Community members, I present you Alex "Jay" Balan!


I’m Alex “Jay” Balan, security research director @Bitdefender. I mainly drive vulnerability research (a few hardcore offensive teams that managed to find 0days in pretty much everything they got their hands on), was the founder of Bitdefender’s bug bounty program, one of the founders of our innovation & new product development unit a long time ago, was the product manager for Bitdefender’s UNIX based security solutions, was a speaker more than once at RSAC, DEFCON, DerbyCon and many others and, occasionally, I act as a spokesperson for journalists and media enquiries. AMA.

Join us on this thread on Tuesday, February 22 when Jay will answer YOUR QUESTIONS starting with 11:00am EET straight from the Bitdefender Headquarters in Bucharest.

Save the date and please ask your questions in real time in the comments below.

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