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Sergiy Balynsky

Sergiy Balynsky

Sergiy Balynsky

VP of Engineering at Spin.AI

Sergiy Balynsky is the VP of Engineering at Spin.AI, responsible for guiding the company's technological vision and overseeing engineering teams.

He played a key role in launching a modern, scalable platform that has become the market leader, serving millions of users.

Before joining Spin.AI, Sergiy contributed to AI/ML projects, fintech startups, and banking domains, where he successfully managed teams of over 100 engineers and analysts. With 15 years of experience in building world-class engineering teams and developing innovative cloud products, Sergiy holds a Master's degree in Computer Science.

His primary focus lies in team management, cybersecurity, AI/ML, and the development and scaling of innovative cloud products.

Blog Posts by Sergiy Balynsky

Real-Time Threat Intelligence: Stopping Ransomware Before It Starts

Real-Time Threat Intelligence: Stopping Ransomware Before It Starts

In the past, even experts thought ransomware was a recovery problem. You get hit. You...

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Why Backup Systems Were Left Out of Zero Trust

Why Backup Systems Were Left Out of Zero Trust

When security teams started implementing zero-trust frameworks five years ago, they focused on users, endpoints,...

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Why Backup Security Controls Are the New Perimeter

Why Backup Security Controls Are the New Perimeter

We’ve been watching an uncomfortable pattern emerge across ransomware incidents over the past few years....

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Why SaaS Backup and SSPM Are Merging Into Single Platforms

Why SaaS Backup and SSPM Are Merging Into Single Platforms

We’ve been watching backup vendors absorb SSPM capabilities for the past few years. What first...

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The Shared Responsibility Gap in SaaS Security

The Shared Responsibility Gap in SaaS Security

We’ve talked to scores of IT teams right after they discovered a gap in their...

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Why Backup Infrastructure Became the Easiest Target in Enterprise Security

Why Backup Infrastructure Became the Easiest Target in Enterprise S...

Even organizations with maturing security programs (strong perimeter defenses, good identity management, regular pen testing)...

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The SaaS Recovery Gap: What IT Leaders Know That Their Systems Don’t

The SaaS Recovery Gap: What IT Leaders Know That Their Systems Don&...

We analyzed recent research on SaaS backup and recovery capabilities, and one pattern emerged that...

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Why Most Organizations Still Lose SaaS Data Despite Knowing the Risk

Why Most Organizations Still Lose SaaS Data Despite Knowing the Risk

You can run a simple test to see how effective your SaaS backup solution is....

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Why Ransomware Detection Changes Everything in Recovery

Why Ransomware Detection Changes Everything in Recovery

The moment we realized the industry had it backward wasn’t in a lab or during...

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Why Continuous Monitoring Isn’t Optional in Healthcare and Fintech SaaS Security

Why Continuous Monitoring Isn’t Optional in Healthcare and Fi...

Healthcare organizations remained prime targets for cybercriminals last year, with millions of patient records exposed...

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Multi-SaaS Security That Actually Works

Multi-SaaS Security That Actually Works

We manage 1500+ organizations’ SaaS environments and have seen a very clear trend emerge: organizations...

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How We’re Helping People Solve SaaS Security Without Adding Headcount

How We’re Helping People Solve SaaS Security Without Adding H...

When security teams tell us they need more people, they’re usually describing a different problem....

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Why Stopping Ransomware in Your Live SaaS Environment Matters as Much as Your Backups

Why Stopping Ransomware in Your Live SaaS Environment Matters as Mu...

The first concrete step is simple: stop waiting for ransomware to infect your whole environment....

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Why Two Hours Is the New Standard for SaaS Ransomware Recovery

Why Two Hours Is the New Standard for SaaS Ransomware Recovery

Last week a few of our experts were speaking to a group of leaders about...

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The Third-Party Access Problem Hiding in Your SaaS Stack

The Third-Party Access Problem Hiding in Your SaaS Stack

We walk financial services organizations through their OAuth app inventory at least twice a month....

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Ransomware Attacks Surged 126% in 2025. Are You Actually Prepared?

Ransomware Attacks Surged 126% in 2025. Are You Actually Prepared?

According to a recent report there were 4,701 confirmed ransomware incidents between January and September...

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We Investigated Common SaaS Backup Practices. The Numbers Surprised Even Us.

We Investigated Common SaaS Backup Practices. The Numbers Surprised...

Our research team spent the last month digging into data backup practices across mid-market and...

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The Data Security Crisis No One Was Watching For

The Data Security Crisis No One Was Watching For

I’ve spent the past year watching something unsettling unfold in mid-market security operations. Organizations are...

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Data Risk Management: What Every K-12 School Needs to Know Before Installing Browser Extensions

Data Risk Management: What Every K-12 School Needs to Know Before I...

The average K-12 school system in the United States experiences 2.3 breaches of student data...

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Understanding What is Ransomware Attack: A Brief Guide

Understanding What is Ransomware Attack: A Brief Guide

The number of ransomware attacks has been growing steadily for the past years. So have...

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Recovery Point Actual: a Critical Indicator for SMB Disaster Recovery

Recovery Point Actual: a Critical Indicator for SMB Disaster Recovery

Many small and even medium businesses do not have a well-articulated disaster recovery strategy for...

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Salesforce Data Export Options: A Complete Guide

Salesforce Data Export Options: A Complete Guide

Companies use Salesforce data export to back up their sales pipeline data. Many Admins use...

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Data Backup Management: Importance, Role, and Best Practices

Data Backup Management: Importance, Role, and Best Practices

Counter to popular belief, SMBs are prone to data loss just as much as enterprises....

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Google Workspace™ Security: Top 6 Risks to Avoid in 2025

Google Workspace™ Security: Top 6 Risks to Avoid in 2025

Google Workspace™ is a popular collection of user-friendly, cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools. But its...

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