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

DLP Alert Fatigue: How AI Prioritization and Auto-Remediation Save Burned-Out Security Teams

DLP Alert Fatigue: How AI Prioritization and Auto-Remediation Save ...

Security teams managing DLP in SaaS environments tell me the same thing before we even...

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Why Manual SaaS DLP Is No Longer Sustainable: From Rule Sprawl to AI-Driven Policy Automation

Why Manual SaaS DLP Is No Longer Sustainable: From Rule Sprawl to A...

The clearest early signal that your data security strategy is failing isn’t a breach or...

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Killing DLP False Positives with Semantic AI: Moving Beyond Regex and Keyword Rules

Killing DLP False Positives with Semantic AI: Moving Beyond Regex a...

Security teams managing traditional DLP systems spend roughly one-third of their workday on incidents that...

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Why Traditional DLP Can’t Find PHI in Your SaaS Stack

Why Traditional DLP Can’t Find PHI in Your SaaS Stack

We’ve analyzed hundreds of healthcare organizations running traditional Data Loss Prevention tools in Google Workspace...

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Your Browser Just Became Your Best Compliance Sensor

Your Browser Just Became Your Best Compliance Sensor

You’ve probably been thinking about browser security wrong. Most organizations treat browsers as endpoints to...

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Healthcare’s SaaS Ransomware Problem Isn’t About EHR or Backup, It’s About Recovery

Healthcare’s SaaS Ransomware Problem Isn’t About EHR or...

We keep hearing the same story from healthcare CISOs. They’ve invested in endpoint detection, firewalls,...

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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 Service Options: A Complete Guide

Salesforce Data Export Service 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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Backup Vs Archive: What’s the Difference?

Backup Vs Archive: What’s the Difference?

How to preserve your business-critical information? Do you need an archive if you have your...

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Complete Offboarding Checklist To Preserve Data Security

Complete Offboarding Checklist To Preserve Data Security

One of the critical business processes in that organizations must give due diligence from a...

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Salesforce Sandbox Seeding – Comprehensive Guide

Salesforce Sandbox Seeding – Comprehensive Guide

In this article, we discuss Salesforce Sandbox Seeding in detail. Learn what salesforce sandbox seeding...

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Password Spraying Attack: How to Protect Your Business

Password Spraying Attack: How to Protect Your Business

Password spraying attacks are becoming increasingly popular among cybercriminals wishing to gain unauthorized access to...

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Salesforce Org Compare: Functionality Overview

Salesforce Org Compare: Functionality Overview

In this article, we’ll talk about Salesforce Org Compare and its use purposes for developers...

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How to conduct SOC 2 Audit: Guide for Enterprises

How to conduct SOC 2 Audit: Guide for Enterprises

It can strike fear into the hearts of business leaders and stakeholders alike – compliance...

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How Secure is Microsoft Office 365 Mobile Device Management?

How Secure is Microsoft Office 365 Mobile Device Management?

Businesses actively use Microsoft Microsoft 365 mobile device management for their employees. In this article,...

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Microsoft Office 365 Retention Policy: How to Set, Apply & Avoid Pitfalls

Microsoft Office 365 Retention Policy: How to Set, Apply & Avo...

Microsoft Office 365 Retention Policy helps you manage corporate data. However, we still witness its...

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SecOps Management: Challenges and Best Practices 2023

SecOps Management: Challenges and Best Practices 2023

Security Operations (SecOps) has become an absolutely critical role in most organizations as cybersecurity threats...

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IT Compliance Explained: Guide for Enterprise

IT Compliance Explained: Guide for Enterprise

IT security and compliance is a serious concern for many businesses and organizations. So what...

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Can Antivirus Protect Against Ransomware?

Can Antivirus Protect Against Ransomware?

Can antivirus protect against ransomware? The short answer is it depends. In this article, we’ll...

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NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Enterprises

NIST Cybersecurity Framework for Enterprises

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a non-regulatory agency helping organizations through...

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How to Prevent Zero Day Attacks?

How to Prevent Zero Day Attacks?

Computer software is often prone to attacks. This could be due to internal or external...

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MSPs Ransomware Protection Guide: Keeping Clients Protected

MSPs Ransomware Protection Guide: Keeping Clients Protected

Managed Service Providers frequently become targets of ransomware. The consequences of this event can be...

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Easy Steps to Recover Deleted SharePoint File

Easy Steps to Recover Deleted SharePoint File

Before we jump into the explanation of how you can recover deleted Sharepoint file, let’s quickly...

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What is the Reason for Encrypting Data in a Backup: Uneasy Answer Businesses Need to Hear

What is the Reason for Encrypting Data in a Backup: Uneasy Answer B...

Cloud backup security is becoming an increasingly important issue with the extensive cloud technology adoption....

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How to Secure Google Drive™

How to Secure Google Drive™

Cloud storage has revolutionized the way data can be accessed, edited, shared, and otherwise worked...

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Office 365 Disaster Recovery Plan: 5 Critical Mistakes to Avoid

Office 365 Disaster Recovery Plan: 5 Critical Mistakes to Avoid

So you’ve decided to back up your organization’s Office 365. You already know that backup...

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Data Leak Prevention Checklist for Employee Leave Case

Data Leak Prevention Checklist for Employee Leave Case

One of our customers, a company that is the leading CRM solutions provider, faced a...

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How to Develop an Effective Cloud Strategy

How to Develop an Effective Cloud Strategy

A poor cloud strategy includes everything from no planning at all to performing migrations to...

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Google Drive™ Ransomware Recovery: 3 Best Practices

Google Drive™ Ransomware Recovery: 3 Best Practices

In this article, we discuss the methods of Google Drive™ ransomware recovery as well as...

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Data Loss Prevention Tools: Everything You Need to Know

Data Loss Prevention Tools: Everything You Need to Know

As more organizations are moving their data and operations to the cloud, you should consider...

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Microsoft Office 365 Ransomware: Cybersecurity Guide for SecOps

Microsoft Office 365 Ransomware: Cybersecurity Guide for SecOps

Global pandemics and the transition to WFH operations made businesses more vulnerable to cyber threats,...

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What You Should Know About Homomorphic Encryption

What You Should Know About Homomorphic Encryption

There is a weakness with traditional encryption techniques. What is that weakness? Also, what is...

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SOC 2 Compliance Checklist For Enterprises

SOC 2 Compliance Checklist For Enterprises

SOC 2 is required for companies that store or process sensitive information. So if your...

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5 Things to Know About OneDrive Security

5 Things to Know About OneDrive Security

Keeping your data secure is not a piece of cake these days. With all the...

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What is Data Encryption and Why is it Important?

What is Data Encryption and Why is it Important?

There is perhaps no more basic security mechanism than data encryption. Encryption is used in...

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Cloud Backups vs Archives. Why We Need Both

Cloud Backups vs Archives. Why We Need Both

No organization today is exempt from need to retrieve data for various purposes whether it...

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Avoid Google File Synchronization Threats with SpinOne

Avoid Google File Synchronization Threats with SpinOne

Twenty years ago, if you were to mention “cloud computing” no one would have known...

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Google Workspace™ Security. Best Practices for Sensitive Data Protection

Google Workspace™ Security. Best Practices for Sensitive Data Pro...

SaaS security is a top priority for 80% of organizations, with key challenges like Shadow...

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