Hedge fund operational due diligence specialist Castle Hall has appointed Vladimir Rabotka as Director – Security and Systems Administration with responsibility for the firm’s internal cyber security policies.
He will also provide expert advice to Castle Hall’s global client base around operational due diligence on asset manager cyber security.
Rabotka comes to Castle Hall with more than 10 years of IT experience, including five years with McGill University, where he most recently held the role of Security Analyst, Network and Communications Services. Vladimir has extensive experience across the domain of Information Security, focusing on risk analysis, vulnerability management, intrusion detection and prevention, security information and event management, and Payment Card Industry compliance. He has also published a number of articles related to technology security.
Rabotka holds a Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence and Distributed Computing and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional. In addition, Vladimir is currently pursuing a PhD in Information Systems Security at Concordia University.
“In an ever more sophisticated governance, risk and compliance environment, institutional investors now place far greater emphasis on asset manager cyber security risks as part of initial and ongoing operational due diligence” says Chris Addy (pictured), President & CEO of Castle Hall Alternatives. “The challenge for investors, however, is how to bridge the gap between extremely technical subject matter and more practical guidance as to how to approach cyber security issues during a real world operational diligence review. Vladimir will enhance Castle Hall’s ability to translate IT technicalities into actionable knowledge for asset owners.”
“I am delighted to join Castle Hall Alternatives’ rapidly growing team,” says Rabotka. “In addition to my engagement with the firm’s client base, I also look forward to supporting Castle Hall’s internal IT security infrastructure. OpsDiligence, Castle Hall’s online risk management app, now contains data on several thousand fund entities: the firm is intensely focused on the security of client data at every stage of the due diligence process.”