Latvia sits on a frontline where cybersecurity is inseparable from national resilience: financial services, critical infrastructure, and public institutions are modernizing fast while operating in a high-pressure geopolitical environment. The leaders below span government oversight, regulated finance, online entertainment, utilities, and high-growth SaaS—building governance, detection, and response programs that keep services running and trust intact.
Andris Čevers — Head of Cybersecurity (CISO), State Audit Office of the Republic of Latvia
Andris Čevers leads cybersecurity for Latvia’s supreme audit institution, combining strategic risk governance with hands-on oversight of monitoring, incident response, and compliance. His work aligns security controls to EU and national requirements (including NIS2) while strengthening confidentiality, integrity, and availability of audit systems and data. He brings crisis planning and operational resilience experience into a public-sector setting.
Janis Lasmanis — Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Officer, Evolution
Janis Lasmanis is CISO/CSO at Evolution, following nearly a decade leading the company’s security department. He oversees enterprise-wide security strategy across IT applications, communications, and computing services, coordinating across functions to standardize controls, manage due diligence, and reduce operational risk. His long tenure reflects deep institutional knowledge in securing large-scale, fast-moving environments.
Dmitrijs Macujevs — Chief Information Security Officer, Bilderlings
Dmitrijs Macujevs leads information security at Bilderlings, focusing on corporate governance, risk management, and security-by-design across complex infrastructure. His work spans policy development, global control consistency, incident response oversight, and security awareness programs. Known for translating technical risk into business language, he helps leadership prioritize cyber risk in line with regulatory and operational realities.
Dainis Karklins — Chief Information Security Officer, 4finance
Dainis Karklins is CISO at 4finance, bringing deep experience across banking, insurance, and payments security leadership. He drives security strategy, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and application and network defense while aligning programs to ISO 27001 and broader risk objectives. His background includes regional information security leadership in Northern Europe and regulated financial environments.
Ernests Steinbergs — Chief Information Security Officer, FairMoney
Ernests Steinbergs serves as CISO at FairMoney after progressing through senior security roles spanning security management, compliance, and data protection. His experience includes building risk and technical compliance capabilities at Evolution and supporting enterprise security operations at Atea Global Services. He blends operational security execution with governance discipline—especially valuable in remote and distributed operating models.
Evgeny Rutman — Chief Information Security Officer, Crassula
Evgeny Rutman is CISO at Crassula with a strong foundation in IT audit and technology risk. He has led and executed numerous audits covering IT general controls, SOX-aligned assessments, and risk-based reviews, applying frameworks such as COBIT and ISO 27001. His focus is strengthening governance, controls, and assurance so cybersecurity supports operational resilience and regulatory readiness.
Mārtiņš Švirksts — Chief Information Security Officer, OWBoost
Mārtiņš Švirksts is CISO at OWBoost and a long-standing board member of ISACA Latvia, bringing a blend of consulting, internal security leadership, and governance expertise. He has overseen regional information security across multi-country operations and held cybersecurity roles in telecom and banking. His approach emphasizes structured controls, certifications, and practical knowledge sharing across the community.
Madars Lapcenoks — Chief Information Security Officer, Sorainen
Madars Lapcenoks is CISO at Sorainen, leading security for one of the region’s top law firms. With a long tenure inside the organization, he combines deep IT engineering experience with security operations and tool-driven response capabilities. His work supports the confidentiality and integrity demands of legal services, where trust, privacy, and resilience are non-negotiable.
Ralfs Unbedahts — Chief Information Security Officer, Rīgas ūdens
Ralfs Unbedahts is CISO at Rīgas ūdens, bringing extensive security leadership across energy transmission, banking, transport, and critical infrastructure. He previously served as CISO at Augstsprieguma tīkls AS and PrivatBank and held long-running security leadership roles at Latvijas dzelzceļš. His background includes government-grade security experience and high-stakes infrastructure protection.
Aleksejs Pcelincevs — Chief Information Security Officer, swifter.io
Aleksejs Pcelincevs is CISO at swifter.io, responsible for establishing security, compliance, and DevSecOps strategy for an agentic AI platform. He focuses on multi-tenant cloud security, security-as-code and infrastructure-as-code enforcement, and secure SDLC automation. He is also driving readiness for ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 assessment through controls frameworks and policy implementation.
The Leaders Strengthening Latvia’s Cyber Resilience Across Government, Finance, and Critical Services
Latvia’s cybersecurity maturity is being shaped by leaders who operate across very different risk landscapes—public accountability, regulated finance, always-on digital platforms, and critical infrastructure. Their combined impact is clear: stronger governance, better detection and response, and security programs designed to enable growth while meeting rising EU and national expectations in a demanding threat environment.