By the presidential decree Yerzhan Seitkulov has been appointed chief of the department for informatization and information resources protection at the President’s Executive Office, El.kz cites Akorda.
Born on April 4 ,1979, Yerzhan Seitkulov is a graduate of the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of the Moscow State Lomonosov University.
He is known as a Kazakh mathematician and information security specialist, and is a professor and director of a research institute at the Gumilyov Eurasian National University.
He was also involved in development of Cyber Shield of Kazakhstan concept and was a freelance advisor to the minister of defense and aerospace industry of Kazakhstan. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in his field.