Balázs Scheidler

After graduating, the syslog-ng logging software family he developed became the de-facto standard in the IT industry, used by more than 850,000 customers worldwide through BalaBit IT Security.

He is a founding member and major owner of BalaBit IT Security, the company's CEO, the creator of BalaBit's globally recognized products and the leading developer to this day. He is an authority in the open source community, the initiator of numerous Linux-related projects, and a welcome speaker at international conferences.
BalaBit is one of the world's leading IT security software developers in the fields of high-privilege user monitoring, log collection and storage, and proxy-based firewall solutions. With its innovative technology solutions, it supports its customers in preventing external and internal threats and in complying with IT security and compliance regulations. In 2009, BalaBit, which is fully Hungarian-owned, was included in the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list of the fastest growing companies in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region. The company has offices in France, Germany, Italy, Russia, and the United States, and its customers and partners can be found on all inhabited continents worldwide.

Awards: Tibor Gyurós Award – “Manager of the Year in Infocommunications” (Association of Information Technology Enterprises (IVSZ), 2011); Kalmár Award (NJSZT, 2012).