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Sedat Dogan

Sedat Dogan

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Sedat is a technology and information security leader with 20 years of experience in software development, network infrastructure and cybersecurity

Technical focus

Sedat is a daily user of the products that he technically reviews. As part of his role at AIMultiple, he oversees the collection of numerous public data points on more than 80,000 B2B technology vendors using proxy, web scraping and web unblocker solutions from multiple providers.

Sedat is also the technical lead for running AIMultiple proxy and web unblocker benchmarks that measures the performance of top web data infrastructure providers annually.

In addition, he designs and conducts AI benchmarks to evaluate the efficiency, scalability, and accuracy of leading artificial intelligence solutions.

Professional experience

Currently, Sedat is the CTO at AIMultiple.

He is also a board advisor at
  • a VC investing in early-stage technology firms
  • Ödeal, a regional digital payment platform serving 125,000 merchants with its POS solutions.

Previously, he worked as
  • CTO at Bionluk, an online marketplace for freelancers
  • CTO at Expertera, a global expertise platform
  • CEO of a cybersecurity services provider
  • CTO and co-founder at a social network

He has 20 years of experience as a white-hat hacker and development guru focused on programming languages and server architectures.

He directed and secured the technological infrastructure and cybersecurity operations of the last seven national elections in his country.

He has also been recognized in the cybersecurity Hall of Fame by global technology leaders including Twitter.

Education

Sedat holds dual bachelor's degrees in engineering from Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi.

Latest Articles from Sedat

Data
Benchmark
Oct 1

Best Cheap Residential Proxies

As AIMultiple’s CTO, I lead data collection from thousands of websites. To identify reliable residential proxy providers, we benchmark across 10 vendors and process 2,880 requests per day, or 86,400 over a 30-day period. While we analyze the main providers (both rotating residential proxies and static residential proxies) in detail further down, the table below…

Enterprise Software
Benchmark
Sep 30

Compare Remote Control Software: NinjaOne & Acronis

We tested 3 remote control software (also known as remote access software) to evaluate the general UI and remote control experience, their remote control quality, protocols, and unique capabilities: Read the image quality comparison to see how we measured these tools. Check out the agent deployment process before jumping into our experiences and observations on…

Enterprise Software
Benchmark
Sep 30

Email Security Solutions: Acronis Email Security & Sophos

Email is one of the most common entry points for cyberattacks, and built-in protections are no longer enough to handle targeted threats. We tested three cloud email security platforms (Acronis Email Security, Sophos Email Security, and Barracuda Email Protection) with 100 tests across 11 threat categories. Read the email security solutions benchmark methodology to learn…

Cybersecurity
Open World Evaluation
Sep 28

Top 10+ DSPM Vendors to Enhance Data Security

As a technology and information security leader, I selected the top 10 DSPM solutions to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data across IaaS, SaaS, and DBaaS environments. Explore the rationale behind each choice through the links below: Vendors with: Vendors with: Vendors indicate that pricing varies based on the number of data sources, apps, and…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 28

Large-Scale Web Scraping: 7 Providers Benchmarked

We ran two benchmarks against live websites, from 5 to 5,000 concurrent requests. The first sent 260,000 requests through four web unblockers across the Tranco top 10,000 domains, plus a markdown extraction test on 10,000 URLs. The second fetched 65,000 product and search pages from each of five scraping providers across 100 e-commerce domains. Metrics…

Data
Benchmark
Sep 28

E-Commerce Scraper: 4 Providers Benchmarked

We benchmarked four web data providers across 100 e-commerce domains, fetching 65,000 product and search pages each at 5 to 5,000 concurrent requests. Averaged across concurrency levels, Bright Data reached the highest success rate (76%) at a 16-second median. Apify recorded the highest median response time at 46 seconds. Response time is reported as the…

Cybersecurity
Open World Evaluation
Sep 28

Analysis of Top 5 Firewall Change Management Software

As the Chief Technology Officer (CISO) of a rapidly-growing organization, I oversee a growing network footprint. To manage the risks associated with firewall configuration changes, I reviewed the leading firewall change management software: Feature comparison Features summary: Customized reporting: Generates tailored data visualizations and compliance audits based on specific security metrics and organizational needs. It…

Cybersecurity
Benchmark
Sep 28

Top 5 Cyber Threat Intelligence Services Benchmarked

We ran hands-on proofs of concept on 5 cyber threat intelligence services, scoring each against the same 33 criteria across 8 categories, using a shared probe set of historical IOCs, 6 threat actors, and 4 exploited CVEs. The most counterintuitive result is that free AlienVault OTX matched CrowdStrike, the priciest platform here, on automation. See…

Cybersecurity
Benchmark
Sep 22

Google Workspace Backup: NinjaOne vs Acronis vs IONOS

We tested five major SaaS backup solutions, Acronis, NinjaOne, IONOS, ManageEngine, and CloudAlly, to evaluate their performance, features, and usability for Google Workspace email backups. Our benchmark measured backup speeds, restore times, setup ease, and practical functionality across 21 active mailboxes containing over 90,000 emails. Note: Figures in seconds. To ensure a fair comparison, the…

Enterprise Software
Open World Evaluation
Sep 22

RMM Software Benchmark: NinjaOne vs ManageEngine vs Acronis

Remote monitoring and management (RMM) software installs agents on client endpoints, servers, network devices and virtual machines, and reports their health and performance metrics to a centralized dashboard so managed service providers (MSPs) and IT departments can patch, script and troubleshoot remotely. We benchmarked the top 3 RMM platforms (NinjaOne, ManageEngine, and Acronis) by deploying…