Sedat Dogan
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
Top Cloud Object Storage Tools: Results & Comparison
We tested five cloud object storage providers IONOS, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Cloudflare R2, and DigitalOcean Space across performance, features, and pricing. All tests ran from Europe against each provider’s EU-region endpoint. Upload Throughput (MB/s): higher is better S3 and DigitalOcean trade the lead depending on file size. R2 and B2 are consistently the weakest…
Email Security Solutions: Acronis, Sophos & Barracuda
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, Sophos, and Barracuda) with 100 tests across 11 threat categories. Read the email security solutions benchmark methodology to learn how we tested these tools and…
Best LinkedIn Proxies in 2026: Automation & Scraping
We benchmarked different proxy types for LinkedIn scraping and account management. A proxy alone won’t keep a LinkedIn account safe. Success comes from slow, human-like actions, one high-quality residential or mobile proxy per account, and avoiding aggressive automation. The providers below are compared for general proxy capabilities and lawful, authorized use cases. Bright Data offers…
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…
MySQL Monitoring: SolarWinds vs New Relic vs Datadog
We installed three database monitoring platforms on a clean system running MySQL to see how they handle database monitoring from scratch. We examined: Ease of setup, onboarding experience, agent resource consumption, accuracy in metric measurement and effectiveness of their alerting systems’ notifications when issues arise under real-world database workloads. See our complete MySQL test methodology…
Best Vulnerability Management Tools in 2026
We benchmarked four leading vulnerability management tools across 11 dimensions. The results reveal a market where “vulnerability management” means four different things to four vendors. Some build CVE-first detection pipelines; others track patch availability as a proxy for risk; one explicitly delegates scanning to third-party tools. Detection latency: A known-vulnerable binary was installed on a…
SOC Tools with Core Components Categorization
Security operations center (SOC) tools support security teams in detecting, investigating, responding to, and preventing threats. They form a connected multiple security tools that work across the full security lifecycle. We summarize how 15 types of SOC tools work for an organization’s security posture within the 5 layers. Each layer supports a different stage of…
Benchmarked the 10 Best Datacenter Proxy Providers
We evaluated the top 5 datacenter proxy providers using 15,000 requests to assess speed, reliability, and cost across search, e-commerce, and social media sites. The top performers are listed below: Whether you’re looking to buy datacenter proxies for web scraping or automation tools, or need a shared datacenter proxy plan for smaller projects, our benchmarks…
Best Python Web Scraping Libraries
Based on my over a decade of software development experience, including my role as CTO at AIMultiple, where I led data collection from ~80,000 web domains, I have selected the top Python web scraping libraries. BeautifulSoup is a Python library for parsing HTML and XML and extracting data from web pages. It sits on top…
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…
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