Augustin Jianu is a Romanian entrepreneur with an extensive background in software development, cybersecurity and policymaking. He has previously served as minister of communications and information society in the Government of Romania.

Jianu is a certified cybersecurity expert and served as director general of CERT-RO between 2014 and 2016. In this capacity he was part of the ENISA management board (European Union Agency for Network and Information Security).

He holds a bachelor of engineering in applied computer science, having in-depth knowledge of advanced algorithms, data structures and automated systems theory.