About the Site

This website is intended as a more interactive form of CV (here, for CV.pdf). I am eventually planning to use it as a secuity blog, as well as a place to share personal thoughts and opinions. Enough about the website though, let's talk about me.

I am a

year old, currently serving my, 9 month, mandatory military service as an informatics and research private at the Greek Army (
). I studied Computer Science at the University of Athens and went on to continue my studies in London, completing the Information Security MSc at Royal Holloway with distinction. Most recently I was an intern intern security consultant at Cisco (former Portcullis), as part of the Year in Industry Porgram of my MSc degree.

Some random facts about me: I am highly uncomfortable with uncovered laptop cameras. Other interests of mine include programming, gimping things, history, diving and pretending I will go to the gym the next day.

As far as information security is concerned, I am more of a practical guy, as evident from my CV. However, I do enjoy understanding how crypto works, as long as the math is not too hard, and I would definitely like to expand my knowledge on the GRC side of things. In an nutshell, I would say that I am the kind of guy that would write a javascript snippet to fill out the age in order to avoid updating one's website every year; so if Bill Gates is to be trusted, I am the right man for the job; any job, that is.

Work Experience

January 2018 - September 2018
| Research and Informatics private | Greek Armed Forces

Currently serving my mandatory eight month military service at the greek army as a research and informatics private. I am assigned the duty of the assistant to the system administrator of the Infantry School / Infantry High Command Network.

I have gained valuable experience operating within a highly classified and secure environmen that the army is. Unfortunatelly any further information about my duties and internal projects I participated in, is classified and I cannot share.

August 2016 - July 2017
| Intern Security Consultant | Cisco Systems, Inc

My duties as an intern at Cisco included multiple responsibilities, spanning from preparing reports for customers and performing tests on client products to managing administrative tasks and developing software. I believe that my technical skills hugely benefited from the work I did during my internship.

I tested multiple Web Applications and Android Applications, performed External Infrastructure Assessments, as well as had a chance to work with and learn from some of the leading penetration testers in the field.

Education

2015-2017
| Msc in Information Security with year in Industry | Distinction 80.9%

  • Security Testing
  • Computer Security
  • Security Management
  • Digital Forensics
  • Network Security
  • Cryptography

2016
| Information Security Management System Consultant based on ISO/IEC 27001:2013 .

This intense full-time, one-week course given by one of Korea's leading Security Auditors and consultants, Taewan Park, gave us an idepth look on how security concultants operate and should operate under the ISO 27001 guidelines.

2009-2015
| BSc in Informatics and Telecommunications | 7.06
UK 2:1, ECTS B

  • Data Structures
  • Operating Systems
  • OOP, C++
  • Computer Architecture I & II
  • Communication Networks I & II
  • Database Management
  • Discrete Mathematics
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Linear Algebra
  • Maths for Computer Science
  • Algorithms and Complexity
  • Optical Comm. and Networks

Skills

Web Application Testing

Android App Testing

Ext. Infrastructure Testing

Int. Infrastructure Testing

C

Python

C++

PHP

Java

Bash

Snips and Snippets

During the years I have written various scripts and small programs to either make my job easier or to enterain myself. Here is a condenced list of some them.

prepare_apk.sh

A bash script that decompiles the apk, producing both the source in Java and the smali. The files are aranged neatly in a simple folder structure. The script also attempts to install the application on the device. Happy hacking.

simple_substitution.pl

A pearl script that encrypts a message using the simple substitution cipher. The simple substitution cipher is a cipher that has been in use for many hundreds of years ...