Past Events

2023

Battle Stations! CyberCrime, CyberWar and Forensics; are we ready?

Date & Time: 11th May 2023, 18:15
Location: OTEAcademy
Agenda:
18:00-18:15Welcome
18.15-18.25Chapter Update
John Iliadis, President of (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter​
18.25-19:45 Cybercrime: Mapping and Response
Vasilios Papakostas, Head of Cybercrime Unit – Hellenic Police​
19:45-19:05 Cyberattacks and Incident Handling
Spyridon Papageorgiou, Navy Captain, Director of MCIRC and CSIRT​
19.05-19.20 Break
19:20-19:40 Incident Response – Lessons learned
Thanasis Diogos, X-Force IR South Europe Lead – IBM​
19:40-20:00 Digital Forensics as a Service: beyond logs and root cause
Dimitris Georgiou, Chief Security Officer, Partner – Alphabit SA, Treasurer of (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter​
20:00-20:20 Panel discussion – Q&A 
Moderator: Spyros Kyriakopoulos, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Events Officer, Presales Security Architect – Pylones Hellas​
20.20-21.00 Food & Networking
Details:Entrance is free for members of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter in good standing: the annual membership cost is €30 for professionals and €10 for students.

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter – SecTalk #8 

Date & Time: Thursday, April 6th 2023, 18:30
Location: On-line
Agenda:

Our panel consists of the following distinguished speakers:
Theodoros Douskas, Information Security Consultant, ICT Protect
Panagiotis Soulos, Global Information Security Manager, Intrum
Argyris Makrygeorgou, Cyber Security Executive, Cyber Noesis
Thanassis Diogos, X-Force IR South Europe Lead, IBM

Spyros Kyriakopoulos, (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Events Officer and Presales Security Architect at Pylones Hellas, will undertake the role of Panel Moderator.
Details: All members in good standing who register using that form, will receive the Teams Meeting link by the 5th of April.

2022


Γενική Συνέλευση Hellenic (ISC)² Chapter – Spring Event

Date & Time: Πέμπτη 10 Μαρτίου 2022, 18:30
Location: On line
Agenda:
18:30-19:30: Γενική Συνέλευση
19:30-20:00: Privileged Access Management – Your On-Ramp for Zero Trust, Ray Mills, Delinea
20:00-20:30: The future of authentication and identification, Niklas Palaghias & Georgios Sachpatzidis, Quadible

Details: Η Ετήσια Γενική Συνέλευση θα λάβει χώρα διαδικτυακά τη Δευτέρα 7 Μαρτίου 2022, 18:30 ή, σε περίπτωση που δεν επιτευχθεί απαρτία, την Πέμπτη 10 Μαρτίου 2022, 18:30.

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter 2022 New Year’s Cake

Date & Time:Thursday, January 27th, 2022 at 19.00
Location:On line
Agenda:Public talk topics:
• Supply Chain
• Cloud Security
• Zero Trust
• Productivity Tools vs Security & Privacy
Details:Registration is free.
The event will be interactive and you could join in our discussion and also propose adhoc subjects.
Chapter Members in good standing who will participate in the event will enter a draw to win one out of three lucky pennies, each one corresponding to one of the following gifts:
• A Fortigate 40F
• A TP-Link Deco M5 kit of 3 APs
• A Google Nest Hub
Anyone from the public who will participate in the event will enter a draw to win one out of three lucky pennies; each one of those pennies corresponds to a  1-year membership to our Chapter, free of charge!

2021

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Cyber Security Awareness Training (in Greek) for Parents

Date & Time:Wednesday, October 27th, between 19:00 and 20:30
Location:Online (Microsoft Teams) .
Agenda:(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Cyber Security Awareness Training (in Greek) for Parents
Details:Please register using this link

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Autumn 2021 Update

Date & Time:September 23rd, 2021 from 19:00 to 21:00
Location:On line
Agenda:19.00-19.10: Welcome
19.10-19.30:
(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Update
19.30-20.00:
“Identifying the Unknown” – Nikos Simos, Technical Manager, Pylones Hellas S.A.
20.00-20:30:
“Secure Secrets Injection in a DevOps Pipeline” – Dimitrios Synapalos, Software Engineer, Team Leader of DevOps team, Αlgosystems
20:30-21:00:
“Getting acquainted with autoexec.gr” – Vaggelis Kappas & Vangelis Kapsalakis, autoexec.gr admins
Details:Registration is free for members of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter in good standing: the annual membership cost is €30 for professionals and €10 for students.

SecTalk #6 – InfoSec Trends in Construction Industry

Date & Time:July 1st, 2021
Location:Microsoft Teams (Online)
Agenda:This casual talk will revolve mostly around Construction Industry security issues. The event will take place on Thursday, July 1st 2021, 20:00
Our panel consists of the following distinguished speakers:
Panagiotis Anagnostou, Head, IT & OT Unit, Avax S.A.
Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Group Information Security Officer, Archirodon N.V.
Notis Iliopoulos, Director Cyber Security Operations at Neurosoft S.A.

Yiannis Koukouras, Managing Director of TwelveSec, will undertake the role of Panel Moderator.
Details:You can access the recorded event via our YouTube channel

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter SecTalk #5 – Maritime Security

Date & Time:June 3rd, 20:00
Location:Microsoft Teams (online)
Agenda:(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter SecTalk #5 – Maritime Security
Our guest speakers:
Zeppos Galanos, IT Security Officer, KONKAT ATE (on behalf of AVIN International Ltd.)
Pavlos Gerardos, IT Infrastructure Supervisor & Information Security Officer, Thenamaris (Ships Management) Inc.
Vassilis Kalapotharakos, Maritime Security Expert 
Christos Vidakis, Partner, Risk Advisory, Deloitte

discussion moderated by Yiannis Koukouras, Managing Director, TwelveSec
Details:You can access the recorded event via our YouTube channel

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Cyber Security Awareness Training (in Greek) for Parents

Date & Time:Wednesday, May 26th, between 19:00 and 20:30
Location:Microsoft Teams (online)
Agenda:(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Cyber Security Awareness Training (in Greek) for Parents
Details:You can access the recorded event via our YouTube channel

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Spring 2021 Update

Date & Time:April 15, 2021 from 19:00 to 21:00
Location:On line
Agenda:19.00-19.10: Welcome
19.10-19.30:
(ISC)2 Hellenic Update
19.30-19.55:
“Mitigating email exploitation” – D. Georgiou, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Treasurer and CSO, Alphabit
20.00-20.25:
“E-mail, an old tech that holds new threats” – Nikolaos Grigoriadis, Group Information Security Officer Archirodon N.V.
20.30-20.55:
“Year of COVID-19: The Critical Need for Increased Agility in Email Security” – Nikos Tsigkos, Sales Engineer, Fortinet
20.55-21.00:
Prize Draw
Details:Registration is free for members of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter in good standing: the annual membership cost is €30 for professionals and €10 for students.

Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση Hellenic (ISC)² Chapter & Εκλογές

Date & Time: Παρασκευή 12 Μαρτίου 2021, ώρα 18:30
Location: On line
Agenda:  Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση και στη διενέργεια των Αρχαιρεσιών για την ανάδειξη των οργάνων του Σωματείου (ΔΣ και Ελεγκτική Επιτροπή) οι οποίες θα διεξαχθούν εξ αποστάσεως μέσω τηλεδιάσκεψης μέσω της ψηφιακής πλατφόρμας «Microsoft Teams» καθώς του ψηφιακού εργαλείου ηλεκτρονικής ψηφοφορίας «ZEUS».
Details: Σε περίπτωση που δεν επιτευχθεί απαρτία, θα υπάρξει επαναληπτική Τακτική Γενική Συνέλευση την Πέμπτη 18 Μαρτίου 2021 και ώρα 18:30 μαζί με εκδήλωση μελών του (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter.

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter SecTalk #4 & Copy-Tea-Pita

Date & Time:Monday, February 8th, 2021 at 20.00
Location:On line
Agenda:Right after the Cake, we’re holding our SecTalk #4 focusing on “Privacy Issues during Pandemic”
The talk will start by our panel: 
Dimitra Xintara –  Cyber Security and Privacy Professional, FIP, CIPP/E, CIPM, CISM
(Guest)
Dimitris Patsos – Director of IT Governance, Risk & Compliance, SYNTAX IT Group
Lefteris Tzelepis – IT Security Team Director, OPAP
Argyris Makrygeorgou – Head of Managed Cyber Security Services, Algosystems
Yiannis Koukouras –  Managing Director, TwelveSec (Moderator)
Details:Registration is free.
The event will be interactive and you could join in our discussion and also propose adhoc subjects.

2020

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter SecTalk #3

Date & Time:Thursday 17th of December 2020, from 20:00 to 21:00
Location:On line
Agenda:The talk will start our panel: 
Panos Dimitriou –  CTO And Co-Founder, Encode (Guest)
Dimitris Patsos – Director of IT Governance, Risk & Compliance, SYNTAX IT Group
Lefteris Tzelepis – IT Security Team Director, OPAP
Argyris Makrygeorgou – Head of Managed Cyber Security Services, Algosystems
Yiannis Koukouras –  Managing Director, TwelveSec (Moderator)
Details:Registration is free.
The event will be interactive and you could join in our discussion and also propose adhoc subjects.

6η Ετήσια Τακτική Γενική ΣυνέλευσηΧειμερινό event

Date & Time:Πέμπτη 10 Δεκεμβρίου 2020 και ώρα 18:30
Location:On line
Agenda:Διοικητικός απολογισμός / πεπραγμένα έτους 2019
Έγκριση οικονομικών πεπραγμένων 2019 και προϋπολογισμού 2020
Έγκριση έκθεσης Ελεγκτικής Επιτροπής 2019
Έγκριση απολογισμού του ΔΣ και απαλλαγή του ΔΣ από κάθε ευθύνη
Details:Λόγω του ότι στη συνέλευση της 3ης Δεκεμβρίου δεν επετεύχθη απαρτία, ορίστηκε νέα συνέλευση την Πέμπτη 10 Δεκεμβρίου 2020, ώρα 18:30, μαζί με το χειμερινό event του (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter, διαδικτυακά.

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Sec Talk #2

Date & Time:October 15, 2020, at 20:00 Greece Time
Location:On line
Agenda:The talk will start our panel:
Manos Gavriil –  Director of Cyber Security Operations, Neurosoft (Guest)
Dimitris Patsos – Director of IT Governance, Risk & Compliance, SYNTAX IT Group
Lefteris Tzelepis – IT Security Team Director, OPAP
Argyris Makrygeorgou – Head of Managed Cyber Security Services, Algosystems
Yiannis Koukouras –  Managing Director, TwelveSec (Moderator)
Details:Registration is free.
The event will be interactive and you could join in our discussion and also propose adhoc subjects.

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Sec Talk

Date & Time:June 25, 2020, at 20:00 Greece Time
Location:On line
Agenda:The talk will start our panel:
Christos Sgaras –  Head of Team, Information Security and Business Continuity, EUROPOL (Guest)
Dimitris Patsos – CTO of Adacom
Lefteris Tzelepis – IT Security Team Director, OPAP
Argyris Makrygeorgou – Head of Managed Cyber Security Services, Algosystems
Yiannis Koukouras –  Managing Director, TwelveSec (Moderator)
Details:Registration is free.
The event will be interactive and you could join in our discussion and also propose adhoc subjects.

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Spring Update

Date & Time:May 14, 2020
Location:On line
Material:Coming soon
Agenda:19.00-19.30: Chapter Update, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Board of Directors “Welcome – Spring Update”
19.30-20.00: Dimitra Xintara, DPO Eurolife ERB, “Information Security and Data Protection Control Frameworks – How to choose?”
20.00-20.30: Lefteris Tzelepis, IT Security Director, OPAP, “An update on CSA Summit – RSA Security Conference 2020”
20.30-21.00: Alexandros Nikainas, Presales Engineer, Pylones S.A., “Business continuity and remote access in the time of Covid-19”
Details:Registration is free for members of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter in good standing: the annual membership cost is €30 for professionals and €10 for students.
Sponsors:

2019

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Winter Event

Date & Time:December 12, 2019
Location:OTE Academy
Material:Photo1, Photo2, Photo3, Photo4
Agenda:18.00-18.15: Chapter Update, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Board,
18.15-18.45: Cybersecurity legislation in Europe, the NIS Directive, the work of the NIS Cooperation group, and the role of ENISA, 
Dr. Marnix Dekker, NIS Directive coordinator, Team Lead Breach Reporting, ENISA,
18.45-19.15: The Hellenic Cyber Security Strategy,
George Drivas, National Cyber Security Authority of Greece, Ministry of Digital Governance,
19.15-19.30: Break,
19.30-20.30: NIS in Greece (Panel Discussion),
Christos Syngelakis, CISSP, CISO and DPO, MotorOil Hellas Group, 
Filippos Komninos, CISSP, CCSP, Information Security Specialist, Head, Athens International Airport,
Panagiotis Dimogiorgas, CISA, CISM, Network and Information Security, Hellenic Petroleum,
Robert Goglis, CRISC, CISM, CISSP, ITIL v3 Found, Director, Cyber and Information Security Division, Alpha Bank,
Christos Topakas, Group IT Security & Control Senior Director, DPO, Piraeus Bank
20.30-21.00: Networking
Details:Entrance is free for members of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter in good standing: the annual membership cost is €30 for professionals and €10 for students.
Sponsors:Sponsor:

Co-sponsor:

OPAP “Think Before U Click”

Date & Time:October 22, 2019
Location:OPAP
Material:Photos:
Panagiotis Soulos presentation – Safe and Secure Online Parents Edition of Center of Cyber Safety and Education.
Photo1, Photo2, Photo3, Photo4, Photo5

(ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Fall19 Event

Date & Time:September 26, 2019
Location:OTE Academy
Material:ISC2 Fall19 Homo Digitalis
ISC2 Fall19 TUV-HELLAS
ISC2 Fall19 Ventouris
Agenda:18.00-18.30 Registration (Entrance is free for (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter members in good standing)
18.15-18.45 Welcome Note: The (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Update
18.45-19.15 “How to Build a SOC from the Ground Up”, Christos Ventouris, Principal CyberSecurity Consultant, Microsoft Corporation
19.15-19.30 Break
19.30-19.50 “Threat Arrest” George Leftheriotis, TUV HELLAS (TUV NORD) SA, IT, Information Security, Privacy & Business Continuity Lead Auditor
19.50-20.10 «An Analysis of the Greek Law (Ν4624/2019) for the GDPR” Konstantinos Kakavoulis & Emmanouel Tzivieris, Homo Digitalis
20.10-20.30 Prize Draw (F5 Advanced Training / Pylones)
20.30-21.00 Networking
Details:Entrance is free for members of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter in good standing: the annual membership cost is €30 for professionals and €10 for students.
Sponsors:

2017

Εκπαιδευτική εκδήλωση

Date & Time:July 12, 2017
Location:OTE Academy, Room Σ123
Link & event registration:TBA
Agenda:17:30 – 17:45 Προσέλευση – Εγγραφές
17:45 – 18:15 «Information Security, Privacy & Safety: Sector-Specific Standards», Λευθεριώτης Γιώργος TÜV NORD Lead Auditor ISMS, ITSMS, BCMS
18:15 – 18:30 Διάλειμμα
18:30 – 19:00 «GDPR Compliance: The IT Manager’s perspective», Αθανασίου Γιώργος, IΤ Director- Εθνική Ασφαλιστική / Mέλος (ISC)²® Hellenic Chapter
19:00 – 19:15 Διάλειμμα
19:15 – 19:45 «From Traditional to New Payment Technologies», Μαυροβουνιώτης Στάθης, Enterprise ITm Security Architect – First Data/ Mέλος ΔΣ (ISC)²®Hellenic Chapter
Details:Entrance is free for all Chapter Members and for all Information Security Professionals that are interested to participate. For those holding a professional certification, 2 CPEs will be granted.
Sponsors:

Security B-Sides Athens 2016 (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:June 24, 2017
Location:“The Athinais Cultural Center”
Link:http://www.bsidesath.gr/

2nd Forward Thinking Cybersecurity, General Assembly and Elections

Date & Time:March 9, 2017
Location:OTE Academy, Room Σ123
Link & event registration: https://www.eventora.com/el/Events/genikh-syneleysh-kai-ekpaideyt
Agenda:17:00 – 17:15 Προσέλευση – Εγγραφές
17:15 – 17:45 Γενική Συνέλευση
17:45 – 18:15 «Οι αναπτυσσόμενες απειλές και οι προκλήσεις του σύγχρονου CISO»,
Γεράσιμος Μοσχονάς – Μέλος (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter
18:15 – 18:30 Διάλειμμα
18:30 – 19:00 «Cyber Security – Expect the Unexpected!»,
Χριστάκης Τόπακας – Information Security Executive
19:00 – 19:20 «Συγκρότηση Εθνικής Ομάδας Cyber Security 2017»,
Χρήστος Ξενάκης, European Cybersecurity Challenge (ECSC) Steering Committee Member
19:30 – 20:30 Εκλογές Νέου Δ.Σ.
Sponsors:

Communication Sponsors:ICT Plus, IT Security Professional, Netweek, Netfax, SecNews

4th Information Security Conference (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:February 15 & 16
Location:OTE Academy and Maroussi Plaza
Link:http://www.eits.gr/

Law Forum on Data Protection and Privacy (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:February 17
Location:NVJ Plaza
Link:http://www.palladianconferences.gr/ahf16.php

Event at OTE ACADEMY

Date & Time:Wednesday, 11 January, 2016 @ 5.30
Location:OTE Academy
Agenda5.45p – 6.15p Session 1A:
The General Data Protection Regulation: An Overview of Challenges and Opportunities
D. Patsos – Chief Technical Officer, Adacom
6.30p – 6.45p Session 1B:
Cyber Insurance and the General Data Protection Regulation
N. Georgopoulos – Cyber Risk Advisor
7.00p – 7.45p Session 2:
An Analysis of the Grand Mars Advanced Persistent Threat
Th. Diogos – (ISC)² Hellenic Chapter Board Member / Chief Malware Analyst, Trustwave

2016

Event at OTE ACADEMY

Date & Time:Tuesday October 25th @ 5.30pm
Location:OTE Academy
Agenda5:15 – 5:30pm Registration – Welcome coffee
5:30 – 6:15pm: PCI standards, from participation to implementation and review – the PCI DSS v3.2 paradigm”
Speakers: C. Stavropoulos (Trustwave) & S. Mavrovouniotis (First Data) 6:15 – 6:30pm: Coffee Break
6:30 – 7:15pm: Malware Analysis Environments Audit Strategy”
Speakers: A. Zacharis, R. Gavrila (ENISA)

“Digital Forensics: Experience from Real Incidents”, Co-organised with ISACA

Date & Time:Thursday July 14th @ 5.30pm
Location:Helenic American Union, Massalias 22, 2nd Floor
Agenda“Hunting the Armada Collective: The Modern Face of DDoS” (Konstantinos Papapanagiotou)
“Digital Forensics: The Technical Perspective” (Anargiros Chrisanthou)
“Digital Forensics: The Legal Perspective” (Dimitris Zografopoulos)

24/2/2016 – National & Pan-European Cybersecurity Exercises and the New EU Network and Information Security Directive

Date & Time:Wednesday, 24 February, 2016 5.30pm – 8.00pm
Location:OTE Academy, Pelika & Spartis 1, Marousi, Greece
Link:Read the announcement here
Material:Video from Conference // Presentations here
Agenda:5.30pm – 6.00pm
Chapter’s Annual General Assembly (reconvened)
6.15pm – 7.00pm
Session 1: National Cyber Exercises (Panoptis)
Cmdr. Sp. Papageorgiou – Director of Cyberdefence Directorate at HNDGS
7.15pm – 8.00pm
Session 2: The new EU Network & Information Security (NIS) Directive and Cyber Europe 2016
P. Trimintzios – Network and Information Security Expert at ENISA
Sponsors:


Crisis Management & Public Affairs Strategies in Times of Global Challenges & Systemic Risks (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:July 4, 2016
Location:Cultural Centre of Athens University (K.Palamas, Akadimias 48 & Sina, Kolonaki)
Link:http://globalsustain.org/el/story/20555

Security B-Sides Athens 2016 (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:June 25, 2016
Location:The Stanley Hotel
Link:http://www.bsidesath.gr/

Data Privacy and Protection Conference (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:June 23, 2016
Location:The Maroussi Plaza
Link:http://dataprivacy.boussiasconferences.gr/

2nd ICT Security World Congress (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:May 25, 2016
Location:The Novotel
Link:http://ictsecurity.gr/

(ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter President, K. Papadatos will give a presentation on Internet of Things, April 6th @ 14.30


6th Infocom Security 2016 (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:April 6 – 7, 2016
Location:Divani Caravel Hotel
Link:http://www.infocomsecurity.gr/

(ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter member of Board, T. Diogos will give a presentation on ransomware, April 6th @ 14.30


2nd Enterprise IT Security Conference (Event Supported by (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter)

Date & Time:March 10 & 11, 2016
Location:The Maroussi Plaza & OTE Academy
Link:http://www.eits.gr/

2015

Cyber Security Predictions 2016

Date & Time:Dec 16, 2015
Location:OTE Academy
Material:Video from Conference // Inaugural presentation here
Sponsored by:




Educational Event / General Assembly & Elections

Date & Time:Jul 16, 2015
Location:OTE Academy
Sponsored by:




5th Infocom Security Conference

Date & Time:April 1, 2015 
Location:Divani Caravel Hotel
Link:http://www.infocomsecurity.gr/

ICT Security Congress

Date & Time:March 4, 2015
Location:EKDDA
Link:http://www.ictplus.gr

Enterprise IT Security Conference

Date & Time:Feb. 16 & 17, 2015
Location:Amphitheatro Marousi Plaza
Link:http://www.eits.gr/

2014

(ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Inaugural Meeting

Date & Time:Dec 8, 2014
Location:University of Piraeus, Central Building