Resume

20+ Years of Experience

Experience

April 2022 - Present
Melco Resorts & Entertainment

Information Security, Assistant Manager (GRC)

May 2021 - April 2022
Tototheo Maritime Ltd

Head of Information Security

2020 - Present
The CISO Times

Owner & Lead Author

Sep 2020 - May 2021
IronFX

Head of Information Security

Jun 2018 - Sep 2020
Melco Resorts & Entertainment

Data Risk Analyst

Jun 2016 - Jun 2018
FxPro Financial Services

Senior Information Security Auditor

Aug 2015 - Dec 2015
Odyssey Cybersecurity

Information Security Consultant

2011 - 2015
Logicom Public LTD

Senior Group IT Offficer

2008 - 2010
Alouette S.A.

IT Infrastructure Manager

2006 - 2008
Media Group of Companies - KMG

Group IT Administrator

2004 - 2006
ALTEC S.A.

Systems & Network Engineer

Jul 2004 - Aug 2004
NBC Olympics

ICT Expert

2000-2004
ALTEC S.A.

Staging Supervisor & Field Service Engineer

Education

2012 - 2014
University of Portsmouth

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Business Information Systems (First Class)

2000 - 2002
Organization of Vocational Education and Training

Computer and Peripherals Technician, Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (HND equivalent)

1999 - 2000
Paisley University

Media Technology

Courses

Offensive Security

OSCP

IAPP

CIPP/E

SimpliLearn

ITIL (SO, SS, ST, SD, CSI)

Axelos

Diploma in IT Service Management

ISACA

Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)

PECB

ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer

Certificates

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

More Microsoft, Cisco and other learning certificates not listed here for de-cluttering purposes.

Skills

Technical

Cloud Security (Azure, AWS, GCP, Alibaba)

88%

Web Application Security (OWASP, WAFs, Secure Coding)

87%

SIEM & SOC Operations (Splunk, Wazuh, ELK)

90%

Coding (Python, PHP, Bash, SQL)

85%

Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)

75%

Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, macOS)

100%

Networks (Routing, Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS)

90%

Management / Operational

Security Maturity Assessments / Gap Analysis

100%

Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery (BCP/DRP)

88%

Security Risk Assessments

100%

Vulnerability Management

93%

Incident Management

85%

Policies and Procedures Management

92%

Project Management

82%

Security Operations & Engineering

Vulnerability Assessment Tools (Nessus, OpenVAS, Qualys)

90%

Penetration Testing / Exploitation (Kali, Metasploit, Burp)

78%

Endpoint Security & EDR/XDR

85%

Container Security (Docker, Kubernetes, K8s Hardening)

78%