Speaker

Argyris Makrygeorgou

Argyris Makrygeorgou

Operations Director, Cyber Noesis | Internal Audit Chair, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter | Mentor, Women4Cyber Greece

Argyris "RG" has 17 years of professional experience in the fields of IT and Information Security. During this time, he has participated in numerous projects of Strategic Security Planning, Implementation of Response Plans, Design of Specialized Security Architectures, Design and Implementation of Managed Services (SOCaaS, EDRaaS, VAaaS, etc.), for a multitude of organizations in Greece and around the world (indicative: Spain, Taiwan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Brazil, etc.)

Today, he is the Operations Director of Cyber ​​Noesis. He is a member of the (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter, having served as Membership Chair from 2019-2023, now being the Chairman of the Audit Committee (2023-2025). He also serves as a Mentor for the Women4Cyber Greece initiative. He has worked for Algosystems as Head of Cyber ​​Security & CISO, establishing the Security Business Unit, and for ADACOM as Head of Cyber ​​Security Technology & CISO. He has also worked at Zurich Insurance (Ireland) as a Technology Security Consultant, at Quantum Consulting (Ireland) as an ICT/IS Consultant, as well as at Carouzos 4 Kappa, Cyber ​​Stream Technologies & Microshop Internet, in Systems, Networks & Presales Engineering roles.

He holds a bachelor's degree (BSc) in Computer Science, a master's degree (MSc) in Information Security and a Diploma in Digital Marketing & Social Media, all from the Athens University of Economics and Business (fka ASOEE). He also holds the following professional certifications: Microsoft SC-900, Data Protection Officer - ΕΝ ISO/IEC 17024, CISSP, Certified Payment Security Practitioner, Certified Professional Forensics Analyst, ISO 27001:2005 ISMS Certified, Certified Project Management Associate IPMA Level D, Six Sigma White Belt Certified, Symantec Knight, Symantec Technical Specialist, Symantec Certified Specialist, Certified CyberArk Trustee & Smart Cities & Critical Infrastructure Security Professional, along with other vendor-dependent ones including HP, Splunk, VMware, Fortinet, ClearSwift, Cisco & Palo Alto.

He has participated in dozens of security conference panels as a Speaker, such as InfoCom, BSides, etc., while he has written multiple publications on subjects from various areas of information security.

Last but not least he is a retired H2H combat instructor and a published poet.

Argyris Makrygeorgou

Operations Director, Cyber Noesis | Internal Audit Chair, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter | Mentor, Women4Cyber Greece