The Beautiful Game Has an Ugly Business Model
The first of the World Cup scams does not look like a scam. It looks like a countdown clock. It looks like a clean checkout page with the right colors, the right logo, the...
Janus Sprechen Quad Erum Demonstradu
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Greece’s Greatest Football Journey 55th Anniversary
The story of Panathinaikos reaching the European Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in 1971 remains one of the most remarkable achievements in Greek football history. Fifty five years decades later, the club’s historic journey...
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Identity is the New Perimeter
The old security perimeter no longer fits the way organizations work. People connect from anywhere, applications live across SaaS and cloud platforms, APIs move data between systems, partners need selective access, and machines now...
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General Data Protection Regulation Turns 10
Introduction Ten years after the General Data Protection Regulation was adopted on 27 April 2016 and entered into force on 24 May 2016, the GDPR 10th anniversary retrospective reafirms that GDPR remains one of...
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Remembering a Life Dedicated to Making the Digital World Safer
The cybersecurity community is mourning the sudden and unexpected passing of Dr. Eric Cole, honoring a respected leader, educator, author, and mentor whose influence reached far beyond technology. For more than three decades, Dr....
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The Original MacBook Turns 20
Introduction: Time Flies Today marks the original MacBook 20th anniversary. Twenty years ago, Apple introduced the original MacBook, a 13-inch consumer notebook that replaced both the iBook and the 12-inch PowerBook. It was more...
Leading the Digital Frontier, Recognized
In a world where digital transformation is reshaping industries, true leadership is not only about moving fast. It is also about moving securely, responsibly, and with trust. I am deeply honored to have been...
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) 50 Powerlist 2025
I am incredibly honored to share that I have been included in “CISO 50 Powerlist 2025”. This list recognizes the 50 most influential Chief Information Security Officers in Greece. The selection was based on...
Artificial Intelligence and OT Cybersecurity
Participating in the 6th annual OT Cybersecurity Conference in Athens, hosted by INTEC in collaboration with Honeywell, was a valuable opportunity to exchange views with cybersecurity leaders, industrial experts, and critical infrastructure stakeholders on...
Microsoft Security Days 2026
I spent the last two days at Microsoft R&D Security Days 2026 in Paris. It was a very tight event, with only around ten people from Greece allowed in, and I was lucky to...
The Hack that Turned Ransomware Into a National Security Alarm
The Day a Password Became a Fuel Crisis In May 2021, Americans learned a blunt and uncomfortable lesson: a cyberattack does not need to destroy machinery to disrupt the physical world. It does not...
30 Years Since the Night That United Us All
There are moments in sports that go beyond the final score. Moments that become part of who we are. For us, the fans of Panathinaikos BC, April 1996 is not just a memory. Panathinaikos...
The Lie We Tell Ourselves About Cybersecurity Buying Decisions
In an industry that prides itself on precision, rigor, and technical excellence, one would expect cybersecurity purchasing decisions to follow a similarly rational path, driven by data, validated through testing, and ultimately determined by...
Scaling Intelligence and Resilience under Pressure
At this year’s Cloud Strategy Conference, one theme cut through the noise; organizations are no longer asking if they should move toward an AI-ready cloud, but how fast they can get there without breaking things that matter, achieving...