Summary
Grigorios Fragkos is a seasoned cybersecurity leader with 11+ years of hands-on and strategic experience, currently serving as Head of Cyber Security in the UAE after leading cyber defense practices across Digital14, DarkMatter and EY. He blends deep technical roots in offensive security, threat intelligence and digital forensics with boardroom-facing cyber due diligence—having translated cyber risk into transaction decisions for PE firms and helped protect payment ecosystems at scale. His PhD work produced an early "next-generation SIEM" with notional machine learning for near real-time threat assessment, reflecting a persistent R&D focus on automated SOC capabilities. Trusted as a vCISO for high-profile national events and a contributor to national cyber strategy in the UAE, he pairs mission-critical systems protection with creative problem solving. An organiser and public speaker in the InfoSec community (BSides, OWASP) and a former military cyber consultant, he combines unconventional curiosity with pragmatic leadership to drive holistic cyber resilience.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma Computer Software Engineering, Diploma Computer Software Engineering at National Bank of Greece (ETHNODATA)
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance at University of South Wales
Hellenic Apolitirion (Equivalent to GCSE/A-Levels) Hellenic Apolitirion, Hellenic Apolitirion (Equivalent to GCSE/A-Levels) Hellenic Apolitirion at 4th Lyceum of Athens
Applied Cyber Security, Applied Cyber Security at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Business Administration and Management General, Business Administration and Management General at Harvard University
English, French, Greek