Summary
Machos Valkaniotis is a cybersecurity professional with 11 years of experience, currently serving as Senior Associate in Advisory Cybersecurity at PwC Greece. He has a strong consultancy background across financial services and enterprise clients, including multi-year roles at Eurobank and NTT DATA, and has led assurance engagements and security operations. His technical foundation—MSc in Digital Systems Security and a BSc in Computer Science—complements hands-on experience in vulnerability assessment, control engineering (PLC/programming) and security program delivery. Equally comfortable with practical hacking, secure development and applied machine learning, he blends offensive and defensive perspectives to create pragmatic, auditable solutions. Based in Laurium, Greece, Machos brings a consultant’s communication skills and an engineer’s curiosity, often pursuing personal security projects outside work that keep his techniques current.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science, Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science at Technological Educational Institute of Crete
Master of Science (MSc), Digital systems security, Master of Science (MSc), Digital systems security at University of Piraeus
English