Michael Tsikerdekis
Associate Professor
Bellingham, Washington, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Tsikerdekis is an associate professor and cybersecurity practitioner with a decade of experience designing SOC workflows, teaching security operations, and leading applied monitoring and incident response for public-sector environments. He develops NIST-aligned security architecture and curricula, trains analysts through realistic SOC simulations, and translates technical findings into actionable guidance for IT teams and government partners. Michael has bridged academia and practice—collaborating with CISA, DHS, and national labs—while building training programs adopted by dozens of municipalities and supervising teams that processed thousands of security tickets. With a PhD in Informatics and a background spanning teaching, research, and hands-on SOC leadership, he combines rigorous research instincts with operational pragmatism and a knack for turning complex policy into usable controls.
10 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Forestry, Forestry at Mendel University in BrnoCertificate English, Certificate English at University of MichiganPtychion Forestry, Ptychion Forestry at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Informatics at Masaryk University Brno, Faculty of Social Studies
English, Greek, Spanish, Czech, Japanese
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Github Skills (113)
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Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
athina-edu/athina-web
Feb 2019 - Jun 2021
Web interface for managing athina assignments
Contributions:9 PRs, 43 pushes, 11 branches in 2 years 4 months
reactweb-interface
tsikerdekis/michael.tsikerdekis.com
Jul 2020 - Feb 2025
Contributions:235 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 7 months
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