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
Japanese, English, Greek, Spanish, Czech
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Github Skills (98)
junit10
shell9
testing9
bash9
elearning9
xunit9
flask8
soc8
trading8
financial-data8
yahoo-finance8
stock-trading8
anomaly-detection7
opensearch7
fastapi7
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
athina-edu/athina-one-click-run
Mar 2019 - Nov 2025
One click install script for Athina and AthinaWeb
Contributions:2 PRs, 29 pushes, 3 branches in 6 years 9 months
clickpythoninstall-scriptone-click
tsikerdekis/michael.tsikerdekis.com
Jul 2020 - Mar 2026
Contributions:252 pushes, 2 branches in 5 years 9 months
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