Panagiotis Vlachos
Lead Information Security Engineer
Dublin, Ireland
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Top SchoolPanagiotis Vlachos is a Lead Information Security Engineer with 11 years of experience blending software engineering and security to protect global payment platforms at Mastercard. He designs and implements secure back-end systems, APIs, and cloud controls while driving SSDLC adoption, threat modeling, and compliance across distributed teams. Academically grounded with an MSc in Information Security and CCSP certification, he is concurrently pursuing a PhD in Post-Quantum Cryptography, bringing cutting-edge cryptographic research into practical security engineering. His background spans cloud security assessments for M&A and open banking, attack surface management, and building self-service cloud applications, reflecting a rare mix of defensive operations and developer-focused delivery. Colleagues rely on him for high-risk transaction security advisory and pragmatic controls that scale across time zones. Curious by nature, he actively explores bleeding-edge solutions to anticipate future threats beyond conventional security playbooks.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Post-Quantum Cryptography at Queen's University BelfastMaster of Science - MS, Information Security, Master of Science - MS, Information Security at Luleå University of TechnologyBachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Networks and Telecommunications, Upper Second-Class Honours, Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science, Networks and Telecommunications, Upper Second-Class Honours at University of PiraeusErasmus+, Computer Science, Erasmus+, Computer Science at Stockholm University
English, Greek, German, Swedish
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Github Skills (23)
markdown10
dsa-algorithm10
javascript9
appwrite9
fizzbuzz7
csv6
react6
react-admin6
geocoding6
lucene6
appbar6
swagger6
python6
django6
admin-on-rest6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
PanosVl/data-indexing-and-searching
Jun 2015 - Oct 2020
This repo contains some code I wrote in C# using Lucene .Net and some other libraries, in order to extract text from .pdf and .txt files using .NET, indexing and searching that text.
Contributions:5 commits, 2 PRs, 3 pushes in 5 years 5 months
csharpdotnetlucene
PanosVl/vinegere-cipher
Oct 2015 - Oct 2019
Simple implementation of "Vinegere" algorithm in C.
Contributions:4 PRs, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 4 years 1 month
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