Spiros Kyriacopoulos

Senior Cyber Security Consultant & GRC Lead @ Pylones Hellas SA

About

Senior Cybersecurity Consultant & GRC Lead with extensive experience across cloud and on-premises environments, delivering secure, resilient, and business-aligned solutions. Proven background in Information Security Pre-Sales and IT Systems Architecture, supported by a strong track record as an IT Operations and Project Manager in the banking industry. Specialized in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), with deep expertise in ISO 27001 (Information Security Management), ISO 20000 (IT Service Management), and ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management). Strong foundation in the ITIL Framework, operational resilience, and enterprise security governance. Skilled at bridging business objectives with technical and regulatory requirements, helping organizations achieve compliance, strengthen governance, and enhance their overall security posture.

Country

City

Greece

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

NIS2, DORA, Enterprise Risk Management, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Decision-Making, Computer Science, Presentations, Attention to Detail, Web Application Security, Cybersecurity, Presales, Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC), Security Tecnnical Presales, IT Management, Business Analysis, Microsoft SQL Server, Requirements Analysis, Disaster Recovery, Software Project Management, IT Strategy

Experience

Senior Cyber Security Consultant & GRC Lead

Pylones Hellas SA

2023-9 - Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Athens, Attiki, Greece

PreSales Security Architect

Pylones Hellas SA

2021-6 - Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

Athens, Attiki, Greece

Senior Information Security Consultant

Cyber Noesis

2018-8 - 2021-6 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Athens Greece

Participated in a variety of projects relevant to Information Security Management, Pre-Sales Consulting on major Vulnerability Management and SIEM software projects, Pre-ISMS development according to ISO 27001, ISO 27001 IT auditing, security awareness and educational material development, as well as system configuration hardening.

Senior IT Operations Manager

Piraeus

2013-3 - 2018-7 · 5 yrs 5 mos

Athens Greece

Successfully led teams of senior IT infrastructure engineers in the high-level application support of the bank’s IT operations emphasizing on capacity planning, high availability, performance and business operational continuity. Spearheaded the management and implementation of mission critical IT projects, including the automation of change management procedures for different application projects. Provided digital services and participated in the alignment between Business and Technology in compliance to the bank’s overall strategy, on a continuous digital transformation process in the financial sector.

Senior IT Systems Engineer

Piraeus

2004-8 - 2013-3 · 8 yrs 8 mos

Served as IT infrastructure administrator, integrator and team leader on various service-oriented technology projects focusing on IT service excellence. Offered resource capacity planning and coordinated the support of the Bank’s VMWare ESXi infrastructure. Performed advanced level troubleshooting and assisted in the implementation of a centralized management monitoring system using HP Openview.

Senior Programmer Analyst

Financial Technologies, Athens Greece

2002-3 - 2004-8 · 2 yrs 6 mos

Athens Greece

Directed the analysis, design and development of financial and CRM applications using MS technologies and Database SQL server, by integrating IT service-oriented architectures. Advanced the company’s digital transformation towards automation of the Quality Assurance processes. Strategized the redesign of financial technology products, and actively participated in sales presentations to major clients.

IT Manager

Voilis S.A., Stockbrokers, Athens, Greece

2000-4 - 2002-4 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Athens Greece

Supervised a group of employees and external consultants to offer IT support at the company’s main location building and branches nationwide. Planned, budgeted and directed the upgrade of all the IT assets, and developed software programs for the risk management and accounting departments.

Systems Programmer / Analyst

Govnet Communications Ltd

1996-4 - 1999-4 · 3 yrs 1 mo

NEW YORK, NY

Developed applications in SAS, Visual C++ and Visual Basic for the Market Statistics division to process raw demographic data into statistical databases running on MS SQL server, and pioneered the conversion of various existing software to a client/server architecture.

Technical QA Specialist

American Healthware Systems

1993-6 - 1996-1 · 2 yrs 8 mos

BROOKLYN, NY

Performed application and code level debugging in PL/I, on an IBM 370 mainframe environment.

Business Automation Specialist/Software Development Consultant

Self-Employed IT Consultant

1993-1 - 1995-12 · 3 yrs

Greater New York City Area

Software developer of business applications in accounting and marketing divisions of different companies in the NYC area.

Software Developer

S&D Computer Principles, Inc., Long Island City, NY

1992-5 - 1994-5 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Long Island City New York

Provided analysis, design and implementation of database applications in accounting.

Education

University of Leicester

Information Technology Management

2006 - 2012 · 6 yrs

Brooklyn College

Computer & Information Science

1989 - 1996 · 7 yrs

CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, Brooklyn College Campus, Brooklyn, NY, Feb 1996 Master of Arts in Computer & Information Science Summa Cum Laude. Brooklyn College Campus, Brooklyn, NY, June 1993 Bachelor of Science with Honors in Computer & Information Science. Magna Cum Laude.