Katerina Tasiopoulou was born in Greece, and is a graduate of Computer Science from Royal Holloway University of London.
She has experience with the creation and research of cryptosystems, malware systems and penetration testing. She is a very qualified programmer in a variety of languages, having developed games, websites, apps and robots.
Katerina works in IBM, and is currently a Client Engagement Lead in Europe, for X-Force IRIS (Incident Response and Intelligence Services). As part of this team, IRIS responds to security incidents globally and helps organisations contain and recover from cyber attacks. Katerina is recently focusing on business development strategy and proactive services; converting this real life experience and intelligence into training exercises to help train clients in advance.
Katerina enjoys public speaking, mentoring others, and anything related to astrophysics!