AthCon Speakers 2012

Speakers are still being announced.

Nikolaos Rangos
Nikolaos Rangos (Kingcope) is a well known security professional who has published a number of exploits and is known for discovering several 0days since 2004. He is working in the security field for over five years now mainly doing penetration testing and auditing. He is specialising in discovering and exploiting server side vulnerabilities in common known software for example operating system cores. This will be his first talk.

Kizz MyAnthia
Infosec specialist whose qualifications include an indepth understanding of security principals and practices; C|EH, MCSE+Security designations; and detailed knowledge of security tools, technologies and development. Seven years of security experience in the creation and deployment of solutions protecting networks, systems and information assets for diverse companies and organizations, with over 10 years overall in the industry.

Focusing on:
Network & System Security
Risk Management
Vulnerability Assessments
Reverse Engineering
Social Engineering
Penetration Testing
Physical Security
Policy and Procedure Development and Review
Mobile Phone / Smartphone Security and Develeopment

Arron M Finnon (finux)
Arron, aka "Finux" studied at the University of Abertay Dundee on their Ethical Hacking and Countermeasures BSc course
, and has been involved with security for nearly 6 years, and now is a researcher specialising in IDS evasion techniques.
Finux has produced a number of talks and presentations which have been delivered throughout the UK and Europe. In 2009
he was awarded the SICSA Student Open Source Award for Advocacy of Free and Open Source software. He now runs a
podcast about technology, and security matters named; Finux Tech Weekly, which can be found at www.finux.co.uk.

Andrei Costin
Born and grown-up in Moldova, Andrei is a Computer Science graduate of the Politechnic University of Bucharest where he
did his thesis work in Biometrics and Image Processing. He is the author of the MiFare Classic Universal toolKit (MFCUK), the
first publically available (FOSS) card-only key cracking tool for the MiFare Classic RFID card family. While starting out his
IT-career in the Computer Games industry, he has worked in the Telecom field and is currently senior developer at a specialized
firm producing custom embedded systems utilizing GSM/UMTS/GPS technologies. He is passionate about IT/App/Info security and
has spoken at various security conferences.

Dimitris Glynos
Dimitris Glynos is an IT security researcher at Census Inc. His research interests include software protection mechanisms, malware
detection techniques, network protocol vulnerabilities and digital forensics tools. In the past he has worked as an IT security consultant,
contracted software developer and digital forensics expert for both national and international organisations. His passion for IT
security led in 2008 to the formation of Census, a company that builds on strong research foundations to offer specialised services to
customers worldwide.

Andrew Baratt
Andrew has over ten years experience working in IT infrastructure, information security and assurance.He leads
the delivery of PCI DSS compliance services in UK, Ireland, Western Europe and the Middle East. Andrew is
responsible for managing a team of consultants that deliver compliance assessments, information security, IT governance
consulting, risk assessments. Andrew also works with a number of multinational retailers, payment processors, acquirers
and other service providers to help them become and maintain PCI DSS compliance. As a representative for EMEA company
internal PCI Compliance Council, he is regularly involved in dialogue relating to the intent of the PCI DSS requirements,
review of compensating controls, and auditing/assessing complex environments. Andrew maintains links with a number of Universities
and has given technical presentations as well presented on careers in information security, professional development
and has been involved in mentoring undergraduates in his spare time.

George Kargiotakis
Linux systems administrator that is heavily interested in world IPv6 deployment. Used to work in the embedded Linux sector
as a network/VoIP engineer. Fields of interest consist of Linux hacking, Networking, Security, VoIP and Embedded systems.
Member of the Hellenic IPv6 Taskforce, HELLUG and other communities.