Event Speakers

Dr. Almerindo Graziano (BEng, MSc, PhD, BSI Certified Trainer ISO27 001, GCIA, GCIH, GAWN, OPST) is the CEO of the Silensec Information S ecurity Group that he founded in 1998. Dr. Graziano holds an MSc in Electronic Engineering and a PhD in mobile computer security, both from the University of Naples, Italy. He is a Senior ac ademic at Sh effield Hallam University, UK, where he leads the MSc in Information Systems Security, in collaboration with the British Standard Institution (BSI).

Sathish Govindharajan (BSc, Msc, GCIA) is a senior security c onsultant with Silensec, advising clients on intrusion detection and infrastruct ure protection. He possesses extensive experience with Network Security Monitori ng (NSM), Web application firewalls and SIEM (Security Information and Event M anagement) deployment and configuration. For many years Sathish has been respon sible for the administration and security of large networks and designed comple x network infrastructures. Sathish is currently based in Silensec HQ, in Sheffi eld – UK, working on releasing a new open source project for NSM.

George Nicolaou (BSc, MSc) leads the Silensec Malwar e Analysis Lab (MAL).  He received his BSc in Com puter Science and MSc in Advanced Computing Security from the University of Bath in UK, where he pursued research in malware and vulnerability analysis. For man y years George has also been the Head of Research and Development depart ment of the Astalavista Security Community. George is also a frequent s peaker at security conferences around the world on advanced malware analysis, re verse engineering and exploit development techniques.

Choolwe Nalubamba (MSc, B.Eng,M.EIZ, R.Eng, GSEC, GCFE) is & ldquo;Numbering & Naming” Manager at Zambia Information and Communicat ion Technology Authority (ZICTA).

Choolwe is a Senior Information Security professional who po ssesses extensive experience with Penetration Testing of complex Network Infrast ructures, Computer Forensics and Cyber-Crime.