Research Assistant and PhD Candidate

Stony Brook University Computer Science Department

Research interests:

  • Web Security & Deceptive Defenses
  • Malware Analysis, Detection, and Classification
  • Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity
  • Network Security, Intrusion Detection, and Forensics



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Oct. 2023

Obtained the following:
- INFOSEC Python for Cybersecurity Specialization
- INFOSEC Advanced Python Scripting for Cybersecurity
- INFOSEC OWASP Top 10 Specialization

Certificates

Aug. 2023

Obtained the Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate

Obtained the INFOSEC Privacy Fundamentals Specialization

Certificates

July 2023

Publicity Chair for the 2nd Active Defense and Deception (AD&D) Workshop hosted under the 8th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy in Delft

Academic Service

June 2023

Obtained the following:
- Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
- CISCO Network Automation Engineering Fundamentals Specialization
- (ISC)2 Certified in Cybersecurity Specialization (CC)
- INFOSEC JavaScript Security Specialization
- EC-Council Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Fundamentals

Certificates

Jan. 2023

Surgical teaching of the retropubic midurethral sling: a virtual reality training system
Best Video Award AUGS/IUGA 2022

Publication

July 2022

Publicity Chair for the 1st Active Defense and Deception (AD&D) Workshop hosted under the 7th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy in Genoa

Academic Service

April 2022

Location and Language Independent Fake Rumor Detection through Epidemiological and Structural Graph Analysis of Social Connections

Publication

Jan. 2022

Joined PragSec at the Computer Science Department of SUNY Stony Brook as a PhD Candidate and a Research Assistant under Prof. Nikiforakis!


Nov. 2021

Data-driven correlation of cyber and physical anomalies for holistic system health monitoring

Publication

Oct. 2021

Google IT Automation w/ Python Professional Certificate

Certificates

Aug. 2021

INFOSEC Cyber Incident Response Specialization

Certificates

Dec. 2020

- IBM Cybersecurity Analyst Professional Certificate
- Homeland Security and Cybersecurity Specialization

Certificates

Oct. 2020

Malware Classification Methodologies

Master's Thesis


Cybersecurity Research
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Contact

For more information regarding research I perform and possible collaborations, please shoot me an email:
vtsouvalas [at] cs.stonybrook.edu ,
or get in touch with me on social media.