
CSFS Event #1: Enhancing Cybersecurity Skills and Capabilities for Society
This was the first of a series of half-day events prepared in the intention to indicate the response of the Greek society to cybersecurity issues in a dynamically evolving global risk landscape and what the next steps for all actors of the ecosystem should be, in order to create a safe and secure environment allowing all to leverage the socio-economic benefits offered by digital technologies.
Events
Overview

The event provided an opportunity to:
- Bring the cybersecurity-skills community together, facilitating the exchange of experiences challenges and good practices.
- Raise awareness on the need to promote multi-stakeholder cooperation on cybersecurity skills.
- Share examples of implementation and adoption of the European Cybersecurity Skills Framework by ENISA.
- Share knowledge and training for increasing the pool of experts in the workforce.
- Coordinate an approach across Governments, Industry and Academia.
- Identify synergies for the development of cybersecurity skills.
Agenda
Schedule | Topic | Speaker |
9:00-9:20 | Welcome and Registration | |
9:20 – 9:30 | Opening & Hellenic Cybersecurity Institute | Stella Tsitsoula President of the BoD, HCSI |
9:30 – 10:10 | European Cybersecurity Skills Framework (ECSF) and synergies with other european initiatives (ECSC) | Dr. Demosthenes Ikonomou Head of Capacity Building Unit, |
10:10 – 10:40 | National policy initiatives endorsing ECSF – Digital Skills Academy | Ioannis Panolias Directorate for Cybersecurity Strategic Planning National Cybersecurity Authority of Greece, Ministry Of Digital Governance Hellenic Republic |
10:40 – 11:15 | Panel discussion: Initiatives for the empowerment of European Cybersecurity Skills Framework, cybesecurity month, professional certifications, national cybersecurity challenges | Dimitra Liveri Team leader for Awareness Raising and Education, European Union Agency for CyberSecurity (ENISA) Theodosios Dimitrakos, Professor of Computer Science, iCCS and School of Computing, University of Kent Yiannis Iliadis, President of the BoD, (ISC)2 Hellenic Chapter Athanasios Grammatopoulos Cybersecurity Researcher, University of Piraeus, Team member of the Hellenic Cybersecurity Team Argyro Chatzopoulou, Moderator: Kostas Papadatos, Founder & Managing Director Cyber Noesis |
11:15 – 11:45 | Coffee Break | |
11:45 – 12:10 | Cybersecurity in higher education | Prof. Ch. Xenakis Digital Systems Dept, University of Piraeus |
12:10 – 12:30 | Cybersecurity skills initiatives from the industry | Jeremy Thompson Executive Vice President and Cyber Security Officer, Huawei Europe |
12:30 – 12:45 | Cybersecurity skills initiatives from the industry | Vasilis Maritsas, Partner, Cybersecurity Consulting Services, EY |
12:45 – 13:00 | Cybersecurity skills initiatives from the industry | Michael Haggar, Senior Technical Specialist, Microsoft Hellas |
13:00 – 13:40 | Panel discussion: Women: A critical factor for successful cybersecurity teams | Valina Panteli President, Women4Cyber Greece Aggeliki Delga Senior Manager, Consulting Services Cybersecurity and Privacy, EY Evgenia Tsaprali Head of Business Continuity Directorate at National Cyber Security Authority of Greece, Ministry of Digital Governance Moderator: Maria Akrivou, Senior Editor, Fortune Greece |
13:40 – 13:55 | Closing remarks | |
14:00 – 15:00 | Lunch & Networking |