Mr. Takis Kleanthous – IT Banking Senior Consultant
Mr. Kleanthous has been the General Manager of the Cooperative Computer Society(SEM) LTD since 2005. SEM Ltd was the IT provider for the Cooperative movement since 1974. After the merging of the company with the Cooperative Central Bank Ltd he was appointed as the Chief Information Officer and member of the Executive Committee. He voluntarily retired by the end of 2016. During his career he has proven extensive experience in setting up the IT environment focusing on internal and customer needs. In 2005 SEM Ltd implemented a Disaster Recovery Site for the Cooperative Banking Sector, in accordance with Basle II guidelines. Mr. Kleanthous can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mr. Christos Pashiardis – Information Security Senior Consultant.
Mr. Pashiardis has been the information security consultant for many banks in Cyprus for over 20 years. Some of his clients are Central Bank of Cyprus, Russian Commercial Bank, Privat Bank of Ukraine, Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus Stock Exchange etc. He has proven experience in Information Security Penetration Testing & Ethical Hacking, Disaster Recovery tests, Training over 2.000 persons in Information Security best practices, speaker with Cyprus Telecommunication Authorities etc. Mr. Pashiardis can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Mr. Dmitry Baranov – Information Security Expert.
Mr. Baranov has been the Information Security expert consultant for many organizations in Europe and USA. He has developed his own Firewall Systems, Web Protection Mechanisms, and does Pen tests using his own algorithms and tools for ethical hacking purposes. Guest lecturer of Cyprus Telecommunications Authority on hacking methodology and areas to be protected. Mr. Baranov can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.