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Cyber Risks · Cisco Talos

Researcher Spotlight: Giannis Tziakouris first learned how to fix his family’s PC, and now he’s fixing networks all over the globe

Summary: Giannis Tziakouris, a senior incident responder at Cisco Talos Incident Response, supports customers globally from the United Arab Emirates after several years assisting Asia-Pacific customers from Singapore. Before Talos, he was a lead digital crime analyst at Interpol, where he led darknet and cryptocurrency investigations into illegal firearms trades, narcotics sales, and crimes against vulnerable communities.

Bottom line: Talos' own responder says most defenders, regardless of region, are still asking the same questions about ransomware, info-stealers, and state-sponsored actors - and he is building an AI tool to help SOC teams detect more accurately, a sign the detection gap is being answered with automation rather than more analysts.

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