Bucharest Cybersecurity
Conference 2022
27-28 October 2022
The speakers
Cybersecurity in Romania – a 360⁰ vision
Fabrice WYNANTS
Director - Security/IAM Solutions, CEGEKA
As Global Director Cyber Security & IAM Solutions, Fabrice Wynants is leading Cegeka’s Cyber Security Services Division.
Mircea GRIGORAȘ
IT Security Department Manager, OTP Bank
Mircea Grigoraș is Manager of the IT Security Department at OTP Bank Romania, where he is responsible for coordinating the implementation of security measures at the organization level,
Marius MARINESCU
Technical Director, METAMINDS S.A.
Marius is one of the industry's leading professionals with over 20 years of experience in designing, integrating and optimizing complex IT projects architectures.
Ioan CONSTANTIN
Cyber Security Expert, Orange
Professional with 15 years’ experience in corporate cyber security, security audits, compliance and best practices.
Cosmin GEORGESCU
CEO, Cluster Power
Cosmin Georgescu, CEO of ClusterPower, is an energy expert and has 15 years of experience in management and 20 years of experience in the field of energy infrastructure and complex technological projects.
Education and awareness in cybersecurity: challenges, perspectives, and solutions
Adrian BADEA
CyberSecurity Business Development Manager, S&T
Adrian Badea is a cybersecurity expert, responsible for business development, presales and post sales activities for a wide portfolio of security products and solutions.
Cătălina NICULIȚĂ
System Engineering Manager, CISCO
Catalina is Systems Engineering Manager in Cisco Romania, leading a team of consultants and pre-sales engineers.
Ioan-Cosmin MIHAI
Cybercrime training officer, CEPOL
Ioan-Cosmin MIHAI is a trainer, researcher, author, and conference speaker, with an experience of almost 20 years in
Jan RYNES
Solutions Architect, Infoblox
Cyber Security is part of my life for more than 7 years now. And it is great area to be in. You can find something new every single day!
Octavian POPA
Superior Manager Cybersecurity, DNSC
With a 14 years experience working in the government sector, he joined in 2021 National Cyber Security Directorate as deputy coordinator of the implementation of the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive in Romania.
Mădălin VASILE
Director Systems Engineering - South Eastern Europe, FORTINET
Madalin Vasile is a networking and cyber security specialist with over 18 years of relevant experience.
George DANILIUC
Director EMEA, SANS
George Daniliuc has more than 10 years of experience in the technical training management domain, working in an international environment.
Sorin STĂNICĂ
Director, Institute for Research and Crime Prevention, MAI
Chief Police Commissioner Sorin STĂNICĂ - Head of the Prevention Bureau, within the Institute for Crime Research and Prevention of the Romanian Police.
Supply chain security
Alexandru ENACHE
Regional Sales Manager East Europe, A10 Networks
Alexandru Enache is a knowledgable sales manager for A10 Networks solutions, with more than 12 years experience in network security and wireless industry.
Panagiotis PAPAGIANNAKOPOULOS
Head of Cyber Security, Data Protection & Privacy services, EY Romania
After a 4 years’ period working for an Oil & Gas Company in the IT & Security domains, Panagiotis joined EY in 2008.
Dan Barbu VULTUR
Chief Security Officer, HUAWEI
Dan Barbu VULTUR has over 15 years’ experience in information and cyber security roles with various companies.
Tomasz PIETRZYK
Systems Engineering Manager for Eastern Europe, Palo Alto Network
Tomasz Pietrzyk builds his professional experience pursuing his passion in all areas of information security.
Andrei BOZEANU
Cyber Security Researcher, DNSC
Andrei Bozeanu is a cybersecurity researcher for Romanian National Cybersecurity Directorate but also the CEO & Founder of Dekeneas Next-Gen Technologies SRL, a Romanian cybersecurity start-up building next-generation technologies addressing modern cyber attacks.
Cybersecurity in the education and instruction processes: an integrated perspective of the public, private, and academia stakeholders
Emil SIMION
Associate Professor, University Politehnica of Bucharest and Business Generator, Deputy Director
Emil SIMION is a researcher and professor with an experience of more than 25 years in cybersecurity.
Răzvan RUGHINIȘ
Professor and Vice-Dean, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University Politehnica of Bucharest
Răzvan Rughiniș is Professor and Vice-Dean for Academic-Industry Relations at the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers, University Politehnica of Bucharest.
Darius BUFNEA
lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University
Darius Bufnea is a lecturer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania.
Alexandru KIRALY
System engineer at the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, at Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
Alexandru Kiraly is a young and promising researcher who is currently working on completing his master's studies while simultaneously
Sebastian PITEI
Infrastructure & Security Manager, Bit Sentinel
With over 15 years of experience in Telco, Enterprise, Critical Infrastructure and Defence & Military companies,
Ciprian OPRIȘA
Conf.Dr.Ing., Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Ciprian Oprișa is an Associate Professor at the Technical University of Cluj-Napoca and a Senior Team Lead in the Cyberthreats Intelligence Lab at Bitdefender.
Claudiu BRANDAS
Professor, West University of Timisoara
Claudiu Brandas is Professor, PhD and PhD coordinator at the West University of Timisoara, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Business Information Systems.
Ciprian PUNGILĂ
Professor, Associate Professor, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Ciprian Pungilă is a full-time technology addict, passionate entrepreneur, university lecturer and experienced both low/high-level software engineer, full-stack developer and security researcher in academia.
Dr. Florin SOFONEA
Associate Professor Dean, Faculty of Sciences, "Lucian Blaga" University of Sibiu
Research and teaching: Approximations Theory and its Applications, Q-Calculus, Networking, Privacy and Data Science.
Gabriel RAICU
Assoc. Prof. PhD. Eng.,Vice-Rector for Scientific Research & Innovation, Maritime University of Constanța
Gabriel Raicu is vice-rector for research and innovation at the Maritime University of Constanta. He is also the director of the Center for Excellence in Maritime Cyber Security (MarCySCoE).
Răzvan BOLOGA
Professor in the Computer Science Department, ASE Bucharest
Professor at the Computer Science Department of the Bucharest University of EconomicStudies. His research interests include: Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and adaptive learning.
Successful Romanian models in cybersecurity: challenges and capabilities
Cătălina Dodu
Vicepresident, ANIS
Catalina is Global Presales Director for Cybersecurity Services Atos. Additionally, she runs the operations of Atos IT Solutions and Services Romania since February 2014.
Andrei ȘTEFĂNIE
Product Engineer, Cyscale Systems
Andrei is passionate about helping people and organizations perform at their best through teaching, building tools, speaking, and writing.
Alin MECHENICI
Founder & CEO, CHENIST Cybersecurity
Alin Mechenici is an entrepreneur with international experience. He is currently developing CHENIST Cybersecurity,
Lucian CORNEEV
Senior Security Specialist, Cybourn
Lucian is a Senior Security Specialist at CyBourn with experience in Security Operations for small and large companies in multiple industry verticals.
Mădălin STANIU
Managing Partner, BlackBullet
Mădălin Staniu, Founder and Managing Partner of Black Bullet - On target digital solutions, is a professional with 15+ Years of experience in custom software development and cyber security services.
Pavel PRODANIUC
Managing Partner, Cyber Dacians
Pavel Prodaniuc is Managing Partner and Security Engineer at Cyber Dacians, a recently established company in Romania. He has expertise in a variety of domains, from web, infrastructure & ATM penetration testing to incident response (IR) investigations.
Andrei BOZEANU
CEO & Founder, DEKENEAS NEXT GEN TECHNOLOGIES SRL
Andrei Bozeanu is a cybersecurity researcher for Romanian National Cybersecurity Directorate but also the CEO & Founder of Dekeneas Next-Gen Technologies SRL, a Romanian cybersecurity start-up building next-generation technologies addressing modern cyber attacks.
George-Florin POPESCU
Founder, Cyberwall
Working for several years in multinational companies and being exposed to different business models and large transformation programs, Florin developed an extensive professional knowledge and a can-do attitude.
Romanian initiatives in cybersecurity
Adrian Victor VEVERA
General Director, ICI
Adrian Victor VEVERA, General Director of ICI Bucharest, Doctor in Military Sciences and Information, has an extensive experience in the field of national security fulfilling various managerial and counseling positions such as former General Director of CERT-RO
Sorin MIRIȚESCU
Research and Development Director, SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA
Sorin Mirițescu, Research and Development Director at SAFETECH INNOVATIONS SA has over 20 years of experience in the IT&C industry, during which time he has held technical and management positions
Gabriel DAVID
Head of IT&C Security Directorate, Special Telecommunications Service
2017 – Present – Head of IT&C Security Directorate, Special Telecommunications Service. 2014 – 2017 – Senior Security Engineer adMarketPlace LLC.
Cosmin ANGHEL
Cyber Security Director (CISO), Nuclearelectrica
Cosmin Anghel is CISO of SN Nuclearelectrica SA and Chairman of Cynergy ISAC. He has more than 15 years of experience in cybersecurity and has held several positions leading and coordinating cybersecurity teams for national and
Lior MICHELZON
Director for the Secure DevOps, HCL Software
Lior Michelzon has spent more than 23+ years in the IT field, having built up in-depth experience across digital transformation solutions driving Industry today.
Vladimir ESTER
Chief Technology Officer, Clusterpower
Mr. Ester has vast experience in IT infrastructure and services for more than 15 years. Before Cluster Power, Mr. Ester was with Cisco and one of Romania’s largest telcos (as data center manager).
Solidarity and resilience in cybersecurity
Emrah ALPA
Sr. Product Manager, ArcSight Global Content, Micro Focus
A passionate and proficient senior technology executive specializing in security analytics and cyber, with multi-industry experience in product management and threat intelligence.
Tomasz ROT
Director of Sales Central and Eastern Europe, Exterro
Tomasz Rot, Director of Sales Central & Eastern Europe - a cyber security expert with over 17 years of experience in IT, built and managed sales & engineering teams across Central Eastern Europe.
Magda POPESCU
Outside Legal Counsel Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU), EMEA, Microsoft
Magda Popescu is outside legal counsel to Microsoft Corporation, Digital Crimes Unit, EMEA, and she works on complex operations tackling botnets, tech support fraud, etc.
Liliana MUȘEȚAN
Head of Unit, Council of the European Union
Experienced IT and cybersecurity professional, Liliana Musetan is leading the Cybersecurity unit at the General Secretariat of the European Council
Alina BÂRGĂOANU
University Professor PhD/ Dean of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, SNSPA
Alina Bârgăoanu is a university professor PhD, dean of the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations (SNSPA); member of the advisory board of the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO);
Mihai Cocoru
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Mihai Cocoru is a member of the Directorate for Asymmetrical Risks within the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His portfolio includes cybersecurity, cybercrime and the fight against disinformation in the digital age.
Policy and regulation in cybersecurity
Adrian FLOAREA
CEO, Certsign
Mr. Adrian Floarea, PhD, graduated Mathematics and holding a PhD in cryptographic algorithms is a strong supporter of the R&D activity in the IT Identity and Security Field
Evangelos KANTAS
Cybersecurity Expert, ENISA
Cybersecurity Expert at ENISA, working in the Policy Development and Implementation unit.
Mihail GURANDA
Superior Cybersecurity Manager, DNSC
From Apr.2022- Present, Senior Manager - Regulatory Directorate, DNSC.
From Feb. 2020- Apr. 2022, Head of Legal and Human Resources, CERT-RO.
Rene SUMMER
Director Government and Industry Advocacy, Ericsson Corporate
Rene Summer is Director of Government and Industry Relations at Ericsson Group working on developing positive long- term industry policies in the ICT sector
Elena CRISTIAN
University Politehnica of Bucharest
Ms. Elena Cristian, PhD, graduated University Politehnica of Bucharest, is auditor and consultant in the field of implementation and certification of European Standards in Romanian Organizations with over 20 years of experience in management
Adrian MUNTEANU
Professor, "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" University of Iași
Adrian is cybersecurity auditor certified by DNSC (National Directorate for Cyber Security), Certified Information System Auditor, Certified Data Privacy Solution Engineer, Certified Information Privacy Manager, Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control, COBIT Foundation Certificate, ITIL Foundation Certificate.
Toma CÎMPEANU
Executive Director, ANSSI
Toma CÎMPEANU, has more than 20 years experience in the ICT field, holding top positions in both public and private companies and contributing to several nationwide projects such as e-licitatie.ro,
Grațiela MĂGDĂLINOIU
President, ISACA Romania Chapter
Since 2015, Gratiela has been leading Romania ISACA Chapter, as the elected president, working together with the board colleagues to grow the local professional community, to build strong reliable and long-term relationship with regulatory and academic institutions and partner with other professional associations.
Supporting the Romanian projects
Iasonas SIOUTIS
Project manager CITYSCAPE, Institute of Communication & Computer Systems (ICCS)
Iasonas Sioutis is an experienced Electrical Engineer with a project management background in ICT, sustainable energy, construction and sales.
Monica Caballero GALEOTE
SECANT Project Coordinator, NTT Data
Monica Caballero is a Project manager within the Innovation & Strategic Investments unit in NTT Data Spain, promoting and coordinating European and other public funded projects mostly in the ICT sector.
Cristinel Bogdan BĂRBULESCU
Senior Management Consultant, Electrica SA
Cristinel Bogdan Bărbulescu, graduate of University POLITEHNICA of Bucharest - Faculty of Automatic Control and Computer Science, holds a master's degree in Advanced Software Services, PhD student and university assistant
Ana-Maria BUȘONIU
General Director, OIPSI
She is curently the General Director of the Intermediary Body for the Promotion of the Information Society, within the Authority for the Digitisation of Romania, since October 2021.
Mihail GURANDA
Project coordinator IRIS, DNSC
From Apr.2022- Present, Senior Manager - Regulatory Directorate, DNSC.
From Feb. 2020- Apr. 2022, Head of Legal and Human Resources, CERT-RO.
