About
Vilius Pankauskas
I'm an experienced IT Security specialist. Although it wasn't always like this. I started out as a young kid who enjoyed to break things. You might think "everyone does that", but for me it turned out to be a valid career path for a tester. For security sector? Breaking things and finding bizarre perspectives helped significantly. Sharpening the skills of a successful startup and a few international technology companies, together with a financial institution has assisted me to see security problems on both small and huge scale. How do you ensure integrity and security for a few thousand employees? Apparently not so easily. It is clear something is wrong with the security approach at the moment for most. This is the reason as to why I am sharing my experience on a wider spectrum. With 10+ years in the field there's a perspective I can offer.
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Teaching and sharing knowledge came through a different path. I've always been keen on making a contribution back to the community. After a successful experience of skill sharing, one thing led to another and now it's been a number of years that I have been teaching regularly on security breaking for advanced school kids as well as delivering presentations and trainings at various IT community gatherings.
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You can find me through multiple contacts referenced in the site and of course in the local OWASP meeting.