Ioannis Kakavas

Ioannis Kakavas is a Principal Information Security Engineer II and Principal Product Security Engineer at Elastic, with extensive experience in application security, vulnerability management, and threat modeling since October 2017. Prior roles include Principal Engineer I and Senior Software Engineer in Elasticsearch security, where Ioannis contributed to implementing key security features and compliance standards. Earlier positions include Identity and Security Engineer at GRNET SA, various consulting roles focused on Identity and Access Management at companies like Tele2 and Hewlett-Packard, and technical delivery architecture in the telecommunications sector. Ioannis holds a Master's degree in Information and Communication Systems Security from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, and a diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens.