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.
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.
You can find me through multiple contacts referenced in the site and of course in the local OWASP meeting.
