Michalis Mingos
Welcome to Mike’s website, who is a data recovery and file restoration engineer, digital evidence analyst, Ransomware incident specialist, and technical director of TicTac.
Academic Biography of Michalis Mingos
Mike Mingos holds the following academic titles:
- Computer Science Engineer at the Hellenic Open University
- Electrical Engineer, Technical University of Western Macedonia
- MSc in Information Systems from the University of Sheffield
Short Professional Resume
He has been professionally involved in IT since 1996. He has served as a Field IT Technician, IT Administrator, Web Designer, and Web Hosting company owner before becoming professionally involved in Data Recovery, Cyber Security, Cryptocurrencies, and Online Fraud.
Since 1999, he has privately undertaken many projects regarding Disaster Recovery and data recovery from all types of digital devices and restoring systems that could not be restored by conventional means.
For a long time, he was a data recovery engineer at the company Texnikoi.com, where he specialized in RAID Recovery, Flash (NAND chips) Recovery, and data recovery from mobile phones.
It has certifications from the largest manufacturers of diagnostic equipment in data recovery and participates in industry conferences every year.
Michalis Mingos has specialized in the following subjects:
- Cryptocurrencies (Speaker at Cryptocurrency seminars)
- Cyber Security
- Hard Disk Data Recovery
- Data recovery from RAID systems (Raid Recovery Expert)
- Digital Forensics Expert
- Ransomware Incident Response Expert & Ransomware Negotiator
- Coordinator of the digital presence and articles of Tictac Data Recoverycovery
Since 2016, he has also led the Cyber Security department of Tictac, one of the largest companies and organizations in Greece, with a specialization in Ransomware incident management. In 2021, alongside his colleagues Manolis Sfakianakis and Panagiotis Pierros, he co-founded CyberX, a company focused on combating electronic crime, online fraud, and advancing cybersecurity.
Participation in Conferences as a Speaker
- Data Under Siege – Panagiotis Pierros & Michalis Mingos – TicTac – Infocom 2015
- Locked out of our data – Ransomware – Infocom 2016
- E-themis Legal Conference: Speech on digital evidence (13/10/2012)
- Salvationdata Global Data Recovery Conference: Scratches & Difficult Cases in Data Recovery (09/01/2011)
Television Appearances
- Appearance at Bluesky CSIi talk on the Dark Web (Manolis Sfakianakis) – 2022
Appearance on Bluesky on the show CSIi – What is Phishing and Investment Scams (Manolis Sfakianakis) – 2022
Appearance on SKAI Television: How celebrity photos were leaked on the Internet (Anna Bousdoukou) – 2015
Workshops
- How a Ransomware Infection Occurs – Step by Step 20/02/2020
- Ransomware Protection Guide – Simple and understandable protection steps 21/2/2019
- The Best Backup – TicTac Disaster Recovery as a Service 17/04/2019
- Permanent Data Deletion, Workshop at the Infocom Conference 15/05/2015
- What is Bitcoin? Bitcoin Introductory Seminar – Michalis Miggos – Infocom 2019 (09/07/2019)
- Data recovery for free, simple, and fast – Digitalife Magazine
- Easy data transfer from mobile to new mobile – Piceasoft
References
Presentations
- Protecting Websites from Attacks with TicTac WAF
- ICT Security Pro 2019: 10 simple and understandable rules for protection against Cyberattacks
- Data under Siege – Infocom Security
- Locked out of our data – Infocom 2016
- Data Recovery and Data Destruction – Infocom 2015
- TicTac Company Profile Presentation
Free Time and Personal Blog
Michalis Mingos maintains a YouTube channel and personal blog, publishing articles and videos about innovation, technology, and cryptocurrencies.
He also has an active base of 800+ subscribers to his channel and over 1200 subscribers to his personal Blog.
- Michalis Mingos Youtube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/mmingos
- Personal Blog of Michael Mingos: http://www.mikemingos.gr
- Linkedin website
- Published presentations on Slideshare
Below are the best speeches and articles from the blog staff.
- How to Start My Own Business 2019 – University of Western Macedonia
- How I built my own business with no capital and no time 2016
- How to instantly launch a business idea – Michalis Miggos
- Skills for the 2020 Job Market: Specialization & Entrepreneurship – Michalis Miggos
- Succeeding Failing
Articles by Michalis Mingos
