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ISACA Athens Chapter - Nikos Drakos Memorial Scholarship

 

Continue your education and launch your IT career with ISACA! This scholarship is open to postgraduate students pursuing a degree related to Information Security, Auditing, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Compliance, or Computer Science at a university in Greece. Please review the scholarship offering and criteria below, and apply today!

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Applications Due: 11:59 pm US CT, 6 December 2024

 

Scholarship Offering:

We will award a US$1,000 academic scholarship for school-related costs to two students who meet the criteria below. Scholarship money will be paid directly to the awardee in February 2025 and must be used for the school you’re attending in 2025.

Awardees will also receive a Career Building Bundle:

  • One year of ISACA and ISACA chapter Student Membership (giving you access to career pathway and advancement events and webinars)
  • One ISACA course selected from the ITCA  or CET certification (completion of this course will help you get an ISACA certification that indicates a standard of skills to a prospective employer)
  • One ISACA Virtual Conference registration (where you will benefit from speakers who are renowned experts in their fields)
  • ISACA’s Mentoring Program (giving you access to certified digital trust professionals as mentors)
  • Resources to start an ISACA Student Group at university/college (as applicable)
  • Access to additional ISACA and ISACA Foundation resources

Criteria:

Applicants must:

  1. To apply, you first need a free ISACA account. If you have appplied for an ISACA Foundation scholarship before, you may sign in using that account. 
  2. Be 18 years of age or older.
  3. Be enrolled in a university in Greece.
  4. Be pursuing an master's degree related to Information Security, Auditing, Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Compliance, or Computer Science.
  5. Recipients agree to attend at least one chapter event within 3 months of receiving the award.
  6. Identify as a member of an underrepresented community in IT (this may include race, gender, ethnicity, veteran status, disability, etc.)
  7. Agree to communicate with the ISACA Foundation twice a year for two years regarding school and career trajectory after the scholarship award.

Remembering Nikos Drakos:

It is always very difficult to announce the loss of a person. How much more so when it comes to a man, who was above all a friend, and then everything else: a scientist, a technocrat, a connoisseur, a scholar, a pioneer, a "mind" among the few, an excellent partner. He had a devotion to music and often "decorated" his words with verses, showing the breadth of knowledge and culture that characterized him.

Nikos Drakos, was President of ISACA Athens Chapter. He had dedicated more than 20 years of his life to Information Systems Control. His experience, mainly in the National Bank and Eurobank Groups, was invaluable. Specializing in cyber security, he has participated in more than 200 IT audits, protecting critical systems and data.

His career included important positions such as IT Manager and Information Security Head in IT companies. His knowledge, dedication and passion for IT security have made him one of the leading professionals in his field.

Nikos was an ISACA platinum level professional, holding numerous professional titles including CISA, CISM, CGEIT, CDPSE, CRISC and CISA Accredited Trainer. In addition, he had certifications from Microsoft and CISCO, which confirmed the continuous search for knowledge and excellence.

The IT and Cybersecurity community has lost a true leader, a man who always sought to innovate and improve security processes. Nikos Drakos was more than a professional. He was a mentor, partner and friend.

He leaves behind a heavy and unique legacy, which will continue to inspire and guide generations of professionals to come. The IT world is poorer without Nikos, but his contribution will live on in the memory of all those who had the honor of working with him.

This was Nikos Drakos, a pioneer in Information Technology and Cybersecurity, with a heavy legacy and invaluable contribution to the digital industry.

Goodbye friend Niko.