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Haris Pylarinos

Founder and CEO, Hack The Box

Haris Pylarinos is skilled in systems engineering due to his many years of experience as a sysadmin in the maritime and is a security expert with over 15 years of experience in the IT and cybersecurity industry.

Haris is an experienced professional in networking and software architecture. In 2017 he founded Hack The Box and has since scaled to more than 170 employees and 1.6 million users. He actively designs Hack The Box products and infrastructure, consults and manages the team across all topics, and stays up to date with the latest cyber security tactics, techniques, and procedures. His vision for the company and the Hack The Box Academy is to make cyber security training accessible to everyone via a gamified, fun, and innovative environment. 

Industry certifications: OSCP, MCSA, MCTS, CEI, CEH.


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