Nick Pitropakis

Dr. Nick Pitropakis is an Associate Professor at the School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment (Edinburgh Napier University). He actively contributes to cybersecurity research through 39 publications, focusing on threat intelligence sharing, cloud security, IoT security, and privacy-preserving technologies.

• CyberHunt - Automated Threat Hunting for Critical Infrastructures (Funder: Norway RC)
• TRUST Platform - Crossborder Data Federation (Funder: UKRI)
• AI-based Biometric Authentication (Funder: Data Lab)

His research combines graph theory for attack path analysis and blockchain for secure threat intelligence sharing. Key publication areas include:

• LLMs in threat hunting
• Chaotic encryption schemes
• Adversarial machine learning
• Distributed ledger applications

Scientific contributions span 19 journal articles, 15 conference proceedings, and 2 book chapters. Collaborates with Prof Bill Buchanan and Dr Pavlos Papadopoulos on cybersecurity standardization and trusted computing.