Nicolas Pachis has been working for Virginia Tech for more than four years. He has been working for the IT Security Office since November 2006. Prior to that, he worked with Online Course Systems in support of Blackboard and Scholar. Currently, Nicolas is involved in the security awareness initiatives, policy planning, web site design and content management within the IT Security Office. Nicolas holds the SANS/GIAC - GCIH Gold certification, GIAC STAR Payment Card Industry certificate, and graduated from Virginia Tech in 2003 with a degree in History.