Management Information Systems, PhD
Doctoral study and research in Management Information Systems.
M. Yusuf Akçakaya
Boğaziçi University · Research Assistant · Management Information Systems, PhD
Experience in cyber security red/blue practice, network infrastructure, regulations, risk management, and AI orchestration. I gave trainings and wrote blog posts about cyber security, developed web pages, and managed e-mail, web, and VPN servers. I code mostly with Python and JS/TS, now everything with AI. I also have experience with C, Java, PHP, SQL, and shell scripting.
Latest Work 2026-11-01
- Made this page live (yusufakcakaya.com).
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Academic
Education, research, and teaching at Boğaziçi University Department of Management Information Systems.
Education
Management Information Systems, MA
Thesis: "AGENT BASED MODELING OF THIRD-PARTY ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY"
Graduate degree and thesis research on agent-based modeling of enterprise cybersecurity.
Master's Thesis: "AGENT BASED MODELING OF THIRD-PARTY ENTERPRISE CYBERSECURITY"
Management Information Systems, BSc
Had classes on management, business, finance, economics, programming, networking, governance, ERP, supply chains, project management, and system design. Did a number of projects in decision support systems, web development, mobile development, and cyber security.
Graduation Project: Created a HIDS system with MITRE ATT&CK mapping using Sysmon and Wazuh.
Research & Teaching
Research Assistant
Research focus on cybersecurity and AI, risk management, governance, and information architecture.
| MIS 131 | Introduction to Programming | Lab & Problem Sessions |
| MIS 132 | Object-Oriented Programming | Lab & Grading |
| MIS 233 | Web Based System Development | Web Systems & Lab |
| MIS 251 | Database & Operations | Course & Exam Operations |
Areas of Interest
- Cybersecurity
- Artificial Intelligence
- Risk Management
- Governance
- Information Architecture
Experience
exp://aposto April 2022 – May 2023
Back End Engineer
Aposto
Developed payment and subscription APIs using TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, MongoDB.
exp://bitexen February 2022 – April 2022
Cloud Security Engineer
Bitexen
Management of MDM, EDR and various security solutions. Bug bounty and vulnerability disclosure programs design and implementation. Testing and evaluating cloud environment security. Application and DevOps security.
exp://turkcell September 2021 – December 2021
Offensive Security Associate
Turkcell
End-to-end penetration test process management (Permissions, test scope, rules of engagement, information gathering, enumeration/scanning, exploitation, privilege escalation, post-exploitation, reporting) with various customers for the internet and intranet testing.
exp://pwc February 2021 – August 2021 · Internship
Cyber Security Consultant
PwC Turkey
Penetration tests, red team activities, network infrastructure, application development, DDOS platform development. Used techs: Python, SQL, HTML/CSS/JS, Bash.
exp://bucysec September 2018 – August 2021 · Part time
Penetration Tester
Boğaziçi University Cyber Security Center
20+ penetration tests, firewall configurations, phishing tests, trainings, consultancies.
exp://boun-cc July 2019 – February 2020 · Part time
Assistant Web Developer
Boğaziçi University Computer Center
Made school's official map page. Built web pages mainly with Drupal for the institutions of the university. Used techs: PHP, HTML/CSS/JS, SQL.
Courses / Camps
camp://turkcell-camp 2021
Turkcell / CyberCamp 2021
Turkcell
CTF 2nd Place
camp://boun-camp 2017 – 2021
Boğaziçi University Cybersecurity Center / CyberCamp
Boğaziçi University
Participant in 2017 and 2018 · Trainer in 2019, 2020 and 2021
Projects
proj://mimori Open Source
Mimori
Agent Memory Tool
AI agent repository memory tool using AST mapping, PageRank, and decision logging.
proj://akatsuki Open Source
Akatsuki
Agent Knowledge Base
AI agent knowledge base with custom MCP, BM25 search and word embeddings.
proj://boun-map map.boun.edu.tr
Boğaziçi University Map App
Web Application
Official map page. Accessible at https://map.boun.edu.tr/
proj://mitre-hids 2021
Creating a MITRE ATT&CK mapped open source HIDS
Graduation Project
Sysmon and Wazuh based open source solution for detecting events and creating alerts.
proj://bountools Live
bountools.com
Web Platform
Boğaziçi University course scheduling, archive, and search platform.
proj://github-portfolio github.com/fusuyfusuy
GitHub Portfolio
Open Source
I create for fun. Most of my projects are open source and available at my GitHub.
Skills
env://stack_01
Coding & Scripting
env://stack_02
Simulation & AI
env://stack_03
Familiarity
No. 03
Personal
Independent projects, writing, and languages.
Blog
daginikmasa.com
Personal Blog
Longform essays and blog posts on cyber security, software, and personal notes.
daginikmasa.com/ ↗
Workshop
fusuycorp.com
Computational Sandbox & Agent Lab
Interactive browser physics simulations, terminal experiments, and AI agent essays.
fusuycorp.com/ ↗
Platform
hepyeni.net
Cultural Media Catalog
Collaborative book, film, and music recommendation and voting app for clubs.
hepyeni.net/ ↗
Languages
Türkçe
Native
English
Advanced
TOEFL iBT Score 106