Center for Digital Safety & Security AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Vienna,
Austria

Dr. Florian Skopik is Senior Scientist and Team Lead of the ICT Security Research Group at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), where he coordinates national and largescale international research projects, as well as the overall research direction of the team. His research topics include critical infrastructure protection, smart grid security, and national cyber security and defense. Due to this research focus, the ICT Security Research Team works in close collaboration with national authorities, such as the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Defense. He published more than 100 scientific  conference papers and journal articles and holds some 30 industry-recognized security certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), ISA/IEC 62443 Security Specialist, and CCNP Security. In 2017 he finished a professional degree in Advanced Computer Security at Stanford  University.  Mr.  Skopik  is  a  member  of various conference program committees and editorial boards, as well as standardization groups, such as ETSI TC Cyber and OASIS CTI. He frequently serves as a reviewer for numerous high-profile journals, including Elsevier’s  Computers  &  Security.  He  is  registered subject  matter  expert  of  ENISA  (ENISA  M-CEI-17- T01) in the areas of new ICTs and emerging application areas as well as Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and CSIRTs cooperation. As an invited reviewer, he evaluates research project proposals for numerous nation-al research funding agencies, including the Austrian agency for international mobility and cooperation in education (OEAD), the Czech Science Foundation,   and   the  European  Science  Foundation (ESF), as well as the EC’s Horizon 2020 programme. Mr. Skopik is an IEEE Senior Member, a member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), of (ISC)2, of ISACA, and of the International Society of Automation (ISA).