Leandros A. Maglaras

I am a visiting Professor in the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University and a member of the Centre for Cybersecurity, IoT and Cyberphysical Systems. I am also a visiting Professor at the School of Computer Science and Informatics of De Montfort University. From 2019 to 2022, I was a Research Fellow at Prince Sultan University in the Security Lab. I obtained a B.Sc. (M.Sc. equivalent) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1998, M.Sc. in Industrial Production and Management from the University of Thessaly in 2004, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical & Computer Engineering from University of Thessaly, in 2008 and 2014 respectively. In 2018, I was awarded a Ph.D. in Intrusion Detection in SCADA systems from the University of Huddersfield. 

From September  2017 to November 2019, I was the Director of the Cyber Security Directorate and Head of the National Cyber Security Authority of Greece. I was leading a group of highly skilled professionals to organize the public sector in Greece regarding the cyber security of systems and applications. We implemented the NIS directive in the Greek Public sector by organizing several security awareness events, dedicated educational programs, proposing security policies and measures, and running focused projects that can foster the security of systems and applications of the Greek public sector. We also focused on securing the Critical infrastructures of Greece, following the directions given by the NIS directive, and we cooperated with all major stakeholders in Greece, both from the public and the private sector. We drafted the Greek Cyber Security Strategy (03/2018), the NIS Greek National Law (11/2018), and the Ministerial Decree (10/2019) that included the incident response procedure, the list of OES of Greece, and minimum security requirements. During my tenure as the Director of the National Cyber Security Authority, Greece managed to be ranked 1st among 160 countries (10/2019) in the NCSI index, which measures the preparedness of countries to prevent cyber threats and manage cyber incidents, climbing 31 positions in less than 2 years. 

I have participated in various research programs investigating vehicular and ICT technologies (C4C-project.eu[FP6], reduction-project.eu[FP7]), cybersecurity (iSOCaaS[HE], CyberSuite[HE], CyberSychrony[HE], Concordia[H2020], Flourish[Innovate UK], Cockpitci.eu[FP7], Fastpass[FP7]), sustainable development (islepact.eu, smilegov), and optimization and prediction of the dielectric behavior of air gaps (optithesi.webs.com). My research interests include wireless sensor networks and vehicular ad hoc networks.   

I served as Co-Editor in Chief on EAI Transactions on Security & Safety from 2016 until early 2019. I serve on the Editorial Board of several International peer-reviewed journals such as IEEE Access, Elsevier Array, Elsevier ICT Express, MDPI Computers,  and IET/Wiley Information Security.  

I am a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE).  I was a member of the IEEE European Public Policy Initiative on ICT (IEEE EPPC).  I was a former member of the IEEE P61158 – Standard for Industrial Hard Real-Time Communication Working Group. The main task of this WG was the adoption of Ethernet Powerlink Standards Group (EPSG) DS 301 – Ethernet Powerlink – Communications Profile Specification as an IEEE Standard. 

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Email: leandrosmag@gmail.com, leandros.maglaras2@dmu.ac.uk, l.maglaras2@napier.ac.uk, maglaras@uth.gr 

ORCID identifier: 0000-0001-5360-9782

My entries in various bibliographic databases: Google Scholar, DBLP, Scopus

 Research Interests:

• Cyber Security

• Privacy Preservation

• Risk Management

• Routing protocols

• Vehicular networks

• Social Network Analysis