Francesco Casaril is a doctoral student in cybersecurity at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. He is a International and Political Science graduate with a special interest in critical infrastructure security. He has a professional background in the space sector working in Brussels for a trade association representing more than 130 space companies. His research interests concern the cybersecurity dimension of space infrastructure. His PhD research focuses on SATCOM technologies and, in particular, on satellite networks and router security in view of IRIS2, the new European flagship project for resilient space communication. 

Letterio Galletta is Assistant Professor with IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. Previously, he was a postdoc with the Department of Computer Science, University of Pisa. His research activity mainly focuses on language-based security, i.e., using techniques from programming languages, compilers and formal verification to address security problems. He applied these techniques to different fields like adaptive software, the Internet of Things, and more recently, secure compilation, firewalls and smart contracts.