Barbara Krašovec is an HPC systems architect at the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia. She has over 15 years’ experience in HPC, cloud and distributed systems, virtualisation, and cybersecurity. She is a member of SLING, Slovenia’s national supercomputing network, EuroHPC Vega design and administration teams. She also serves on the EGI CSIRT and the EOSC EU Node security team, where she supports the security of European research infrastructure. Her work spans architecture, deployment, and operations of advanced computing environments, with a strong focus on secure, scalable solutions for scientific and industrial applications.