Fabio Martinelli is a research director of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) where he is a referent for cybersecurity activities. His main research interests involve security and privacy in cyber-physical systems and foundations of security and trust. He usually manages R&D; projects on information and communication security and in particular, He is currently the Project Coordinator of the EU Network on Cyber Security (ACS) and of the Collaborative information sharing and analytics for cyber protection (C3ISP) project. He also serves as an expert in the H2020 Protection and Security Advisory Group (PASAG) and acts as the first director in the Board of the European Cyber Security Organization (ECSO). He is also a member of the Italian Committee for Cyber Security Research (as CNR security expert).