Henrique M. Dinis Santos received his first degree in Electric and Electronic Engineering, from the University of Coimbra, Portugal, in 1984. In 1996, he received a PhD degree in Computer Engineering from the University of the Minho, Portugal and a habilitation degree in 2013 from the same institution. Currently, he is an Associate Professor (with Habilitation) at the Information Systems Department, University of Minho, and a member of the ALGORITMI R&D centre, more specifically, the Computer Communications and Pervasive Media (CCPM) research group, and member of its Urban Informatics lab, with interests in the fields of Information Security – emphasis on Intrusion Detection, Information Security Management, and biometrical technologies – and Computer Architecture area – emphasis on Computer Vision and Cloud Computing. He co-authored a patent with an industrial partner in 2012 in the biometric area. He is also the President of a national Technical Committee (CT 136) for information system security standardization, President of the Portuguese Association for Data Protection (APPD), University of Minho representative in a NATO project (MN CD E&T – Multi Nacional Cyber Defense Education and Training), within the Smart Defense initiative -, Associate Member of the SysSec community (European Network of Excellence, promoted by a consortium of several universities, institutes and research centres, in the Information Systems Security area) and integrates frequently advice and scientific committees supporting civil (emphasis on accreditation panels for study programs in Cybersecurity), governmental and military organizations. He was Vice President for Conferences and Workshops of IEEE Education Society from 2017 to 2021. During the second semester of 1990, under an ERASMUS program, he taught at the University of Bristol, United Kingdom, where he was recognized as a university academic staff member. Concerning the involvement in the organization of scientific events over the last two years, it should be highlighted: - Steering Committee member of the EAI IoECon 2023 - The Second EAI International Conference on the Internet of Everything, September 28-29, 2023, Guimarães, Portugal; - Guest editor of the Special Issue Advances in IoT Privacy, Security and Applications, Sensors Journal, MDPI, 2023; - Editor-in-chief of the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Smart Cities (open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal), European Alliance for Innovation (EAI), published by Springer; - Technical Committee member of the International Congress on Blockchain and Applications, University of Salamanca (Spain), 26th-28th June 2024. He regularly collaborates with the editorial body of several journals, namely as a reviewer, including (more recent): Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier); Computer Standards & Interfaces (Elsevier); European Journal of Management Studies (EJMS); Cluster Computing (Springer); Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (Elsevier); IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics; EEE Internet of Things Journal; and MDPI Sensors.