Demosthenes Ikonomou

Demosthenes Ikonomou received his Masters of Science in Electronics and Computer Sciences and his Ph.D. in applied sciences from the University of Southampton, United Kingdom, in 1992 and the Université catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve (UCL), Belgium, in 2002 respectively.

Between 1996 and 2008 he worked for DG Information Society & Media (INFSO) of the European Commission mainly involved in the management of R&D projects in the fields of wireless and personal communications as well as networked media. In 2008 he joined the Technical Department of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) as a Senior Expert in the section of Security Tools and Architecture. Currently he holds the position of Head of Information Security & Data Protection Unit.