Nelson Escravana (6D1C-40CE-E32E)

Curriculum Vitae

Nelson Escravana

Nelson Escravana. Director of Cybersecurity R&D Unit at INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, has more than 20 years of professional experience in the fields of telecommunications and information security and is a regular consultant for national and European entities. He is responsible for conducting security audits within incident prevention and response, analysis and solution design. It also regularly conducts training sessions and seminars on cybersecurity and has participated in dozens of European and National R&D projects. He is the author of several scientific research papers on blockchain, peer-to-peer networks, distributed systems, cryptographic protocols, intrusion detection systems and cyber incident impact analysis. He completed his Computer Science and Engineering degree in 2002 at the University of Lisbon Instituto Superior Técnico. He is a member of the Board of Directors, the Executive Board at INOV, and the Executive Board of INESC Serviços, a shared services center of the INESC group in Lisbon, including the INESC CSIRT.

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Identification

Personal identification

Full name: Nelson Escravana

Citation names

Escravana, Nelson

Author identifiers

Ciência ID: 6D1C-40CE-E32E
ORCID iD: 0009-0004-1995-5381

Knowledge fields

Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics

Languages

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)	Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese (Mother tongue)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2010/03 Concluded	Specialised Course in Management (Especialização pós-licenciatura) Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Portugal
2002/09/14 Concluded	Computer Science and Engineering (Licenciatura) Major in Computer Systems Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

	Category Host institution	Employer
2019 - Current	Lecturer (University Teacher)	Associação para o Desenvolvimento do Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

2003 - 2003	Visiting Professor (University Teacher)	Instituto Superior Dom Afonso III, Portugal

Positions / Appointments

	Category Host institution	Employer
2023/11 - Current	Cybersecurity Specialization Installation Committee	Ordem dos Engenheiros, Portugal

2021/06/21 - Current	Member of the Executive Board	INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal

2015/07/01 - Current	Member of the Board	INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal

Others

	Category Host institution	Employer
2021/01/01 - Current	Director of Cybersecurity R&D	INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal

2010/01/01 - 2020/12/31	Diretor of Communications and Cybersecurity R&D	INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal

2004 - 2010	Head of Telecommunications Applications and Cybersecurity R&D	INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal

2001 - 2003	Head of IT department	INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal
	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal
2001 - 2003	Project Manager	INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal

1998/01 - 2000/12	Project Manager	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal

1997 - 1999	System Administrator	Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Arquitectura, Portugal

1998 - 1998/12/31	Programmer	Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Portugal

1994 - 1998	Consulting and Software Development	Softires Informática, Portugal

1997 - 1997	System Administrator	Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Projects

Grant

	Designation	Funders
2023/09/01 - Current	BLOCKCHAIN.PT C632734434-00467077 Principal investigator INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP Ongoing
2023/09/01 - Current	C-Hub: Cybersecurity European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH) C660038746-00001735 Researcher & Member of the Project Executive Board INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP Ongoing
2023/01/01 - Current	ECP - Ecocerâmica e Cristal de Portugal C644916391-00000029 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP Ongoing
2022/12/01 - Current	CYLCOMED - Cyber securitY tooLbox for COnnected MEdical Devices 101095542 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - Horizon Europe Ongoing
2022/12/01 - Current	MultiRATE - Holistic framework for the MatUrity evaLuaTIon of ReAdiness level for security TEchnologies 101073929 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - Horizon Europe Ongoing
2022/11/01 - Current	LAGO - LESSEN DATA ACCESS AND GOVERNANCE OBSTACLES 101073951 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - Horizon Europe Ongoing
2022/07/01 - Current	TRUSTyFOOD - Stakeholders-driven pathways for blockchain implementation in the agri-food sector 101060534 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - Horizon Europe Ongoing
2021/10/01 - Current	STARLIGHT - Sustainable Autonomy and Resilience for LEAs using AI against High priority Threats 101021797 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - H2020 Ongoing
2021/09/01 - Current	IRIS - artificial Intelligence threat Reporting and Incident response System 101021727 Project Coordinator INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2020 - Current	GRACE - Global Response Against Child Exploitation 883341 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2019/05 - Current	SATIE - Security of Air Transport Infrastructure of Europe GA 836969 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2019/02/01 - Current	SPARTA - Strategic programs for advanced research and technology in Europe GA 830892 Principal investigator INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Horizon 2020 Ongoing
2018/12 - Current	EUNOMIA - User-oriented, secure, trustful & decentralised social media GA 825171 Principal investigator INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - H2020 Ongoing
2021/06/01 - 2023/03/31	Trace & Trust Hubs for MED food GA 1931 - PRIMA Researcher
2022/01/01 - 2022/11/30	NIGHTINGALE - Novel InteGrated toolkit for enhanced pre-Hospital life support and Triage IN challenGing And Large Emergencies 101021957 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission Ongoing
2020/06/01 - 2022/05/31	ENSURESEC - End-to-end Security of the Digital Single Market’s E-commerce and Delivery Service Ecosystem 883242 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission Concluded
2020/04/01 - 2021/05/31	Trace & Trust Hubs for MED food GA 1931 - PRIMA Principal investigator INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Ongoing
2016 - 2021	ASGARD - Analysis System for Gathered Raw Data GA 700381 Principal investigator INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - H2020 Concluded
2017/05/01 - 2019/10/31	COMPACT - COmpetitive Methods to protect local Public Administration from Cyber security Threats GA 740712 Principal investigator INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - H2020 Concluded
2017/01 - 2018/12	ALFA - Advanced Low Flying Aircrafts Detection and Tracking GA 700002 Researcher INOV - Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Inovação, Portugal	European Commission - H2020 Concluded
2015 - 2018	DOGANA - aDvanced sOcial enGineering And vulNerability Assesment Framework 653618 Principal investigator INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission - H2020 Concluded
2014/06 - 2017/05	ECOSSIAN - European Control System Security Incident Analysis Network GA 607577 Principal investigator INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2013/01 - 2015/12	AIRBEAM - AIRBorne information for Emergency situation Awareness and Monitoring GA 261769 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2013 - 2015	HEALTHY SYSTEM NFC 30365 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2011/04 - 2014/09	SECUR-ED - Secured Urban Transportation - European Demonstration GA 261605 Principal investigator INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2011/06/01 - 2014	TICE HEALTHY 13842 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2010 - 2014	TASS - Total Airport Security System GA 241905 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded
2010 - 2013	ISOFIN 13837 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2010 - 2013	FALA COMIGO 13449 Principal investigator INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2008 - 2010	ICARUS 3076 Technical development INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2004 - 2006	Airnet - Airport network for mobiles surveillance and alerting GA 507888 Technical development INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission Sixth Framework Programme Concluded

Contract

	Designation	Funders
2014 - 2014	NFC4SURE N/D - subcontratação Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	Agência Nacional de Inovação SA Concluded
2008 - 2011	My-e-Director 2012 - Real-Time Context-Aware and Personalized Media Streaming Environments for Large Scale Broadcasting Applications GA 215248 Researcher INOV INESC INOVAÇÃO - Instituto de Novas Tecnologias, Portugal	European Commission Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development Concluded

Outputs

Publications

Conference paper	Diogo Alves; Apolinário, Filipe; Bernardo Pacheco; Escravana, Nelson; Grilo, António. "Calculating Business Impact Assessment of Cyber-Threats". Paper presented in IEEE 9th World Forum on Internet of Things (WF-IoT), Aveiro, 2023. Published Apolinário, Filipe; João Guiomar; Éric Hervé; Sven Hrastnik; Escravana, Nelson; Miguel L. Pardal; Correia, Miguel. "ComSEC: Secure communications for baggage handling systems". Paper presented in The 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection (CPS4CIP 2022), 2022. Published Carvalho, Olga; Apolinário, Filipe; Escravana, Nelson; Ribeiro, Carlos. "CIIA critical infrastructure impact assessment.". Paper presented in SAC 22, 2022. 10.1145/3477314.3507313 Apolinário, Filipe; Escravana, Nelson; Hervé, Éric; Pardal, Miguel L.; Correia, Miguel. "FingerCI: generating specifications for critical infrastructures". Paper presented in SAC 22, 2022. 10.1145/3477314.3507323 Kopke, Corinna; Konig, Louis; Faist, Katja; Fehling-Kaschek, Mirjam; Finger, Jorg; Stolz, Alexander; Burke, Kelly; et al. "Security and Resilience for Airport Infrastructure". Paper presented in 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and the 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference, 2020. Accepted Lima, Joao; Apolinário, Filipe; Escravana, Nelson; Ribeiro, Carlos. "BP-IDS: Using business process specification to leverage intrusion detection in critical infrastructures". Paper presented in The 31st International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, Coimbra, 2020. Kopke, Corinna; Srivastava, Kushal; Koenig, Louis; Miller, Natalie; Fehling-Kaschek, Mirjam; Burke, Kelly; Mangini,Matteo; et al. "Impact Propagation in Airport Systems". Paper presented in Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection, Guildford, 2020. Escravana, Nelson; Bernardo Pacheco. "DOGANA: Research on Human element advanced vulnerability assessment". Paper presented in eCrime Cyber- Security Symposium 2017, Porto, 2017. Antunes, Diogo; Lima, Joao; Pereira, Goncalo; Escravana, Nelson; Ribeiro, Carlos. "NFC4Sure: Mobile ticketing system". Paper presented in 2016 Second International Conference on Mobile and Secure Services (MobiSecServ), 2016. Published • 10.1109/mobisecserv.2016.7440229 Escravana, Nelson. "ECOSSIAN: Research on cyber threat detection and incident handling in European critical infrastructure". Paper presented in Rail Cybersecurity Summit, Londres, 2016. Published Escravana, Nelson. "Effectively detection of intrusions using business process specifications". Paper presented in FIRST/TF-CSIRT Techinical Coloquium, Lisboa, 2013.
Conference poster	Escravana, Nelson; João Lima; Carlos Ribeiro. "BPIDS-Using Business Model Specification in Intrusion Detection". Paper presented in Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses 17th International Symposium, 2014.
Journal article	Monachelis, P; Kasnesis, P.; Patrikakis, C.; Liang, X.; Heartfield, R.; Loukas, G.; Escravana, Nelson (6D1C-40CE-E32E); Louca, S.. "How to trust a stranger". Cutter IT Journal (2020): Escravana, Nelson; João Lima; Carlos Ribeiro. "Ciber(in)segurança da Infraestrutura de Transportes Públicos". Nação e Defesa 133 (2012): 178-195.
Magazine article	Escravana, Nelson. "Cibersegurança na Internacionalização das Empresas", BOW - Portugal Business on the Way, 2022, https://www.aeportugal.com/files/MKT/BOW25_NelsonEscravana.pdf.
Report	Escravana, Nelson. 2016. NATO/NIAG SG-206 - Cyber Defense Situational Awareness. Escravana, Nelson. 2015. NATO/NIAG SG-195 - Cyberdefense information sharing. Escravana, Nelson. 2014. NATO/NIAG SG-179 - Industrial contribution to cyber defence action plan. Escravana, Nelson. 2012. NATO/NIAG SG-165 : Private Sector support to NATO cyber defence.

Intellectual property

Patent

Escravana, Nelson; Carlos Ribeiro; João Lima. 2018. "Method and system for detecting intrusions in networks and systems based on business-process specificationWO2014/060964 A2".
Granted/Issued
Escravana, Nelson; João Lima. 2015. "Sistema e método para produção automática de software vulnerável através da injeção de código vulnerável durante o processo de compilação ou interpretação". Portugal.
Granted/Issued

Activities

Course / Discipline taught

	Academic session	Degree Subject (Type)	Institution / Organization
2022/05 - Current	Cibersegurança para Empresas	(Outros)	Instituto Superior Técnico - Técnico +, Portugal Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
2019 - Current	Proteção e Segurança de Dados para Profissionais Não Tecnológicos	Cibersegurança - Avaliação e Gestão de Segurança (Especialização pós-licenciatura)	Instituto Superior Técnico - Técnico +, Portugal