Lazaros Gymnopoulos is a Research Assistant at the Information Technologies Institute (ITI) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH). He holds a Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and an MSc in Information Systems from the Athens University of Economics and Business. His main research interests include artificial intelligence applications, critical infrastructures security, and information systems security. He has co-authored several scholarly publications that have been presented at scientific conferences or published in scientific journals. He has participated in a series of technical studies as well as in research, development, and innovation projects, financed by both the private and the public sector.