Stelvio Cimato is an Associate Professor with the Dipartimento di Informatica of the Università degli Studi di Milano. He got the Ph.D in Computer Science at University of Bologna, Italy in 1999. His main research interests are in the area of cryptography, network security, and Web applications. He has published several papers in the field and is active in the community, serving as member of the program committee of several international conferences in the area of cryptography and data security.