Lino Santos has a master’s degree in Law and Security from the Faculty of Law of NOVA University Lisbon and a Computer Science degree from Universidade do Minho. He is head of the Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center (CNCS) and an appointed member to the board of directors of the European Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA).
He previously was Director for Security and Users’ services at the National Foundation for Scientific Computing. He was appointed member for the CNCS installation commission. He has also a certification in Managing Computer Security Incident Response Teams, from Carnegie Mellon University, and from the Program on Cyber Security Studies, George C. Marshall Center.