Criminal lawyer, specialist in computer crimes and digital evidence. Currently researcher at the University of Barcelona. Master studies in Management and Cybersecurity Direction. Chief Auditor by AENOR ISO 27001. Trained as DPO by AENOR. She is currently co-director of the legalconsultors and legalconsultech firms.
She combines the professional practice of law with teaching at the University of Barcelona in the Master of Digital Law and Society of Information and Communication, also works as teacher in the Security Degree. She collaborates in the Master of Cybersecurity at the UPC and in the postgraduate course in Digital Law and Computer Forensics at the University of Extremadura.
She is a speaker at various computer security conferences such as RootedCON, Navaja Negra Conference, NoCoNName, SecAdmin, ShellCON, CyberCamp, CONPilar and PaellaCON, and others.
Florian Pennings works for Microsoft as EU Cybersecurity Policy Manager. He believes that industry collaboration and multi-stakeholder management is important to ensure strong cybersecurity and that it requires constant engagement and open discussions.
Before joining Microsoft, he worked at the Dutch National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) and at the EU Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA) where Florian coordinated strategic and tactical cooperation with industry and public stakeholders.
At Microsoft he contributes to discussions concerning EU cybersecurity policy and emerging technologies like AI, using his operational and strategic national and European experience. He strongly believes that cooperation is built on trust and common interests, not on differences.