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Nuno Medeiros
Nuno Medeiros has a master’s degree in electrical and Computers Engineering with a major in Energy from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP) in 2008.
In the end of 2011, he became a Master of Science in Information Technology – Information Security (MSIT-IS) from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Science – Cyber Security from Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Nuno began his career at EDP Distribuição (now E-REDES) in September 2009, joining the SCADA and Automation Unit, responsible for the mission critical systems of the Portuguese DSO. In 2017, he was appointed Head of the Cyber Security Department and CISO, where he oversaw the organization’s security architecture, ensuring the security and privacy of products and processes through a risk-based approach. His role involved managing the end-to-end security for the company’s mission-critical infrastructure.
In 2020, Nuno assumed leadership of the “IT/OT Strategy and Cybersecurity” unit, tasked with developing the architecture, platforms, applications, and connectivity solutions for E-REDES, all while ensuring cybersecurity and operational resilience in support of the company’s digital transformation strategy.
Currently, he serves as the Head of Mission Critical Platform, leading the strategic development, performance, and security of the company’s mission-critical ecosystem. As the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of E-REDES, Nuno is responsible for the organization’s overall information security strategy, enhancing cyber resilience, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
Nuno is actively involved in industry collaborations at the European level, having chaired and coordinated various cybersecurity working groups, including those of the EUTC and EDSO. He is also a founding representative and board member of the European Energy Information Sharing and Analysis Center (EE-ISAC) and currently serves as chair of the executive committee for the Portuguese Energy ISAC. Furthermore, he contributes to the EU DSO Entity Cyber Security Expert Group.
In addition to his professional responsibilities, Nuno is a director and lecturer at Porto Business School’s “Cybersecurity for Executives Program”, which aims to equip business leaders with the knowledge necessary to effectively lead in cybersecurity. He regularly speaks at European conferences, sharing E-REDES’ approach to cybersecurity and privacy, while advocating for stronger leadership, awareness and collaboration in the evolving cybersecurity landscape.
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Mathew Woodyard
Mathew Woodyard is a threat intelligence researcher at Okta studying identity-based attacks and botnet behavior. He has worked in many roles throughout his career in finance and technology ranging from quantitative risk to distributed security architecture to botnet behavior. He regularly shares his findings at industry and academic conferences, including BSides Las Vegas, Oktane, and IEEE International Conference on Communications.
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