CyberSecurity &Intelligence Team

Building the secure digital future

Advanced research in cybersecurity, privacy, cryptography, and intelligence to protect organizations and citizens

About us

This is what CSIT stands for

The CyberSecurity and Intelligence Team (CSIT) is a multidisciplinary research group dedicated to addressing the most critical challenges in digital security, privacy, trust, and cryptography.

Our work combines academic rigor with practical applicability, generating impactful scientific knowledge and innovative technological solutions that respond to the real needs of organizations, institutions, and society.

→ Our mission is to drive excellence in cybersecurity and intelligence research, training specialized talent and establishing strategic collaborations at regional, national, and international levels.

→ Our vision is to become a leading reference in applied cybersecurity research, bridging the gap between academic research and the needs of today's digital ecosystem.

Our people

People behind the research

Explore the professors and researchers bringing together academic expertise, technical practice, and emerging talent across CSIT.

Professors

Antonio Fernando Skarmeta Gómez

Antonio Fernando Skarmeta Gómez

Full Professor of Telematics Engineering and head of Intelligent Systems and Telematics at UM.

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Jorge Bernal Bernabé

Jorge Bernal Bernabé

Associate Professor focused on security, trust, and privacy in distributed systems and IoT infrastructures.

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Ramón Sánchez-Iborra

Ramón Sánchez-Iborra

Associate Professor leading work in network softwarization and distributed AI orchestration for IoT, vehicular networks and B5G infrastructures.

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Sara Nieves Matheu García

Sara Nieves Matheu García

Assistant Professor in IoT security and cybersecurity certification, with international project work on secure lifecycle and trust frameworks.

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Fernando Pereñíguez García

Fernando Pereñíguez García

Professor conducting research on network access authentication, key distribution, and privacy in wireless/mobile networks, with outcomes in IETF standards.

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José Luis Hernández Ramos

José Luis Hernández Ramos

Associate Professor of Cybersecurity with former European Commission JRC experience and work in decentralized machine learning for cyberattack detection and EU initiatives.

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Gabriel López Millán

Gabriel López Millán

Associate Professor in telematics and network security, with work on SDN/NFV security management, IPsec/TLS, IoT, PKI and IETF standardization.

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Antonio Ruiz Martínez

Antonio Ruiz Martínez

Associate Professor focused on security, privacy, and educational technology, with over sixty publications and extensive national/international project activity.

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Rafael Marín-López

Rafael Marín-López

Assistant lecturer active in IETF groups (I2NSF, ACE, LAKE), researching authentication and security for SDN, IoT and mobile networks.

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Pedro M. Ruiz

Pedro M. Ruiz

Associate Professor and former Ramón y Cajal researcher with 100+ articles and a PhD-oriented international project leadership in telematics.

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Juan Antonio Martínez Navarro

Juan Antonio Martínez Navarro

Associate Professor focused on cybersecurity, hardware security, access control, and privacy management in IoT and distributed environments.

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Researchers

Pablo Fernández Saura

Pablo Fernández Saura

Researcher in AI-assisted intrusion detection with work in next-generation networks, federated learning and LLM-based cybersecurity systems.

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Jesús García Rodríguez

Jesús García Rodríguez

Postdoctoral researcher focused on privacy-preserving identity management and applied cryptography, including p-ABC and secure IoT identity solutions.

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Luis Bernal Escobedo

Luis Bernal Escobedo

Postdoctoral researcher focused on embedded mobility and connected IoT networks, including mobile networking, wireless security, RF security and network operations.

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Francisco José Cortés Delgado

Francisco José Cortés Delgado

Researcher and MSc student in AI safety and LLM security, working on robustness, distributed systems and privacy-preserving machine learning approaches.

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Jaime Pujante Sáez

Jaime Pujante Sáez

Researcher/PhD student applying AI to phishing detection and human behavior analysis, including federated learning for stronger cybersecurity models.

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Mario Rodríguez Béjar

Mario Rodríguez Béjar

PhD student developing AI-based fuzzing and testing to improve software robustness, with experience in compiler-level vulnerability discovery.

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Álvaro Ruiz Ródenas

Álvaro Ruiz Ródenas

PhD student in cybersecurity with top grades in Computer Engineering, focused on LLMs and applied security methods under FPU support.

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Enrique Mármol Campos

Enrique Mármol Campos

Postdoctoral researcher in FL for cybersecurity, with focus on secure and robust federated learning for IoT against heterogeneous and malicious settings.

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José Antonio Pastor Valera

José Antonio Pastor Valera

Researcher and software engineer in cyber situational awareness, with focus on real-time threat detection for complex 6G infrastructures.

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Ekam Puri Nieto

Ekam Puri Nieto

Researcher in privacy-preserving CTI sharing and AI planning, working on attribution, obfuscation and threat-mitigation workflows.

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Pedro Ruzafa Alcázar

Pedro Ruzafa Alcázar

Researcher in secure MUD/FDO onboarding, network orchestration and intrusion detection, with involvement in ELECTRON, CERTIFY, DOSS and BIECO.

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Ismael Hernández Alarcón

Ismael Hernández Alarcón

Researcher in cybersecurity and AI with work in agentic systems, intrusion detection and RAG-based enhancement for large-scale threat analysis.

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Julio Diez de Revenga Sánchez

Julio Diez de Revenga Sánchez

Researcher in 5G/6G network security and secure devices, working on eSIM, trusted execution environments and wireless robustness.

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Emilio García de la Calera Molina

Emilio García de la Calera Molina

Researcher/PhD student focused on 5G/6G security, orchestration frameworks, infrastructure management and virtualized telecom security solutions.

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Alberto Robles Enciso

Alberto Robles Enciso

Postdoctoral researcher in active IoT and edge systems, with interests in intelligent orchestration, machine learning, and secure network computing.

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Iván Álvarez Belotto

Iván Álvarez Belotto

Researcher in connected mobility with network planning and device authentication work for secure IoT ecosystems.

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Francisco López Gómez

Francisco López Gómez

Researcher/PhD student with high academic achievement, focused on SDN, network access authentication and IETF-related cybersecurity work.

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Álvaro Navarro Martínez

Álvaro Navarro Martínez

Researcher and cybersecurity educator in network security, blockchain and practical penetration testing with student engagement initiatives.

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Pablo López Martínez

Pablo López Martínez

Researcher focused on privacy-preserving digital identity for EUDI Wallets and offensive security training in practical pentesting workflows.

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Alejandro Avilés Serrano

Alejandro Avilés Serrano

Researcher in AI and federated learning, pursuing AI-based intrusion detection and resilient cyber systems for operational environments.

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Belén Sánchez Pardo

Belén Sánchez Pardo

Research engineer in behavioural cybersecurity, combining AI methods and quantitative modeling to understand human-system interaction risk signals.

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Alba González Gómez

Alba González Gómez

Cybersecurity researcher focused on UEBA systems, applying AI and machine learning to model user behaviour and detect anomalies and potential threats.

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Diego Sánchez García

Diego Sánchez García

Researcher in SDN and secure networking, including secure orchestration and policy enforcement in industrial-grade telecom projects.

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Pablo Martínez Sánchez

Pablo Martínez Sánchez

Researcher on European projects and a PhD student specializing in data-plane networks and cybersecurity in the defense sector.

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Research Lines

At CSIT, we develop cutting-edge research across multiple interconnected areas:

Network Security

Network traffic analysis, IDS/IPS, secure architectures, secure protocols, SDN/NFV security, DDoS mitigation, network forensics, and security monitoring for IoT and critical infrastructure networks.

Topics
IDS/IPS SDN/NFV DDoS mitigation
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What’s happening at CSIT

Research milestones, events, and collaborations from across the team.

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