Willy Susilo (Fellow, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is currently a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology (iC2), University of Wollongong. He has established himself as a leading researcher in cybersecurity, cryptography, and information security. He has published more than 500 research papers in the fields of cybersecurity and cryptology. He is a fellow of Australian Computer Society (ACS), the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). He was a recipient of Australian Laureate Fellowship, the nation’s most prestigious research award, in recognition of his ground-breaking contributions to cloud computing security. Previously, he held an ARC Future Fellowship from Australian Research Council and was honoured as the University of Wollongong’s Researcher in 2016. His scholarly work has been cited more than 25 000 times on Google Scholar, reflecting its global impact. He serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Information (MDPI) and a Special Content Editor for Computer Standards and Interfaces (Elsevier). He is also an Associate Editor for several leading journals, including ACM Computing Survey, and has previously contributed to top-tier publications, such as IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. In addition