Mike Burmester is Professor of Computer Science at the Florida State University, where he has been a faculty member since January 2000. His research is in all aspects of cyber security and information assurance, with particular focus on cyber physical systems, the IoT, network security and cryptography. His is a director of the FSU Center for Security and Assurance in IT, an editor of four journals and has published over 250 publications. His research is supported by NSF and NSA/DoD.