Ricardo Gomes is an Invited Professor at of Computers Engineering Dept., School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic of Leiria. He graduated from Polytechnic of Leiria in Computers Engineering and holds an M.Sc. in Computers Engineering from Polytechnic of Leiria. He has worked in the IT field outside of academia for 20 years. His research interests are cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, and the development of frameworks and methodologies.