Dr. Harry Manifavas is a Senior Research Collaborator at the Distributed Computing Systems and Cybersecurity  of the Institute of Computer Science, FORTH and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science, University of Crete 

Research Interests

His research interests include:

• Network and Information Systems Security
• Cybercrime and Digital Forensics
• Cryptography
• Security Operations and Automation

Participation in Recent Research Projects

• Digital Europe: C-SOC - Cretan Security Operations Center, 01/2024 - 12/2027
• Digital Europe: HellasQCI – Quantum Communication Infrastructure for Greece, 01/2023 – 06/2026
• ISFP: CyberSPACE - Enhancing Cybersecurity, Improving Cooperation and the Reporting of Cyberattacks in the EU, 12/2021 – 01/2025
• Horizon 2020: FORMOBILE - A complete FORensic investigation chain targeting MOBILE devices, 05/2019 – 04/2022

Short CV

Dr. Harry Manifavas is a Senior Research Collaborator at ICS-FORTH, specializing in cybersecurity, cybercrime, and digital forensics. With over twenty-five years of experience in the network and information security field, he has held positions in the public and private sectors as well as in academia. Dr. Manifavas holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, an MSc in Communication Systems Engineering from the University of Kent, and a BSc in Computer Science from the University of Crete. His professional experience includes roles such as Research Assistant at the University of Cambridge, Security Engineer at Barclays Capital, and External Collaborator with ENISA. Since 2011, he has acted as a technical coordinator and senior security engineer in numerous EU-funded research projects focusing on cybersecurity challenges and has served as an evaluator of EU research proposals. Dr. Manifavas has also lectured on various cybersecurity topics at several universities across three countries and supervised numerous undergraduate and postgraduate theses. He is the author or co-author of over 60 research papers and has obtained several professional certifications.