BATTLEFIELD DIGITAL FORENSICS

12 Biographies
Christian Braccini: Christian Braccini is a Lieutenant Colonel of the Italian Army (Signals). He holds a Computer
Science Degree and a Master’s in Strategic Science. He has mostly served in combat units, performing several
tours of duty. As a researcher at NATO CCD COE, he was involved in establishing the Centre’s digital forensics
capability. He has further integrated digital forensics and intelligence in numerous cyber crisis scenarios to
support NATO major cyber-defence exercises.
Dr. Hayretdin Bahşi: Dr. Hayretdin Bahşi is a senior researcher at the Centre for Digital Forensics and Cyber
Security of Tallinn University of Technology. He received his PhD from Sabancı University (Turkey) in 2010. He
has been involved in many R&D and consultancy projects about cyber security as a researcher, consultant,
trainer, project manager and program coordinator at Informatics and Information Security Research Centre of
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey between 2000 and 2014. His research interests include
critical information infrastructure security, cyber situational awareness systems and strategic level decisionmaking
in cyber security.
Agostino Panico: Agostino Panico is a PhD student at the Computer Science Department of University of Rome,
La Sapienza. He earned his Master’s Degree in Information Technology at the POLITECNICO of Turin. Before
joining La Sapienza as a PhD student he took a Master’s degree at the same University in ‘Governance and
Audit of Information Systems’ (2013-2014). He is also an Officer (Lt.) of the Italian Army Technical Corps and a
SANS Mentor for the ‘Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking’ and the ‘Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits and
Incident Handling’ courses. Panico’s research activity focuses on penetration testing and incident handling on
critical infrastructure.
Michal Sadloň: Michal Sadloň is working as a researcher for NATO CCD COE in Tallinn, Estonia. He has more
than 14 years of experience in information security. Since 2013 he has been focusing on digital forensics
research and development. He prepares and conducts courses and workshops in this area.
Teemu Väisänen: Teemu Väisänen is working as a Researcher for NATO CCD COE in Tallinn, Estonia, and
studying at the University of Oulu, Finland, to graduate as Doctor of Science in Technology. He has more than
11 years of experience of information security research and development. He has been working as a
Researcher for the Finnish Defence Forces and for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT). In this study,
he mainly concentrated on anti-forensics, and provided content for parts handling networking.
Mario Huis in ‘t veld: Mario Huis in ‘t veld has been employed since 1978 by the Royal Netherlands
Marechaussee, deployed since March 2014 to the NATO Military Police Centre of Excellence (NATO MP COE) in
Bydgoszcz Poland. He has more than 37 years of experience in various national and international positions and
functions. For the last 15 years he has been working as a team member and/or team leader for crime
investigations; co-worker of the National Public Prosecutor for North Sea Affairs; Liaison Officer for the
Netherlands Coast Guard; Seconded National Expert to the European Agency for the Management of
Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX) and
served in 2013 as a Liaison EUPOL/NTM-A/Afghan Uniformed Police in Kunduz, Afghanistan for the NLD Police
Training Mission and policy advisor for the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee Headquarters.
Kris van der Meij: Lieutenant Colonel Kris van der Meij is a researcher in the Law and Policy Branch of the
NATO CCD COE. He started his military career in the Dutch army as a conscript in 1985. He has served as an
Engineer, in the Artillery, the Intelligence Service and as a Signal Officer before he was assigned as a Legal
Advisor. He served mostly in operational units and was deployed several times to Afghanistan and Mali. He
studied Military Law at the University of Amsterdam.
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