Born in Lisbon in 1973. Graduated in Computer Science and Business Management from ISCTE-IUL in 1997. Master's degree in Information Systems Management from ISCTE-IUL, specialising in Information Security, in 2004. PhD in Computer Architecture and Distributed Systems from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (Barcelona) in 2008.

Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor at ISCTE-IUL. Director of the Department of Digital Technologies. Director of the Master's Degree in Cybersecurity and Resilience. Coordinator of several courses related to Information Security and Cybersecurity. Since 2015, he has been a researcher at ISTAR-IUL, where he is part of the SSE (Software Systems Engineering) group, working in the areas of "Distributed Systems and Applications, Information Security and Cybersecurity", "Management and Protection of Digital Intellectual Property" and "Web and Mobile IS Development". He is an associate researcher at DMAG – Distributed Multimedia Applications Group (UPC, Spain).

Since 1996, he has participated in multiple national and international projects funded by FCT, the European Union, the European Space Agency and private entities. He is the author and co-author of dozens of articles and scientific papers in international conferences, newspapers and magazines, as well as project reports. He is also the author of several books on application development with the PHP programming language.

Member of OWASP (Open Web Applications Security Project) and leader of the Portuguese chapter (between 2007-2018) and co-leader of the Lisbon chapter (since 2022), collaborating in the dissemination, organisation of events and some of the organisation's projects. Founding member of the Portuguese Association for the Promotion of Information Security (AP2SI). Entrepreneur in ICT startups.