Patrícia R. Sousa

I’m a cybersecurity researcher at the Cybersecurity and Privacy Center (C3P) of the University of Porto. My activity focus on privacy enhancing technologies, identity management and authentication for Internet of Things devices.

I was Invited Assistant at the Department of Computer Science of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP). She completed the Ph.D. degree in 2021, and completed the Master degree in Network and Information Systems Engineering at the University of Porto in 2016. I published many articles in international conferences and journals, and successfully supervised undergraduated and master students, managing each one’s projects, focused on C3P activity.

I’m co-founder of INSIGHTSEC, which focuses on network and infrastructure security. I collaborate with the National Security Office.

My current research interests include Security and Privacy, Internet of Things, Middleware Systems and Distributed Computing.