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IsacaRoma (IR): Good morning, Mr Trimintzios, and thank you for this collaboration. Could you introduce yourself? What is your background? When did you join ENISA?

Panagiotis Trimintzios (PT): Good morning, Mr Grillo. Thank you for this opportunity to present our plans for ENISA Quarterly. My name is Panagiotis Trimintzios, though my friends call me Panos. I have a BSc in Computer Science and a Masters in Computer Networks, specializing in multimedia networking and security, both from the Computer Science Department in the University of Crete, Greece. I obtained my PhD from the University of Surrey, UK, in 2004. Before joining ENISA I worked as a researcher in FORTH-ICS in Crete, and in the Centre for Communication Systems Research  (CCSR) in the UK, where I participated and managed the technical side of research projects funded by the European Commission and national bodies in the areas of network monitoring, zero-day worm detection, honeypots, anonymization, quality of service and traffic engineering.

IR: When did you join ENISA?

PT: I joined ENISA in October 2005 in the Cooperation and Support Department, in the unit responsible for relations with industry, academia, international institutions and third countries. Recently, I was appointed as editor-in-chief of ENISA Quarterly  (EQ), the magazine we publish at ENISA to reach out to the various policy and technical experts dealing with NIS in EU institutions, Member States and the private sector.

IR: You are Editor-in-Chief of EQ. In your first editorial for EQ you announced a lot of modifications to the magazine. Can you summarize them for us?

PT: First I would like to stress that we would like to keep the level of quality in EQ as high as it was in previous issues. But to refresh and improve the publication we have announced a number changes, some of which have already been implemented. We have introduced a new numbering system that includes a volume number, so readers can easily reference previously published articles. We will be announcing future relevant NIS events around Europe such as those organisedorganized by ENISA, by standardisationstandardization bodies, academic conferences etc. We announced plans to create a web page for EQ. We also want to introduce EQ ‘special issues’, focusing on specific aspects of NIS.

IR: Which is the first "special issue" of EQ you have scheduled? When will it they  be published?
 
PT: The idea behind special issues is to focus on an area of  Network and Information Security that is related to our past or future activities and studies. In addition we will keep all the usual sections of EQ. For a special issue we would introduce a separate section dedicated to our featured topic. The realization of a special issue will of course be highly dependant on the contributions received!

IR: The economics of NIS is one of the most important emerging issues. EQ published articles by Ross Anderson and Bruce Schneier about it. What news?

PT: Next year ENISA is planning a study in the area of economic barriers and incentives for NIS. So we would like to have articles focusing on the externalities and incentives that are barriers to the smooth functioning of the Internal Market. This study was proposed jointly by our Management Board and the Permanent Stakeholders Group.

IR: And what about "Early Warning and Emergency Preparedness Systems"?

PT: As with economic aspects, next year ENISA is planning a feasibility study into a European information sharing and alerting system. So we would like to have articles which could shed light on different aspects of these systems, helping our readership to understand them better.

IR: Any other news?

PT: The EQ web pages are online! These pages include all relevant information about the publication, including our objectives, scope, important deadlines, calls for contributions and special issues, information for contributors and a library of back issues.

IR: Thanks Mr Trimintzios

PT: Thank you very much for the opportunity to present our plans for EQ.

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