His current research interests include network and computer security, intrusion detection systems, security of mobile code systems, penetration testing, and distributed systems. He has published a number of publications on intrusion detection and security and he is Program Chair of the International Symposium on Recent Advances in Intrusion Detection (RAID 2002). Giovanni Vigna received his M.S. with honors and Ph.D. from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 1994 and 1998, respectively. His Ph.D. research focused on mobile code architectures and mobile code security issues. He is a member of IEEE and ACM.