He was born in 1980 in Maribor, where he graduated in 2004. He has earned his PhD in Computer Science in 2009. His research interests include authentication and key agreement, securing data and communication in specific domains (e.g. wireless sensor networks (WSN), Internet of Things (IoT) and cryptography. He is also working on user perspective of security, particularly privacy issues of social networks, cybersecurity education and protections of data. He is currently involved in a TEMPUS project on the topic of cybersecurity education. He is actively participating in the CEPIS LSI (Council of European Professional Informatics Societies – Legal and Security Issues Special Interest Network) and in the NIS WG 3 (Network and Information Security – Working Group 3 on secure ICT research and innovation).