Professor at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Head of its IT for Security Department and Centre for Security and Defence Management.
Security and defence planner combining governmental experience with sound theoretical knowledge and background in cybernetics, complexity, and security studies; Specializing in security sector reform, primarily from organizational management perspective; Considerable expertise in leading and participating in national and international research teams. Defence minister in Bulgaria's Caretaker Government, March-May 2013.
Editor-in-Chief of Information & Security: An International Journal and the DCAF series in Security and Defence Management, member of the Editorial Boards of Connections: The Quarterly Journal and the Journal of Defense Management.