Domenico Essoussi is a legal scholar, information security professional, and data protection expert specializing in European cybersecurity governance and digital sovereignty. In his academic capacity at the Erasmus Center for Law and Digitalization (ECLD), his doctoral research centers on cybersecurity law, with a particular focus on cross-border legal compliance, network vulnerabilities, and critical infrastructure defense frameworks. Alongside his research, Essoussi serves as an internal Information Security Officer and Third-Party Risk Manager within the CIO Office at Erasmus University Rotterdam, having previously managed data compliance architectures as the university's IT Privacy Officer. He holds both an LLM and an MSc, blending legal doctrine with operational cybersecurity risk management.