San Sebastian, Spain
Ander Galisteo
Cybersecurity Executive | Industrial Cybersecurity Director | OT/IoT, Quantum Security, PQC, Risk and Engineering Leadership
Ander Galisteo is an industrial cybersecurity and embedded-systems leader focused on secure OT/IoT architectures, quantum security, post-quantum cryptography transition planning, risk reduction, and engineering delivery for security-critical products.
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What I do
Security work across strategy, systems, quantum readiness, and delivery
I combine executive security direction with embedded-systems depth, PQC transition planning, and delivery experience for organizations building or operating security-critical technology.
OT/IoT security strategy
Threat modeling, roadmap definition, executive risk framing, and remediation programs for industrial and critical-infrastructure environments.
Quantum security and PQC
Framework and tool work for deciding where post-quantum cryptography belongs in company infrastructure, where it does not, and how migration should be sequenced.
Embedded security engineering
Secure architecture, cryptography, secure boot, OTA hardening, protocol security, and practical implementation guidance for product teams.
Public speaking and workshops
Public speaking across multiple venues, online conferences, technical sessions, and industrial workshops for technical and executive audiences.
R&D&I programs
Research, development, and innovation work supported by private and public funding, connecting applied research with industry delivery.
Engineering leadership
Delivery governance, team scaling, stakeholder communication, and measurable improvements across complex firmware and security programs.
Current focus
Leadership across security-critical systems
Industrial cybersecurity, OT/IoT security, quantum security, PQC transition planning, embedded systems, and engineering leadership.
ExperienceResearch track
Research
Publications, PhD work, and visible-light communication research for IoT and embedded systems.
PublicationsPortfolio
Projects and public work
2026
Post-quantum cryptography transition framework
Ongoing framework and tool work to help organizations identify where post-quantum cryptography should be added, where it should not be added, and where migration should be sequenced later based on asset exposure, cryptographic dependencies, interoperability constraints, and business risk.
2026
Industrial cybersecurity programs
Security strategy, threat modeling, secure architecture, incident-response exercises, and remediation planning for OT/IoT and critical-infrastructure environments.
2023
OpenVLC and visible light communication for IoT
Research, prototyping, hardware, firmware, and software work around OpenVLC, an open-source platform designed to make visible light communication more accessible for development, teaching, and experimentation.
Publications
Research
Prototyping Visible Light Communication for the Internet of Things Using OpenVLC
2023
Borja Genovés Guzmán, Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Dayrene Frómeta, Ander Galisteo, Qing Wang, and Domenico Giustiniano.
Visible Light Communication Networks for IoT and its Applications
2020
PhD thesis by Ander Galisteo Zabalo, advised by Domenico Giustiniano, focused on visible light communication networks for IoT and their applications.
Non-linearity of LEDs for VLC IoT applications
2020
Muhammad Sarmad Mir, Borja Genovés Guzmán, Ander Galisteo, and Domenico Giustiniano.
Awards & Scholarships
Recognition
CoNEXT Travel Grant
ACM CoNEXT · 2017
Travel grant to attend CoNEXT in South Korea.
PhD scholarship for doctoral studies in Spain
Fundación Bancaria La Caixa · 2016
Personal scholarship funding three years of PhD studies in Spain.
COT Graduate Research Day, second prize for best poster
University of Houston · 2016
Second prize for best poster at the University of Houston College of Technology Graduate Research Day.
Recognition
Build secure industrial systems and quantum-ready roadmaps with evidence, clarity, and delivery discipline.
For collaborations, advisory work, PQC transition planning, or industrial cybersecurity programs, get in touch.