Dr. Maria Leitner is a Scientist in the Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. Dr. Leitner is topic lead of the AIT Cyber Range and has designed and implemented strategic and technical trainings and exercises with altogether more than 350+ participants. Her research is located on the intersection of cyber security, information systems and human computer interaction and aims to support organisations to increase awareness and information security by applying novel methods such as strategic awareness games or cyber security exercises. She is a member of ACM and IEEE, has edited 2 books and has published over 40 refereed articles and conference papers.