Miguel Pato

Miguel Pato

Security Engineer & Cybersecurity Enthusiast

About Me

Dynamic and dedicated Master's student in Computer Science at Instituto Superior Técnico, specializing in Cybersecurity. Currently enhancing my practical skills as a Product Security Engineer Intern at Cloudflare.

Work Experience

Intern | Product Security Engineer

Cloudflare

June 16, 2025 – Ongoing | Lisbon, Portugal

Currently interning in product security engineering at Cloudflare's. Work includes improving automation tools for security reviews, development of a vulnerability scanner, conducting security reviews, and triaging HackerOne tickets.

Schuman Trainee | Cybersecurity Awareness

European Parliament

October 1, 2024 - February 28, 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

Served in the Directorate-General for Innovation and Technological Support (SECPOL). Delivered presentations on cybersecurity best practices, researched AI-driven voice cloning threats, and demonstrated phishing risks to enhance organizational awareness.

Intern | Cybersecurity

Vodafone

September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024 | Lisbon, Portugal

Worked in Vodafone Portugal's, a multinational company in the telecommunications sector, in the Cyber Prevent Team. Managed Imperva WAFs, email security, and content-filtering. Conducted log analysis with Splunk, automated processes with Python, and collaborated with risk and IAM teams.

Summer Intern

EDP

July 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal

Internal Consultancy Project at EDP New R&D, a multinational company in the energy sector, using Power Platforms (Power Automate, PowerBI, Power Apps).

Education

Master's in Computer Science

Instituto Superior Técnico

2023 - Present

Coursework: Cyber Forensics Security, Software Security, Computer Network and Systems Security, High Reliability Systems, Enterprise Architecture, IT Project Management, Information Systems Security and Management, Cybersecurity Law.

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon

2020 - 2023

Coursework: Software Development, Web Applications and Databases, Programming, Algorithms and Data Structures, Operating Systems, Cybersecurity.