Sebastian-Dan Naste
Cybersecurity Expert, Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC)

Sebastian-Dan Naste is a senior cybersecurity expert with extensive experience in public affairs, international relations, and legal affairs. He works as an expert in legal policies and cybersecurity standardisation at the Romanian National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC), where he also serves as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and Chairman of the Bucharest Cybersecurity Conference. Until March 2025, he held the position of Advisor to the Director of the DNSC. At the EU level, he represents Romania as a member of the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) Expert Group of the European Commission, contributing to discussions shaping Europe’s cybersecurity resilience.
Before joining the DNSC, Sebastian was a senior digital economy analyst at Cullen International in Brussels, where he monitored EU regulations on cybersecurity, privacy, and data protection, as well as national legislative developments in the digital economy in Ireland and Romania. Previously, he worked as a public affairs manager specialising in cybersecurity at EU Strategy, a Brussels-based consultancy firm. Earlier in his career, he was part of the cybersecurity and telecom team at the Permanent Representation of Romania to the EU, contributing to Romania’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2019. He also advised EU institutions on cybersecurity and privacy matters while at Deloitte Luxembourg and gained valuable experience at the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, working within the Data Protection Officer team.
Sebastian holds an LL.M. in Law and Technology from Tilburg University in the Netherlands. He has served as KnowledgeNet Chapter Chair for the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) in both Belgium and Romania and was elected Vice-President of the Romanian Association of Privacy and Data Protection Specialists (ASCPD) for 2023–2024.