Speakers

7th – 8th May 2024 // Milan, Italy

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#ItaliaSec features dynamic presentations, case studies, panel discussions, and roundtables hosted by major cyber security players from across the country. A-list speakers provide cyber security insights based on first-hand lessons learned, assess best practices for addressing workforce challenges, propose industry frameworks for addressing breaches and current threats, and analyse current cyber security trends and predictions for Italy’s core industries.

Speakers for ItaliaSec 2024 are listed below.

Marco Riccardi

CEO & Founder

QuoIntelligence

Prior to founding QuoIntelligence in 2020, Marco Riccardi held several operational roles in Germany and Spain’s most influential financial institutions. These included e-Crime analyst, SOC operator, Incident Responder, Digital Forensic investigator and Cyber Threat Intelligence analyst. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer security from the University of Milan and a master’s degree in Cyber Intelligence from Utica College.

Mario Trinchera

CISO at ABI Lab

Technical Coordinator of CERTFIN

Mario Trinchera is CISO at ABI LAb, and Technical Coordinator for CERTfin, a public-private cooperative initiative aimed at increasing the cyber risk management capacity of financial operators and the cyber resilience of the Italian financial sector through operational and strategic support activities for prevention, preparation and response to cyber attacks and security incidents.

Giorgio Rocca

CISO

Banca Progetto

Giorgio Rocca is the CISO at Banca Progetto, the first Italian bank in the AWS cloud. As a CISO, he is responsible for the ICT Governance & IT Security function. ITIL and ISO 27001 certified Auditor, he has over twenty years’ experience in IT and IT security matters.

Paolo Cannistraro

CISO

ENGIE Italia

Paolo Cannistraro is the CISO at ENGIE Italia.

Alessandro Oteri

CISO & Founder

PensieroSicuro

Alessandro is the founder of PensieroSicuro, a podcast that addresses every side of cyber security, privacy and technology in a fun, but deep way. Alessandro has a degree in Science and Technologies for Development, and is a certified CISO. He is the first “PensatoreSicuro”.

Valerio Visconti

CISO

Autostrade per l’Italia

Valerio Visconti is a Cyber Security and Infosec specialist with considerable knowledge of security tools, technologies, processes, and best practices gained in more than 15 years of experience in these fields. As Autostrade per l’Italia Group CISO he leads several areas of ICT Security: Cyber Defense, Security Architectures, Test & Certification, Cybersecurity Governance. During his previous job experiences, he was CISO in two main companies leaders in gaming sector.

Bruno Sicchieri

CISO

MSC

Bruno Sicchieri has over 20 years of experience in Information Technology Security, Forensic Analysis and ICT infrastructure. After a brief period of working in developing EDI tools and software at IBM, he accepted the challenge of becoming an ICT security Advisor in Securteam (ATOS Group previously and then FINMECCANICA/MARCONI MOBILE Group) following intensive trainings of security standards).

Giampiero Bonfiglio

CISO Italy & Greece

L’Oreal

Giampiero Bonfiglio is the CISO for Italy and Greece at L’Oreal.

Luca A. Giusti

CISO and Head of Infrastructure

IDM- Integra Document Management

Luca A. Giusti is CISO, Head of Infrastructure at IDM. His approach to security is anthropocentric and multidisciplinary: “security is a matter of people” is at the core if his approach to foster a 360 degree security culture integrating both technology and humans.

Andrea Succi

CISO

Ferrari Group

Andrea Succi is the CISO at Ferrari Group, service provider specialising in shipping, integrated logistics and high value-added services for luxury and precious goods, worldwide. His prior experience includes leading the cyber security department at Amplifon, and consulting with Deloitte.

Francesco Casadei

CISO

BKN301

Francesco Casadei is a CISO at BKN301.

Giampaolo Tacchini

CISO

Edison

Giampaolo Tacchini has over 20 years of experience in various ICT roles. He currently serves as the CISO of Edison, is the second-largest power producer in Italy.

Andrea Gatti

CISO

Hype

With over 20 years of experience in cyber security, Andrea began his career in 2000 at Italtel where he specialised in managed security services (Securmatics brand). He continued his journey at Vodafone and later at Banca Mediolanum, where in he served as Cyber ​​Threat Intelligence Manager. Today he is Chief Information Security Officer of HYPE.

Marco Sanseverino

CISO

BFF Banking Group

Marco is currently CISO at BFF Banking Group. Throughout his career, he has led various information risk management activities in leading multinational companies. He has contributed to various publications, working groups and conferences on the topics of regulatory compliance, risk management, and cyber resilience. His passions include skiing and motorbikes.

Matteo Corsi

CISO

Bomi Group

Matteo Corsi is the CISO at Bomi Group, where he is designing and leading the cyber and information security program in support of worldwide businesses, including technology projects to enforce network protection, threat detection, and process projects as security policies and procedures, social engineering, training and awareness, incident management.

Alessandro Marzi

CISO

A2A

Alessandro Marzi is the CISO of A2A Group and leads the Cyber Defence unit. With more than 20 years working experience in the security field, Alessandro specializes in the telco, energy and utilities, gaming and digital payments industries covering different key roles to significantly contribute to transform, evolve and strengthen the cybersecurity of main national and international companies.

Nadia Bertone

Deputy IT Director – Technology Area and CISO

BRT

Nadia Bertone is the Deputy IT Director – Technology Area and CISO at BRT, one of the most important leading companies specialised in the management of national and international shipments and logistics services.

Marco Rottigni

CTO Italy

SentinelOne

Marco Rottigni is the CTO at SentinelOne Italia. From 2018 to the end of 2021 he worked at Qualys as of Chief Technical Security Officer for the Southern EMEA region. In the years 2014-2017 he was Consulting System Engineer in FireEye, leader in advanced cyber-attack protection and Cyber Threat Intelligence, dealing with consulting and pre-sales on Cyber Security and Threat Intelligence projects on strategic customers.

Alessandro Cosenza

CIO, CISO

Soul-K

Alessandro Cosenza has close to 20 year’s IT and cyber security experience. He specialises in creating and managing information security, data protection (GDPR) and risk management programmes.

Simonetta Sabatino

Head of Cyber Security & Workplace Management (CISO)

Saras

Simonetta has over 20 years of experience in the Information & Communication Technology field. She currently serves as Head of Cyber ​​Security & Workplace Management (CISO) for Saras, with overall responsibility for cyber security and regulatory compliance.

Davide Gaieni

CISO Italy

AON

Curious, tenacious, sometimes a little bit nerdy, but substantially enthusiast on everything that relates to the IT, Cyber and Digital world. I love building things, tackling deadlines and managing people.

Fabio Gianotti

CISO

Fabio Gianotti is a Security professional with more than 20 years on ICT and Information Security. Fabio currently covers position of CISO for Banca Mediolanum leading IT Cyber Security department.Fabio has an extensive experience in Cyber Security & Fraud and IT service Platforms, IT Security Governance, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, IT Security Engineering and Security R&D.

Maurice Clin

Co-Founder

Hadrian

Maurice is the Co-founder and CFO of a B2B SaaS digital security startup based in Amsterdam, which secures digital infrastructures of companies worldwide.

Andrea Scaduto

Director and Co-Founder

SecureFlag

Andrea is a Senior IT Security Professional with an MSc in Computer Engineering, several IT Security certifications and a solid IT & cybersecurity background backed by 10 years of experience in the industry. He enjoys breaking, building and securing web, mobile and cloud applications, and he has an extensive knowledge of secure coding techniques with a focus on reducing the cost of fixing vulnerabilities at scale.

Giovanni Lamberti

Group CISO

Mooney

Giovanni Lamberti is a Group CISO at Mooney.

Simone Pezzoli

Chief Digital Technology Officer

Haier Europe

Simone is a performance driven Executive focused on Digital Technology & Transformation, Cybersecurity, Audit, Risk & Compliance with international experience in consulting and top tier financial and industrial institutions. Simone has held management roles with increasing responsibilities in Italy and UK, delivering large global-scale programs.

Bruno Grollino

Regional Director

Pentera

Bruno Grollino is a Regional Director at Pentera.

Francesco Mancini

Regional Director, Italy & SE Europe

Cyberbit

Francesco is Regional Director, Italy & SE Europe at Cyberbit and is an experienced Major Account Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the computer and network security industry. He is skilled in Negotiation, Business Planning, Storage Area Network (SAN), Partner Management, and CyberSecurity.

Luca Gabella

VP Edge Computing

Cysec

Luca Gabella -VP Sales Edge Computing at CYSEC, a cyber security company focused on software infrastructure security solutions leveraging cutting edge technologies such as Confidential Computing and Remote Attestation mechanism, in charge of the sales activity bringing go-to-market (GTM) and edge computing experiences with 10 years of management consulting in restructuration, reorganization and new business launches for European Telco and Manufacturing companies.

Stefano Volpi

Principal Consultant

SecurityScorecard

Stefano Volpi served 25 years as a Cybersecurity Country and International Leader providing an “Enterprise Cyber Defence Vision” for Cloud generation to the Italian and International markets.

Vincenzo Calabro

ISO

Ministero dell’Interno

Vinncenzo Calabro is an ISO at Ministero dell’Interno

Antonio Iannuzzi

Regional Director SEUR

Exabeam

Antonio has extensive cybersecurity experience with a focus on threat intelligence, behavioural analytics, and next-gen security solutions. As Regional Director SEUR at Exabeam, he helps security teams enhance existing security tools using AI and Automation. Before Exabeam, he worked at IntSights and Palo Alto Networks, where he played a key role in bringing automated behavioural analytics to their Next-Generation Security Platform.

Mauro Vezzoli

Director of Solutions Engineering, SEUR

Picus Security

Senior Sales Engineer with over 20 years’ experience in security, network design and business development. Highly skilled in analysis, design and implementation of ICT security solutions to match business requirements and customer needs as well in project management and service delivery.

Nicola Sotira

Head of CERT

Poste Italiane

Nicola Sotira is in charge of the CERT and Information Security in Poste Italiane’s Corporate Protection division. He has been working in the IT and network security sector for over twenty years. He has collaborated with various magazines in the IT sector as a journalist, contributing to the dissemination of issues relating to security and technical-legal aspects. Lecturer since 2005 at the Master in Network Security at La Sapienza University.

Cristina Lasagni

Southern Europe Sales Director

Cloudflare

Cristina Lasagni is the Business Development Leader for Southern Europe at Cloudflare, the leading performance and security company helping to build a better Internet. Cristina focused in the last 3 years on opening the market for the region and engage with an extensive network of partners and customers, whose businesses can benefit of protection and increased performance for online applications. Cristina enjoys discussing technology in its entirety and has a particular interest in cyber-security.

Simone Rizzo

IT Cyber and Product Security Director

Haier Europe

Simone Rizzo is IT Cyber and Product Security Director at Haier Europe. After long experience designing and implementing infrastructures, he shifted his focus to the world of Cyber ​​Security and has is now in charge of designing, planning and implementing Haier Europe’s security strategy.

Fabio Ugoste

Executive Director, Cybersecurity Business Continuity Management, Group Information Security Officer

Intesa Sanpaolo

Fabio Ugoste is a Executive Director, Cybersecurity Business Continuity Management, Group Information Security Officer at Intesa Sanpaolo.

Simone Campera

Head of Cyber Security

CSM Ingredients

Simone Campera, is currently a Head of Cybersecurity at CSM Ingredients, bringing experience from previous roles at Amplifon. A senior expert in evaluating cybersecurity technologies to support both short and long-term IT initiatives, with a passion for innovative technologies.

Francesco Corrado

Head of Cyber Security

Ferrero

Francesco Corrado is a seasoned professional specializing in Cybersecurity, Audit, Digital Transformation, and Risk & Compliance. Currently, he is the Head of Cybersecurity at Ferrero Italia. Here, he not only fortifies the organization’s digital defenses but also champions the idea that cybersecurity, when approached strategically, can enhance business operations and opportunities, becoming one of the main enablers of it.

Franco Picchioni

Head of Information & Cyber Security

Hera

Franco is Head of Cyber Security at Gruppo Hera and has more than 20 years in ICT Security. He is specialised in enterprise security projects, their design and implementation while focussing on how business needs can go hand in hand with security strategies and solutions.

Giulio Centrella

Head of Cyber Security

Nice Group

Giulio Centrella is the Head of Cyber Security at Nice Group, a global leader in Home Management Solutions, where he oversees the group’s cyber security strategy.

Federico Cavallari

Senior Solutions Engineer

Okta

Federico Cavallari is a Senior Solutions Engineer at Okta.

Sara Chiola

Group Cyber Security Culture and Awareness Lead

Ferrero

Sara Chiola is a knowledgeable and experienced professional in developing cyber security learning and awareness programs within Ferrero, where she is tasked with designing and assuring transposition of a central Information Security governance framework – policies and procedures – for all countries across Ferrero Group.

Vincenza Moroni

Head of Cyber Security and Compliance

Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026

Vincenza Moroni is a Head of Cyber Security and Compliance at Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026.

Andrea Licciardi

Senior Cyber Security Manager

Tecnimont

With over 20 years’ cyber security experience, Andrea Licciardi is responsible for the Maire Tecnimont’s security and data protection initiatives and is dedicated to managing digital threats and protecting company information on a daily basis. His responsibilities include overseeing security operations, proactively identifying risks, and implementing effective strategies to safeguard the company’s digital assets.

Cristiano Guerrieri

Senior Solutions Engineer

Threatlocker

Cristiano is a Solution Engineer with over 15 years of experience in multi-domains and technologies. Starting as a network administrator for the Italian Ministry of Telecommunications, he then joined the SOC of Telecom Italia Network and later the NOC department, leading the team. Within the organisation, he moved to the Security department as lead auditor, conducting security audits on the Telecom Italia Network.

Manuele Cavallari

Senior Manager Security and Compliance

Banca Monte dei Paschi

I am a professional working in the Information Security Domain, CISA, CISM, CRISC and CCISO certified. My experience is mostly with Banks and big organizations especially in the Information Security Governance and Risk Management fields. In recent years I have acquired a significant experience also in Security Engineering and Architectures.

Fabrizio Pettinau

Senior Solutions Engineer

Akamai

As a Senior Solutions Engineer and member of the Enterprise Security Group, I serve as the technical evangelist supporting customers with the adoption of our products and services in Zero Trust, with a focus on Lateral Movements and Segmentation.

Alessandro Paglione

Group Cyber Security Coordinator

Confidential

Alessandro Paglione is a Group Cyber Security Coordinator at Confidential.

Leonardo Preti

Security Practice Lead

Musixmatch

Leonardo is the Security Lead at Musximatch, the global leading music data company and largest lyric data platform; his previous roles include Security Manager in a fintech startup and consulting in PwC. His areas of expertise include security strategy, security by design, security culture and awareness, risk assessment, and offensive security.

Max Brugnoli

Senior Solutions Engineer

Recorded Future

Helping customers improve their security posture with cyber threat intelligence. Experienced business developer bringing solid technical knowledge mixed with business acumen. Customer facing experience relating at different levels from IT management to CxO.

Giovanni Zanetti

Cyber Security Delivery Manager

Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026

Giovanni Zanetti is a Cyber Security Delivery Manager at Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026.

Andrea Ogliengo

Country Manager Italy

Riot

Andrea Ogliengo is Country Manager at RIOT, a fast growing startup backed by top notch investors including Y Combinator, Funders Club and First Capital. RIOT offers a SaaS platform to easily set up a cyber security awareness programme for teams.

Massimo Tripodi

Country Manager Italy

Veracode

Massimo Tripodi is the Country Manager for Italy at Veracode, and a seasoned executive in the enterprise software industry. Prior to joining Veracode, Massimo held leadership positions at Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, and SAP. Massimo is a passionate of cybersecurity, geopolitics and he loves to play golf.

Enrico Zazzera

Senior Account Executive

Snyk

As a Senior Account Executive at Snyk, I help developers find, prioritise and automatically fix vulnerabilities in their code, open source dependencies, containers, Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, and cloud. I am genuinely passionate about technology and innovation.

Manfredi Carissimi

Sr. Solutions Engineer

Rubrik

Manfredi Carissimi is a Sr. Solutions Engineer at Rubrik.

Luca Cipriani

Head of Engineering

Jimdo

Luca Cipriani is a Head of Engineering at Jimdo.

Massimiliano Micucci

Regional Manager

One Identity

Massimilano has over 20 years’ experience in the ICT, Telco and IT sectors. He has held roles of increasing responsibility, and is now Regional Manager at One Identity, a company focused on Identity Security, with a portfolio that includes IGA, IAM , PAM and ADMS

Gavin Hornsey

Solution Consultant

Magnet Forensics

Gavin began his career in IT in 2003, a career that has included systems administration, storage and backup engineering, and digital forensics–with experience in both public and private sectors. Having served eight years with South Wales Police Digital Forensic and Cyber Crime Unit (DFCCU) in the capacity of expert witness whilst also being responsible for lab IT infrastructure, Gavin moved into storage before joining Magnet as a Consultant in Professional Services between 2019-2022.

Claudio Testa

Senior Security Solutions Consultant

Verizon

Claudio is an experienced Solutions Consultant – 30+ years Managed IT Services Governance, Operations, 20+ years IT Security Solutions advising on Cloud Security to Managed Security Services. Extensive experience helping various Public Sector and Private Sector organisations meet critical business goals.

Davide Di Bernardo

Enterprise Account Manager

KnowBe4

A dedicated cyber security professional, currently part of the Knowbe4 team to fight the growing threat of social engineering.

Alessio Setaro

Digital Solutions Leader

Leroy Merlin

Alessio Setaro is Digital Solutions Leader of Leroy Merlin Italy, a retail company of the Adeo Group. Alessio started working at Leroy Merlin Italy as Cyber Security Project Manager, after which he progressed into the role of CISO and now Digital Solutions Leader. His areas of expertise include cyber security strategy planning, security governance, security operations, security incident management, cyber resilience and security awareness.

Pietro Villivà

Enterprise Cloud Security Business Line Manager

S2E

Pietro Villivà is a Enterprise Cloud Security Business Line Manager at S2E.

Giulio Perin

Cyber Security Strategy & Program Manager

Industrie De Nora

With over 20 year’s IT and cybersecurity experience, Giulio is now Cyber Security Strategy & Program Manager at Industrie De Nora, an Italian multinational company based in Milan that operates in the electrochemical industry.

Alessio Fasano

Country Manager (Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Malta)

SkyBox Security

Alessio is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in management, consulting, and entrepreneurship. Prior to joining Skybox Security, Alessio worked as the Chief Security Officer at Retelit, where he played a critical role in improving the organization’s security posture. In his role, he was responsible for overseeing corporate security, developing crisis management plans, and evaluating specialized solutions in the cybersecurity domain.

Michele Naldini

Country Manager Italy

Wiz

Michele is leading the Wiz Italian team as the Country Manager. He has held various technical and business positions of increasing responsibility in multinational companies gaining significant experience in the cloud, automation and security markets. He has helped several organisations with their cloud security journey.

Stefano Carli

Application Security Leader

TeamSystem

As a security professional with a diverse range of experience in multiple industries, I have a proven track record of success in contributing to team success through hard work and excellent organizational skills. In recent years, I have focused my attention on application security, and have had the opportunity to lead the application security team at TeamSystem S.p.A, the largest software company in Italy.

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