Graduated in computer science, he’s been working since 2003 as information security and privacy consultant, focusing on risk assessment, security and compliance management using international standards. Certified CISA, CISM, ITIL and ISFS, he is a qualified ISO 9001 and ISO/IEC 27001 auditor, having edited the Italian translations of the latter standard.
Coauthor of the CLUSIT handbooks on PCI-DSS and on professional certifications, is an active QSA and a regular presence into events and publications on information security.
He served as editor for the national standards UNI 11621 on information security and UNI 11697 on privacy professional profiles.
Chairs the Italian mirror committee of ISO/IEC JTC 1 SC 27 of UNINFO since 2008 and sits in its board of directors since 2009, as for CLUSIT, the Italian association for information security since 2012.
He is a co-founder and president of the consulting firm BL4CKSWAN S.r.l.