Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity
Senior Advisor with over 15 years of national and international experience in research and strategic consulting on the impact of emerging technologies and cybersecurity regulations.
He is currently a Senior Research Scientist at the Center for Cyber Physical Systems (C2PS) and coordinates the activities of the Cyber Security Academy at Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi, UAE. In academia, he serves as Professor of Cybersecurity and International Politics, as well as Cybersecurity and International Business at the Department of Political Science of the University of Bologna. He is also Professor of Intelligence and National Security at the University of Florence, where he directs the Center for Cyber Security and International Relations Studies (CCSIRS). He earned his Ph.D. at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa and has collaborated with prestigious institutions such as MIT (USA), UCL, and the University of Kent (UK).
As a member of the G7 Expert Group for the financial sector, he focuses on the strategic adaptation of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Technologies in this field.
He collaborates with the World Bank working group on analyzing the impacts of Quantum Computing on cloud infrastructures and contributed to the organization of the first Global Cloud Computing Forum in 2025. He also participated in the EU-ENISA working group on the implementation of national policies and supported the European Union’s DGINTPA in promoting the internationalization of European digital projects.
He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the CISO Executive Program, promoted by DCIP and DESC in Dubai, and actively participates in the work of the United Nations (Open-ended Working Groups – OEWG) on cybersecurity and ICT issues, with a particular focus on emerging threats related to Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Technologies, and the space sector.
His main areas of expertise include:
Cybersecurity and digital governance;
International strategic consulting;
Intersection of technology and policy;
Design and implementation of national programs for technological innovation and digitalization;
Public-private partnership models for the protection of critical infrastructures.
He is currently Principal Investigator of the project “Academic Engagement or Strategic Leverage? Assessing Dual-Use Technology Transfer, Sharp Power, and Security Risks in Sino-Italian Research Partnerships”, funded by the U.S. Department of State. He has actively participated in the G7 Ise-Shima Cyber Working Group and contributed to the drafting of the Convention on Responsible State Behavior in Cyberspace. He is also a member of the CINI Italian Cyber Security Lab.
In 2019, he received an award from the U.S. Department of State within the framework of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) for his contribution to multilateral partnership in cyberspace. In 2024, he was honored with the IEEE Technical Committee on Homeland Security (TCHS) Young Research Award. His most recent book, “Cybersecurity in Italy. Policies, Governance and Ecosystem”, was published by Springer in 2024. In 2025, he was appointed by the Italian Prime Minister to the working group for the National Strategy on Quantum Computing.