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Matteo Rizzi

MSc in Computer Science, Cybersecurity Risk Manager and Technologist

Cybersecurity Risk Manager and Technologist at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, specializing in the intersection of technical security research and organizational risk governance. Serving as a primary Point of Contact for the NIS2 Directive (2022/2555) and recognized as an FBK Science Ambassador, I lead efforts in securing critical information systems and ensuring regulatory compliance across complex organizational structures. I am a certified Data Protection Officer with a proven track record of coordinating security initiatives and fostering cross-institutional collaboration.

Experiences

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, Italy)

Cybersecurity Risk Manager $\bullet$$\bullet$ Jul 2025 – Present

Appointed as Cybersecurity Risk Manager, overseeing all IT risk assessment and treatment processes. Responsibilities include implementing the cybersecurity risk management plan, defining and documenting cybersecurity policies, managing supply chain risks, supervising the vulnerability management lifecycle, and coordinating personnel training. Operating in close coordination with the CISO to ensure a cohesive information security strategy.

Point of Contact for NIS2 Directive (2022/2555) $\bullet$$\bullet$ Feb 2025 – Present

One of two Points of Contact for FBK regarding NIS2 compliance. Responsible for liaising on cybersecurity measures, coordinating organizational efforts to meet regulatory requirements, and ensuring adherence to the directive's standards for network and information systems security. Member of the JointLab for Cybersecurity since Jan 2025, acting as a first-response task force under the Zero Trust approach.

Security Administrator $\bullet$$\bullet$ Sep 2022 – Present

Applying expertise in risk analysis, red teaming, blue teaming, OSINT, and offensive technologies; conducting continuous pentests on the infrastructure and introducing new defenses to safeguard FBK from cybercriminals.

Technologist $\bullet$$\bullet$ Jan 2024 – Present  |  Researcher $\bullet$$\bullet$ Sep 2022 – Dec 2024  |  Junior Research Scientist $\bullet$$\bullet$ Feb 2021 – Sep 2022

Security analysis of TLS deployments, TLS analysis in Android Apps and tool enhancement within the Security & Trust unit. Working on Breach and Attack Simulation tools, Honeypots, cyber deception, and OSINT. Internship (Feb – May 2020): study and improvement of TLS analysis tools.

Futuro & Conoscenza S.r.l. (Trento & Rome, Italy)

Junior Research Scientist $\bullet$$\bullet$ Jul 2021 – 2023

Collaboration between FBK and IPZS to promote exchange of know-how in security technologies, identification, and anti-counterfeiting, and to create a centre for the coordination of research.

Selected Publications

• A First Appraisal of NIS2 and CRA Compliance Leveraging Open Source Tools — ESPRE, Sep 2025 — Corti, Sassetti, Sharif, Ponta, Rizzi et al.

• Work-in-Progress: A Sidecar Proxy for E2E Protection in Cloud Native Applications — EuroS&PW, Jul 2024 — Berlato, Rizzi et al.

• Automating Compliance for Improving TLS Security Postures — SECRYPT, Jul 2024 — Germenia, Manfredi, Rizzi et al.

• Demo: TLSAssistant v2 — SACMAT, Jun 2022 — Rizzi, Manfredi, Sciarretta, Ranise.

• A Modular and Extensible Framework for Securing TLS — CODASPY, Apr 2022 — Rizzi, Manfredi, Sciarretta, Ranise.

Awards

Premio Tesi – Clusit (Milan, Italy)

Placed 3rd, 17th Edition "Innovare la sicurezza delle Informazioni" $\bullet$$\bullet$ Sep 2022

Teaching & Public Engagement

[MERIT] Formazione studenti – Governance & Assets $\bullet$$\bullet$ Digital MERIT Project & FBK, May 2026 Full-day training to ~70 MERIT Master students on NIS2, ISO 27001, risk assessment, and vulnerability scoring.

NIS2 Awareness Training for Boards of Directors: ASUIT / FormLab (Mar 2026), AmAmbiente (Dec 2025), Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Jul 2025).

Cybersecurity Course – Sicurezza del Prodotto $\bullet$$\bullet$ Ordine degli Ingegneri di Trieste, Mar 2024 4-hour course covering Security by Design in IoT, TLS, physical security, Hardware Security Modules, and AI in product security. Co-sponsored by Ordini di Udine and Valle d'Aosta.

CyberSecurity [at] Buonarroti $\bullet$$\bullet$ ITT Buonarroti, Trento, 2023 – 2024 Sessions on pentesting, Rogue Access Point, MiTM, SQL Injection, and XSS.

PhD Course Digital Identity 2023 $\bullet$$\bullet$ FBK Security and Trust Unit, Apr 2023 Lecture on TLS attacks and HeartBleed PoC.

Thesis & Internship Supervision (selected): phishing detection via NLP/Transformers for Italian emails; MITRE ATT&CK-to-IaC mapping; BAS tools taxonomy; TLS compliance automation (NIST-recognized).

Media appearances: Rai Radio 2 (Quo Datis?, Apr 2026), Pint of Science 2026, Rai News TGR3, Rai Radio 1, TrentinoTV, Wired Next Fest 2023, Notte della Ricerca MUSE 2023, Confindustria Trento 2026, Camera di Commercio Il Sole 24 Ore 2024, L'Adige, ANSA, Adnkronos.

Selected Projects

Education

University of Trento (Trento, Italy)

Master of ICT Innovation, Career Path Cybersecurity $\bullet$$\bullet$ Sep 2021 – Oct 2024 110 Cum Laude

Thesis: Monitoring the monitor — Analysis of eBPF's behaviour in virtualised environments

Bachelor of Computer Science $\bullet$$\bullet$ Sep 2017 – Mar 2021

Thesis: TLS Analyzers for Android Apps — State-of-the-art Analysis and Integration in TLSAssistant

I.I.S. Primo Levi (Badia Polesine, Italy)

High School Diploma $\bullet$$\bullet$ Sep 2012 – Sep 2017

Certifications

• Data Protection Officer — Progetto81, May 2025 (80h GDPR-compliant program)

• Internal Auditor (RICEC) — BeOnDeck / ACCREDIA (UNI CEI EN ISO/IEC 17024), Mar 2026 — ISO 19011 & ISO 17021

• Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500T00) — Mar 2023

• CyberWiser — CyberRange & Capacity Building in CyberSecurity — 2021

• Cambridge First Certificate — English B2 — Apr 2017

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

• Proficient: Python, Java, C/C++, SQL

• Intermediate: Kotlin, PHP

• Basic: Rust, JavaScript, PolyML, R, Assembly (ASM)

Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)

• Regulatory: NIS2 (2022/2555), D.Lgs. 138/2024, Legge 90/2024, GDPR (2016/679), Cyber Resilience Act (CRA)

• Standards: ISO 27001, ISO 19011, ISO 17021, ISO 27036, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-63-3

Digital Identity & Trust Services

EUDI Wallet ARF · ISO 18013-5 · ISO 23220 · ISO 29115

Interests

Cybersecurity, Privacy, Forensics, Digital Identity, Security Protocol Analysis, Access Control, Zero-Trust & Zero-Knowledge, Malware Analysis, AI-Powered Cybersecurity.