Company

Gerardo Costabile

CEO & Founder

Adjunct Professor of Corporate Security and NY Electronic Crime Task Force  (ECTF) member, he has over 20 years of experience in cyber risk, security, intelligence, digital forensics, and compliance.

He was Chief Security Officer and Country Leadership Team Member of BT Italy (British Telecom Group) and Head of Security & Safety at Fastweb Spa (Swisscom AG Group). He also founded and led the Forensic Technology & Discovery Services (FTDS) practice within the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) of Ernst & Young (Italy and EMEIA Western Zone). For many years CISO (Chief Information Security Officer) of Poste Italiane and cybercop of the Antifraud & Cybercrime Team of the Italian Financial Police (Guardia di Finanza) of Milan.

He has achieved several professional certifications, i.e. Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC), Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT (CGEIT), Certified Information Forensics Investigator (CIFI), Certified Hacking Forensic Investigation (CHFI), recognized in international context.

Mattia Siciliano

Partner

He was co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of the Forensic Technology & Discovery Services (FTDS) practice within EC's Practice Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS). For many years he worked in consulting companies like EY, KPMG and Mazars.

Graduated in Telecommunications Engineering and Master in Security Management with significant experience in both aspects of Governance / Auditing and Forensic / Investigation. He has worked mainly for  finance, defense, telecommunications and gaming companies.

Antonio Mauro, PhD

Chief Cyber Protection Officer - IoT and Automotive

In more than 20 years of international career, he has accumulated various executive experiences across some key high technology market. He has developed research projects and prototypes of high technologies (i.e. Government’s crypto communications) and he has also an important pending patent: forensics investigations in the Internet of Things devices.

Permanent member at The Italy National Security Observatory and also member at the New York/New Jersey Electronic Crimes Task Force-U.S. Secret Service, he has worked in Government Agencies (DoD, DHS, NATO) in preempting, investigating and remediating government cyber espionage, cyber security and cyber terrorism and worked with high Government managers to improve the organization chart and technology aspects. Member of the Scientific Committee for the UNI 11506 and Adjunct Professor in many University, Military and Government organizations and member of the Academic Board at The University of Northwest in the USA. Member and expert of the Cybersecurity Task Force of the Strategic Forum for Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI).

Ilenia Mercuri

Cybersecurity Specialist - Human Capital

Ilenia coordinates the activities of "Human Factor" assessment and development, with focus on cybersecurity threats of the human element, through innovative techniques of social engineering, gamification & simulation (for example, phishing campaigns, spear phishing, cyber games, etc).

"Cyber criminologist", with 2nd level University Master's degree in Forensic Sciences (Criminology, Security, Intelligence, Investigations) at La Sapienza (Rome) and thesis on social engineering, mind hacking, and spear phishing. 

Honorary Fellowship in “Security&Information”, Department of Law, at “Università degli Studi di Foggia”.

Previously for many years psychologist, psychotherapist and consultant specialized in behavioral addictions (eg pathological gambling, emotional addictions, compulsive shopping, etc.). 

Francesco Schifilliti

External Consultant

Expert in information security, digital forensic and cyber threat intelligence for large companies. He has been the Forensic Technology & Discovery Services (FTDS) Practice Manager in EC Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS).
Researcher in the field of Malware and Memory Analysis, OSINT, Intelligence Investigation Techniques, Incident Responding Techniques and Cyber ​​Threat Intelligence. Graduated in Computer Science at the University of Catania and professors in courses and master of digital forensics and malware forensics.