Cybersecurity & Data Protection

The Cybersecurity & Data Protection Observatory, promoted by the School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano, in its seventh edition, intends to respond to companies’ need to know, understand and deal with new threats to privacy and IT security by supporting organizations in choosing the most appropriate protections, making them aware of the importance of monitoring and controlling activities and showing them the techniques and technologies to support adoptable Information Security.

As part of the 2023 Research, the Observatory aims to:

• estimate the Italian Information Security market;
• undestand the potential impact of EU regulation on data protection and on new professions;
• identify information security and privacy trends and the relationship with digital innovation;
• identify roles and competences involved in managing information security, and find ways of managing the human factor;
• analyze ways of managing cyber risk;
• monitor the state of system solutions and the implementation of cybersecurity and data protection projects in Italian organizations;
• examine strategic choices and the impact of large enterprices and SMEs;
• identify the success stories.

Research conducted by the Information Security & Privacy Observatory will be based upon empirical analysis, with surveys and study cases that involve the following positions CISO (Chief Information Security Officer), CSO (Chief Security Officer), CIO (Chief Information Officer), CRO (Chief Risk Officer), Risk Manager, Compliance Manager e DPO (Data Protection Officer) from Italian companies operating in various product sectors.

The Advisory Board. To foster ongoing debate and drive research towards trends holding greater value for companies the Observatory established a small steering group involving high profile professional figures from the large organizations within key trade sectors.

Advisory Board members of the 2023 edition are:

• Luca Bertoglio (Global CISO, Marelli);
• Massimo Cottafavi (Head of Cyber Security & Resilience, Snam);
• Mirco Destro (Information Systems Director, Vimar);
• Michele Fabbri (Chief Information Security Officer, Saras);
• Claudio Frencia (Global Head of Cybersecurity, Brembo)
• Mirko Giardetti (Digital Innovation Manager, LUBE Industries);
• Vinicio Mazzei (Privacy Officer and Digital Governance and Compliance Manager, Saipem);
• Simone Pezzoli (Group Chief Technology Officer, Haier Europe);
• Roberto Puricelli (CISO EMEA, Marelli);
• Riccardo Roncon (CISO, Gruppo ITAS Assicurazioni);
• Daniele Sangion (Chief Information Security Officer, Unicredit Austria – Head of Security AT, UniCredit Services);
• Alessio Setaro (Cyber Security Leader di Leroy Merlin Italia | CISO Global for Adeo group)