Raoul Chiesa

Entrepreneur

Swascan, Cyberdefcon, Security Brokers, CLUSIT, Mediaservice.net

AIIC - Associazione Italiana esperti in Infrastrutture Critiche, OWASP, Italian Chapter, AIP/OPSI - Italian Privacy & Security Observatory, ISECOM, CEIPiemonte, ENISA, Italian MoD OSN (National Security Observatory) at Defense Higher Studies Center (CASD)

I want to be my own boss, and be in control.

ISECOM OPST, ISECOM OPSA, ISECOM HHST, ISECOM OPSE, ISECOM OWSE, ISECOM OSSTMM International Trainer, PCI-DSS QSA, PCI-DSS ASV, ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor, CISA, CISSP, ITIL, SANS GCFA, ECCE @ Mediaservice.net's technical staff (my former company I established in 1997 and left in 2012).

Specialties: Personal ones: X.25 and PSDN networks, VoIP Security, Malware Analysis, Professional Social Engineering, SCADA & Industrial Automation/Home Automation Security, Satellite communications hacking, Mobile Security, SS7 threats and much more... ;)

 

Co Founder: Swascan S.r.l. February 2016 - Present (2 months)

The first Cloud Suite Security Platform The right way to manage the Security Risk, both for web and mobile applications as well as the overall technological infrastructure Three main products: - Web Application Scan - Network Scan - Code Review All-in-one SaaS that offers to its users: Flexibility Cost cutting Scalability Accessibility Background to audit Compliance to regulations and OWASP best practises

Board of Directors Member (Director of Communication)OWASP, Italian ChapterJuly 2005 – Present (10 years 10 months)Rome Area, ItalyI am supporting the Italian Chapter of OWASP: creating OWASP conferences and events, building partnerships, gaining visibility on media, contributing with projects, ideas and my personal network.

 

Founding Partner, PresidentSecurity Brokers - Global Cyber Defense & Security ServicesJanuary 2012 – Present (4 years 4 months)Italy, EU, GCC Area, AmericasAfter a long time startup phase, along with the support of a core team of friends I've recently established my newco, Security Brokers.
We focus on highly critical, strategic ICT Security and Cyber Defense issues, providing state-of-the-art, innovative Solutions and reliable Services to our global Customers.
Thanks to the know-how and specialization of our 20+ Key Partners, who have gathered over 15 years each of world-class experience in the Information Security and Cyber Defence fields, we can claim over 300+ combined years of expertise and references at the highest levels.

 

Cultural Attachè for Italy - APWG European Chapter (APWG.EU)APWGMarch 2014 – Present (2 years 2 months)Barcelona Area, SpainI'm the Italian Cultural Attachè of APWG.EU, which has been officially established during the March 2014 conference at the NATO School in Oberammergau (Germany).
I'm also a Member of the Scientific Committee for the CFP selection of APWG.EU conferences.
I do support APWG initiatives, and reference with the Italian and EU press on APWG's insights.

Independent Senior Advisor on Cybercrime - Emerging Crimes Unit (ECU)UNICRIMay 2006 – Present (10 years)Turin Area, Italy @ the UN Campus (ITC/ILO)I'm working with the Human Trafficking and Emerging Crimes Unit as a Senior Advisor on all cybercrime-related projects, researches and issues. My background is technical and strategic and I work with colleague Mrs. Francesca Bosco at the GCU, headed by Mrs. Angela Patrignani.

Board of Directors MemberAIP/OPSI - Italian Privacy & Security ObservatorySeptember 2009 – Present (6 years 8 months)ItalyI've been asked to join OPSI/AIP Board of Directors, as an external expert, in order to help the AIP association to manage privacy & security related issues.

Communications Manager, Training Partner, OSSTMM International TrainerISECOM2001 – Present (15 years)Barcelona Area, SpainI've been among the very first professionals personally certified by Pete Herzog, back in December 2002. The OSSTMM (Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual) was just a little babe, and all of us at the ISECOM family grow it up along the years.
Working with ISECOM team is pure pleasure: Pete is a think-tank bomb, managing all of us coming from all over the world. Along this years we produced valuable assets (HHS/Hacker High School free lessons; Hacking Linux Exposed ISECOM Edition; the RAVs!!!!; HPP the Hackers Profiling Project; etc...), having fun at the same time, learning new things, meeting new friends.
The company I've founder, @ Mediaservice.net, is the oldest ISECOM Training Partner and it's the exclusive ISECOM Affiliate for Italy (San Marino, Vaticano) and Greece.Many of the people in my staff are Key Contributors to the OSSTMM and Fabrizio Sensibile is the oldest ISECOM Trainer AFAIK.

ThinkUp Selected Company, Level 2CEIPiemonte2007 – Present (9 years)@ Mediaservice.net has been selected as a Think-UP ICT premium company, Level 2 (the highest).ThinkUP ICT enables ICT companies from Piedmont area (North-West Italy) to conquer abroad markets, building contacts network and supporting the legal, contractual and delivery processes, organizing as well special and vertical events, Face2Face meetings, delegations.

PSG - Permanent Stakeholders Group (2010-2012 and 2012-2015)ENISAMarch 2010 – February 2015 (5 years)Heraklion, Crete, GreeceI was been selected as a PSG member. This is a big honour for me and I'll do my best to support ENISA's activities with my knowledge and experiences on the two and a half years mandate; I've been reconfirmed back in 2012 for the second mandate (2012-2014). As per 2015, I have been added in the "Reservoir List" of Cybersecurity experts.
As Member of the PSG I provided ENISA with advice and feedback on information and network security issues. 
ENISA is the European Agency for Network and Information Security, and has a role in informing European stakeholders, including businesses and governments, on these issues.

talian Information Security Association - Founder, Board Member, Technical Committee MemberCLUSIT2001 – December 2014 (13 years)Milan Area, ItalyCLUSIT is the Italian Information Security Association, with+500 members. CLUSIT belongs to a network, the "CLUS*": CLUSIF (France), CLUSIB (Belgium), CLUSIS (Switzerland), CLUSIL (Luxembourg).
I'm among CLUSIT founders, and a Board of Directors member since year 2000, having being re-elected every 2 years until today.
Update: I've decided to not candidate myself for 2015-2016.
I'm also a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee. CLUSIT yearly organizes the Italian "Security Summit" (www.securitysummit.it), held in Milan on March and in Rome on June. The event is totally free-to-attend, does not allow commercial pitches and delivers parallel tracks, with vendor-neutral talks, roundtables and Key Notes from abroad, such as Steve Santorelli, Gadi Evron and Piotr Oleszkiewicz (2009) and Mark Abene (Phiber Optik), Sharon Conheady and Pascal Lointier (2010).
The Italian Security Summit includes as well a "relax-time", the Hacking Film Festival: 3 movies played after dinner-time, related to information security, hacking and privacy.

Coordinator and Member, Working Group "CyberWorld"Italian MoD OSN (National Security Observatory) at Defense Higher Studies Center (CASD)May 2011 – January 2014 (2 years 9 months)Rome Area, ItalyI am among the Founding Members and Coordinators of the Working Group "CyberWorld" at the OSN (Osservatorio per la Sicurezza Nazionale / National Security Observatory) inside the CASD (Centro Alti Studi Difesa / Defense Higher Studies Center) at the Italian MoD, and the Manager for the SubGroup dedicated to the Technological Aspects along with my colleague Giorgio Tosi Beleffi from ISCOM (Istituto Superiore Comunicazioni at the Italian Ministry of Economical Development).