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Author: Sandro Sana

Sandro Sana

Member of the Red Hot Cyber Dark Lab team and director of the Red Hot Cyber Podcast. He has worked in Information Technology since 1990 and specialized in Cybersecurity since 2014 (CEH - CIH - CISSP - CSIRT Manager - CTI Expert). Speaker at SMAU 2017 and SMAU 2018, lecturer for SMAU Academy & ITS, and member of ISACA.
He is also a member of the Scientific Committee of the national Competence Center Cyber 4.0, where he contributes to the strategic direction of research, training, and innovation activities in the cybersecurity.

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Areas of Expertise Cyber Threat Intelligence, NIS2, Security Governance & Compliance, CSIRT & Crisis Management, Research, Disclosure, and Cyber Culture

Sandro Sana is a cybersecurity professional with over thirty years of experience in the ICT sector, specializing in cybersecurity, information systems governance, and digital risk management. He currently serves as CISO & Head of Cybersecurity at Eurosystem Group S.p.A., where he leads information protection strategies, operational resilience, and the security of critical infrastructures.

Current Positions

  • CISO & Head of Cybersecurity – Eurosystem S.p.A.: Responsible for security governance, cyber risk management, incident response, threat analysis, and the adoption of innovative solutions for the protection of corporate data and systems.
  • Director of the Red Hot Cyber Podcast: A weekly editorial format dedicated to cybersecurity, digital resilience, and cyber geopolitics, featuring industry experts and leading figures.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee – Cyber 4.0: Actively involved in providing strategic direction for research, training, and technology transfer activities within the national Competence Center.
  • Lecturer and Public Educator: Lecturer at ITS and SMAU Academy, committed to training the next generation of cybersecurity professionals.

Core Competencies

  • Cybersecurity Governance & Risk Management: design and implementation of security strategies focused on business continuity and organizational resilience.
  • Security Regulations and Frameworks: advanced expertise in NIS2, ISO/IEC 27001, CIS Controls, COBIT, ENISA, and NIST.
  • Threat Analysis & Incident Response: coordination of threat intelligence activities and management of cybersecurity incidents.
  • Education and Knowledge Sharing: development of editorial content and educational initiatives to promote cybersecurity awareness.

Initiatives and Contributions

  • Editorial Activity: author of over 600 articles published on Red Hot Cyber, Cybersecurity360, Digital360, SocialNews, and La nuova Gazzetta Piemontese.
  • Red Hot Cyber: member of the RHC Dark Lab and an active contributor to the community, with a strong commitment to technical and strategic dissemination.
  • Collaborations: support to companies, public administrations, and startups in developing effective cybersecurity and risk management strategies.

Professional Vision

He promotes an integrated vision of cybersecurity that combines technology, governance, and the human factor, in full compliance with European and international regulations. He strongly believes in knowledge sharing as a key tool to increase digital risk awareness and strengthen organizational resilience.

Web resources

Numero di articoli trovati: 71

OMGCable: The Thin Red Line Between Penetration Testing and Covert Surveillance

In 2021, during one of my explorations into the increasingly blurred boundary between hardware and cybersecurity, I wrote an article with a title that today sounds almost prophetic: “Even a...

Discovering Scattered Spider: The Criminal Threat Using Advanced Tactics and Techniques

By Cyber Defense Center Maticmind (Andrea Mariucci, Riccardo Michetti, Federico Savastano, Ada Spinelli) The Scattered Spider threat actor, UNC9344, made its appearance in 2022 with two targeted attacks on Caesars...

Is the end of state-led cyberspace invasions coming? The 56-page draft prepared by the UN

The eleventh final session of the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) on cybersecurity opened at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on July 7. The group was created in 2019...

Underwater cables and the “cyber war of the seabed”. Between control, geopolitics and technology

Author: 5ar0m4n Publishing Date: 11/7/2021 We have often addressed the topic of undersea cables on RHC where we talked about the first submarine cable in history and the last one...

Discovering Predatory Sparrow: Identity, Goals, and Digital Arsenal of the Mysterious Threat Actor

On June 17, 2025, a cyber attack paralyzed Bank Sepah, one of Iran's major financial institutions. The attack was claimed by the Predatory Sparrow group, already known for its destructive...

Skynet is coming: the malware that attacks Artificial Intelligence!

An unusual example of malicious code has been discovered in a real computing environment, which for the first time recorded an attempt to attack not classical defense mechanisms, but directly...

A new fileless infostealer is being spread by Telegram and legitimate services

TLP: AMBERAnalyst: Agostino Pellegrino, Crescenzo Cuoppolo, Alessio BandiniLast revision date: 2025-06-24 This forensic technical report documents the complete analysis of a multi-stage infostealer delivered via a Python fileless loader, identified...
Cyberspazio: il filo invisibile tra guerra e pace

Cyberspace: The Invisible Thread Between War and Peace

How Iran-Israel’s Digital War Redefines Security, Diplomacy, and the Global Future? Since June 12, a 700% increase in cyber activity has been detected, resulting in a wave of DDoS attacks,...

Group-IB contributes to INTERPOL’s Operation Secure, leading to the arrest of 32 suspects linked to information stealer malware in Asia

[Singapore; 11 June, 2025] Group-IB, a leading creator of cybersecurity technologies to investigate, prevent, and fight digital crime, announced today that it has contributed to INTERPOL’s “Operation Secure”, which took...

Analysis of Recorded Future’s CVE Report – February 2025

The monthly Recorded Future CVE report for February 2025 provides a detailed overview of current cybersecurity threats, highlighting a slight decline compared to the previous month. A total of 25...