Stefano Zanero

Current

Assistant Professor ("Ricercatore") at Politecnico di Milano
C.T.O. and co-founder at Secure Network S.r.l.

Past

Ph.D. Student at Politecnico di Milano
Freelance writer at IDG Communications
Freelance writer at Xenia Edizioni

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Education

Politecnico di Milano
Politecnico di Milano

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Computer & Network Security

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Stefano Zanero’s Summary

I hold a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the Politecnico of Milano university. My doctoral thesis deals with the application of unsupervised learning algorithms to Intrusion Detection Systems. My research interests, besides IDSs, include web application security, computer virology and clustering algorithms.

I've been a speaker at international scientific and technical IT conferences such as Black Hat, IT Underground, and CanSecWest. Besides co-authoring books and scientific articles on information security, I am in the editorial board of the "Journal in Computer Virology". I have also been the author of the “Security Manager’s Journal” column on Computer World Italy, for which I've won a journalism award.

Since 2004 I'm also a partner and CTO of Secure Network, a firm specializing in information security training and consulting, based in Milan.

Stefano Zanero’s Specialties:

Intrusion Detection, Computer Forensics, Computer Virology, Security Architectures, Penetration Testing

Stefano Zanero’s Experience

Assistant Professor ("Ricercatore")

Politecnico di Milano

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

March 2006 — Present (4 years 1 month)

I work in the "Computer Architectures" group (Performance Evaluation and Dependability area), developing advanced intrusion detection techniques based on unsupervised learning. I am also heavily interested in computer virology. I teach in courses related with computer security and network infrastructures.
C.T.O. and co-founder

Secure Network S.r.l.

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer & Network Security industry)

January 2004 — Present (6 years 3 months)

Secure Network is a group of network security consultants, researchers and engineers, who share the vision of offering high-level skills and knowledge to the customers, through a portfolio of services ranging from security R&D, to specialized consulting, to managed security. It is my distinct pleasure to be the CTO of this focused, dynamic group.
Ph.D. Student

Politecnico di Milano

(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

March 2003 — March 2006 (3 years 1 month)

As a Ph.D. student I worked in the "Performance Evaluation" group, developing advanced intrusion detection techniques for modern computer networks. I also supported in the teaching of courses related with computer security.
Freelance writer

IDG Communications

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Newspapers industry)

January 2001 — November 2005 (4 years 11 months)

As a freelance writer, I contribute technical analysis of new technologies, in particular related to the security field. I have participated to a number of international conferences and events, and interviewed key developers and innovators in the computer industry. In 2003 I received the "Cisco Web Award" recognition for excellence among technical journalists.
Freelance writer

Xenia Edizioni

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

July 1997 — January 2004 (6 years 7 months)

As a freelance writer, I reviewed games, consumer software and personal computing technologies, and wrote game walkthroughs and cheat sheets for "PC Action", "ZZAP!" and "TGM" magazines. I have participated to a number of conferences and events. I also ran for three years the opinion column of the monthly magazine "PC Action".

Stefano Zanero’s Education

Politecnico di Milano

Ph.D. , Computer Engineering , March 2003 — March 2006

Activities and Societies:

Member of IEEE, ACM, Computer Society. Reviewer for IEEE Security and Privacy, ESORICS, ACM SAC. Board of the Journal in Computer Virology (Springer).
Politecnico di Milano

Laurea (M.S.) , Computer Engineering , September 1997 — December 2002