FRANCESCO MAZZA
01 // Mission Briefing
As a cybersecurity professional, I help organizations protect against digital risks.
I look at a business from every angle an attacker would, its public footprint, its internal systems, and the wider geopolitical and regulatory landscape it operates in, to uncover hidden threats before they become real problems.
Whether you're a small business, a growing company, or a public institution, I translate that picture into clear, practical steps to protect what matters and stay compliant.
02 // Strategic Foundation
03 // Validated Expertise
Security+ ce
Mastering Threat Intel
Cybersecurity Prof.
Workspace Admin
Cloud Practitioner
Data Analytics
Cloud Digital Leader
LFS101: Intro to Linux
Web Development with Python
AI Cybersecurity & Governance
Networking Basics
Ethical Hacker
Security Stack & Capabilities
04 // Engagement Vectors
A transversal background spanning incident response, vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and GRC — across multi-domain security environments and an analytical, geopolitically-aware lens. Applied differently depending on who's asking.
For a single business or small office, the priority is knowing what's exposed — in plain terms, what risks the business may be unaware of, what might be causing them, and what a clear path to fix it looks like.
- External attack surface discovery: what's visible to an attacker from outside your network
- Website and infrastructure security assessment, delivered as a clear, non-technical report
- Baseline OSINT sweep: what's publicly findable about your organization that shouldn't be
- Practical, prioritized remediation steps — not just a list of findings
For an organization with internal security functions, the value is depth — structured risk management, SIEM-informed monitoring, and analytic correlation that plugs into what your team already runs.
- Vulnerability management: CVE tracking, prioritization, and remediation coordination across the environment
- Incident response and purple-team engagement: translating red-team findings into blue-team detection improvements, with SIEM monitoring, IOC comparison across sources, and pattern-driven detection logic
- Risk assessment and risk register support, mapped to business impact
- GRC alignment and gap analysis: NIST Framework, ISO 27001, NIS2, CIS Controls, IAM posture, and EU regulatory awareness — including new and ongoing EU/ENISA developments, GDPR alignment, and actionable remediation planning to turn legal obligations into operational priorities
For organizations operating across borders or in politically sensitive environments, the need is intelligence — actionable, timely, and geopolitically literate.
- Threat hunting across standard formats and query languages (STIX/TAXII feeds, KQL, SIGMA/YARA rule logic)
- Adversary profiling using established frameworks: MITRE ATT&CK, Cyber Kill Chain, Diamond Model, Pyramid of Pain
- Cyber threat intelligence synthesis and dark web monitoring: hybrid-threat and geopolitical risk analysis tied to technical indicators
- Regulatory and legal-context advisory where cyber risk intersects policy, economics, and international affairs
05 // Secure Handshake | Contact
Currently open to advisory engagements, strategic cyber-risk assessments, and specialist collaborations across organizations, institutions, and high-impact professional environments. Connect to discuss a tailored engagement or initiate a focused review of your strategic risk posture.
06 // Latest Articles
Explore my latest cyber risk analysis, incident response insights, and strategic advisory notes on Medium.