Andrea Purificato
Chief Business Program Officer at LUM School of Management
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Top SchoolAndrea Purificato is a cybersecurity executive and educator based in Rome with over two decades of hands-on experience and 11 years in senior roles driving offensive security, incident response, and cyber resilience programs. Currently Chief Business Program Officer at Meridian Group and professor of a master's in Intelligence for National and International Security, he blends operational leadership with academic rigor. He has led teams of 30+ ethical hackers and overseen Tier 4 SOC operations, red/purple/blue teaming, attack simulation and DFIR across financial, telecom and critical infrastructure sectors. A longtime independent consultant and trainer, Andrea has repeatedly moved between deep technical roles (penetration testing, vulnerability research) and strategic positions (CTI, program leadership), which gives him an uncommon ability to translate technical risk into business-aligned programs. He also holds a formal Computer Science background and an unexpected early credential in music theory, hinting at a disciplined, pattern-oriented approach to problem solving. Known for building resilient teams and pragmatic assume-breach strategies, he is active in European cyber resilience initiatives.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science Expert degree, Information Technology, Electronics, Computer Science Expert degree, Information Technology, Electronics at Heinrich Hertz Technical Institute - Rome ,ItalyMusic Theory and Solfege licence, Musical Dictation, Trasposition, Sight-reading solfege, Sight-singing Solfege, Music Theory and Solfege licence, Musical Dictation, Trasposition, Sight-reading solfege, Sight-singing Solfege at A. Casella State Music Academy - Aquila, Italy
Github Skills (14)
routeros10
servicenow10
honeypot10
telnet10
deception10
jailbreak10
ssh10
security10
scp9
sftp9
unleashed9
flipper9
firmware8
web-application6
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
bunk3r/honeystats
Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
Contributions:39 commits, 47 pushes, 1 branch in 8 months
bunk3r/braviapy
Jul 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:16 commits, 16 pushes, 1 branch in 6 days
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