Francesco Ongaro
Italy
Summary
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SeniorFrancesco Ongaro is a cybersecurity entrepreneur and ethical hacker with over two decades of hands-on experience delivering high-impact security consulting and research. As founder of ISGroup SRL and co-founder/CEO of the independent research team USH, he combines boutique managed security services, penetration testing and code review with original vulnerability research and public advisories. He has acted as a virtual CISO and technical lead across finance, government, media and critical infrastructure, completing 200+ security engagements and building tailored tools and workflows rather than checkbox compliance. Certified as a CEH and ISO27001 Lead Auditor, he also trains developers, sysadmins and incident responders, bringing practical remediation strategies into operational teams. Known for favoring the “boring” deep-analysis work few appreciate, he publishes and lectures on cutting-edge topics while running a small team of expert security researchers in Italy.
12 years of coding experience
Github Skills (91)
printing9
oracle-sql9
mysql-database9
datatables9
oracle-forms9
elasticsearch-plugin8
cups8
bulma8
elasticsearch-gui8
pagination8
sqlite-database8
ipp-protocol8
chrome-extension8
realtime-updates8
sonarqube8
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
informationsecurity/italia-aziende-cybersecurity
Jul 2025 - Jul 2026
Contributions:37 pushes in 1 year
isgroup-srl/insecure-php-file-upload
Sep 2017 - May 2019
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 8 months
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