Francesco 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.
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