FRANCESCO MAZZA
01 // Mission Briefing
As a Cybersecurity professional, I help organizations see the risks they can't see.
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
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.