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In the picture me on top of the Eagle Tower of Caernarfon Castle (Wales) in 2008. 

I was born in Roma on February 26th, 1966.

From 1990 to 1995 I have collaborated with the Electronic Engineering Department of University of Roma "La Sapienza" and the Institute of Solid State Electronics (now Institute for Photonic and Nanotechnologies) of CNR (the Italian National Research Council) on the design and development of microdevices for satellite communications.

Since 1994 I am working on communication networks and electronic security with leading industries and service operators. I have been involved in standardisation activities in ESA, ETSI and IETF. Now I hold a management position in the corporate security sector.

From 2006 to 2019 I have been a research affiliate with the Center of Excellence DEWS (Design methodologies of Embedded controllers, Wireless interconnect and Systems-on-chip) - University of L'Aquila: in 2007 I started up WINSOME Project (WIreless sensor Network Secure system fOr structural integrity Monitoring and alErting), a "research incubator"  with a twofold objective: 1) develop running prototypes of the cryptographic scheme TAKS (Topology Authenticated Key Scheme) and of the intrusion detection algorithm WIDS (Weak process model based Intrusion Detection System) introduced in my doctoral thesis [24] and 2) enable students to gain skills for the participation in projects concerning cybersecurity applied to ad hoc networks: effectively about 13 M.S. and 2 Ph.D. students joined WINSOME at DEWS and research results have been reported in 12 conference papers [ref. 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35] one journal paper [ref. 37], one book chapter [ref. 30]. In 2016 WINSOME Project achieved its objectives as DEWS has been engaged in the three-year SEAMLESS Project (SEcure plAtform for Multi-hop wireLess sEnSor networkS, 2016-2019) co-funded by the italian MoD (Ministry of Defence). SEAMLESS led to the experimental validation of TAKS and the early start up of ECC-based (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) TAKS release  (ECTAKS) [ref. 38, 39, 40]. In [ref. 41, Civino R., Longo R., "Formal Security Proof for a Scheme on a Topological Network", Advances in Mathematics of Communications, 2023, vol. 17, Issue 3, p1, ISSN 1930-5346] the equivalence between ECTAKS security problem and the well known ECDL security problem has been proved. 

Since 2020 I am a research associate with the Center of Excellence EX-EMERGE (Connected, Geo-localized and Cyber-secure Vehicles) - University of L'Aquila where I am leading the Cybersecurity Working Group in EMERGE Project (Light Commercial Vehicles with Emerging Technologies for "every-day" and "emergency aid" Operations, 2020-2024) co-funded by the italian Ministry of Economic Development: here ECTAKS is the core of the Crypto Engine, the security component of EMERGE system. I was also involved in SHINE-ON Project (Secured HIgh accuracy localizatioN Equipment for autOmotive applicatioNs, 2022-2024) and CYBORG Project (Block-chain based in-vehicle cOmmunications towaRd post quantum cryptoGraphy, 2023-2025) funded by the national Cyber 4.0 Competence Center: here the Crypto Engine is the reference security component for in-vehicle communications among ECUs [ref. 42]. In SHINE-ON the Crypto Engine has been successfully tested for the compliance to ISO/SAE DIS 21434 "Automotive Cybersecurity Engineering" requirements. Moreover in CYBORG a (selective) multicast version of a MLE-based PQC has been designed and applied.      

Since 1995 I am IEEE member and in 2021 I was elevated to IEEE Senior member (SMIEEE). 

I hold a "Senior Security Manager" Certification compliant to UNI 10459:2017.

Since 2017 I am with A.I.PRO.S. (Associazione Italiana PROfessionisti della Sicurezza) as Head of Department "Security of Vehicular Systems and Terrestrial Transports". Since June 30th, 2022 I am member of the Board of Directors.

From 1995 to 2000 I have been lecturer on "Telematics" and on "Telecommunications" at the Military School for Transmissions of the italian Defence Staff (Stato Maggiore della Difesa). 

Since 2016 I am lecturer on "Wireless Sensor and Vehicular Networks Security" at the University of L'Aquila.

Since 2021 I am lecturer on "Security Management applied to Safety" for the Course of Qualification in Security Management at the Fondazione ICSA.

Since 2006 I am serving as reviewer of scientific papers submitted to journals and conferences in the field of embedded systems security from publishers as Oxford University Press, Elsevier, Wiley. 

My scientific interests span from security management methodologies and frameworks to the design of cryptosecurity protocols based on ECC applied to resource constrained devices, PQC schemes applied to intra-vehicular communications.