Matteo Macina graduated with honors in Mathematics for Applications from Sapienza University of Rome and began his career at Deloitte, rising to Manager for Cyber Risk Services. He then joined Terna, where from 2015 to 2022 he led the Cyber Defence Center, overseeing the start-up and accreditation of the CERT and defining its operating model. Since 2022, he has served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at TIM. An active contributor to the cybersecurity community, he is a speaker at international conferences, co-author of industry publications, and a Board Member of AIPSA.