Associate Professor (L. 240) 
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN) 
 - Junior project manager
 
Profile
Research interests
Scientific branch
(Area 0009 - Industrial and information engineering)
Research topics
- Automated Techniques for Network Security Management and Policy Enforcement: The increasing complexity of enterprise, cloud, and IoT networks requires the automation of security management processes. This research line focuses on tools, frameworks, and algorithms for automating the configuration, validation, and monitoring of network security policies. Activities include the use of formal verification, machine learning, and policy mining to reduce human error and increase operational agility. Technologies analyzed range from firewalls and SDN to security orchestration systems in virtualized environments. Collaborations with industrial partners and public institutions support the real-world application of the developed solutions. Among the main initiatives is the Verefoo project, an open-source tool for the automated definition and verification of network security policies.
 
Skills
ERC sectors
SDG
Editorial boards
- IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (2022-), Associate Editor of magazine or editorial series
 - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT (2021-2022), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
 - COMPUTER NETWORKS (2020-2021), Guest Editor of magazine or editorial series
 
Conferences
- 2nd IEEE International Workshop on Cyber-Security in Software-defined and Virtualized Infrastructures (SECSOFT2020),, Program chair
 
Teaching
Collegi of the degree programmes
Teachings
PhD
- Security of next generation networks. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
 - Toolkit for PhD in Computer and Control Engineering. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
 - Security of next generation networks. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
 - Security of next generation networks. A.A. 2023/24, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
 - Security of next generation networks. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
 - Security of next generation networks. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA E DEI SISTEMI. Main teacher
 
Master of Science
- Threat Intelligence and Incident Management. A.A. 2025/26, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
 - Networks & Cloud Technologies and Security (modulo di Computer networks and cloud technologies). A.A. 2025/26, CYBERSECURITY ENGINEERING. Collaboratore del corso
 - Networks & Cloud Technologies and Security (modulo di Network and Cloud Security). A.A. 2025/26, CYBERSECURITY ENGINEERING. Titolare del corso
 - Data protection, Privacy and Anonymity. A.A. 2025/26, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
 - Networks & Cloud Technologies and Security (modulo di Computer networks and cloud technologies). A.A. 2024/25, CYBERSECURITY. Collaboratore del corso
 - Networks & Cloud Technologies and Security (modulo di Network and Cloud Security). A.A. 2024/25, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
 - Data protection, Privacy and Anonymity. A.A. 2024/25, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
 - Networks, cloud and application security (modulo di Computer networks and cloud technologies). A.A. 2023/24, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
 - Networks, cloud and application security (modulo di Networks, cloud, and application security). A.A. 2023/24, CYBERSECURITY. Titolare del corso
 - Tecnologie e servizi di rete. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
 - Tecnologie e servizi di rete. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
 - Computer network technologies and services. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
 - Tecnologie e servizi di rete. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Titolare del corso
 - Cloud Computing. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
 - Computer network technologies and services. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
 - Tecnologie e servizi di rete. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
 - Cloud Computing. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
 
Bachelor of Science
- Reti di calcolatori. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Collaboratore del corso
 - Reti di calcolatori. A.A. 2022/23, INGEGNERIA DEL CINEMA E DEI MEZZI DI COMUNICAZIONE. Collaboratore del corso
 - Reti di calcolatori. A.A. 2021/22, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Collaboratore del corso
 - Reti di calcolatori. A.A. 2020/21, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA. Collaboratore del corso
 - Informatica. A.A. 2019/20, INGEGNERIA AEROSPAZIALE. Collaboratore del corso
 
Research
Research groups
Research projects
Projects funded by competitive calls
-  MIRANDA - Monitoring, Investigation and Response to cyber-attacks with an Adaptive digital twiN moDel for Agile services over the computing continuum , (2024-2027) - Componente gruppo di Ricerca 
UE-funded research - HE - Global Challenges - Civil Security for Society 
Projects funded by commercial contracts
-  Cybersecurity, (periodo sconosciuto) - Responsabile Scientifico 
Commercial contracts for the provision of services -  Organizzazione e realizzazione di uno degli incontri dei seminari “ESCAPE” nell’ambito cybersecurity, (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico 
Sponsorship -  Organizzazione e realizzazione di uno degli incontri dei seminari “ESCAPE” nell’ambito cybersecurity, (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico 
Sponsorship -  Organizzazione e realizzazione di uno degli incontri dei seminari “ESCAPE” nell’ambito cybersecurity, (2024-2024) - Responsabile Scientifico 
Sponsorship 
Supervised PhD students
-  Gianmarco Bachiorrini. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (40th cycle, 2024-in progress) 
Research subject: Adaptive, Agile and Automated Cybersecurity Management
Cybersecurity Cybersecurity  -  Rosario Rizza. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (40th cycle, 2024-in progress) 
Research subject: Security of Linux Kernel Extensions for Fast Packet Processing
Cybersecurity Cybersecurity  -  Francesco Pizzato. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (39th cycle, 2023-in progress) 
Research subject: Security automation and optimization in cloud environments
Cybersecurity Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing Cybersecurity Parallel and distributed systems, Quantum computing  -  Simone Bussa. Programme in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi (37th cycle, 2021-2025) 
Thesis: Formal Cybersecurity Techniques for Cyber-Physical Systems
Computer architectures and Computer aided design Cybersecurity Computer architectures and Computer aided design Cybersecurity  
Publications
Last years publications
Publications by type
Selected publications View all publications in Porto@Iris
-   Marchetto, Guido; Sisto, Riccardo; Valenza, Fulvio; Yusupov, Jalolliddin; Ksentini, Adlen (2021)
A Formal Approach to Verify Connectivity and Optimize VNF Placement in Industrial Networks. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS, vol. 17, pp. 1515-1525. ISSN 1551-3203
Contributo su Rivista -   Iorio, Marco; Reineri, Massimo; Risso, Fulvio; Sisto, Riccardo; Valenza, Fulvio (2020)
Securing SOME/IP for In-Vehicle Service Protection. In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, vol. 69, pp. 13450-13466. ISSN 0018-9545
Contributo su Rivista -   Basile, Cataldo; Valenza, Fulvio; Lioy, Antonio; Lopez, Diego R.; Pastor Perales, Antonio (2019)
Adding Support for Automatic Enforcement of Security Policies in NFV Networks. In: IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, vol. 27, pp. 707-720. ISSN 1063-6692
Contributo su Rivista -   Valenza, Fulvio; Basile, Cataldo; Canavese, Daniele; Lioy, Antonio (2017)
Classification and analysis of communication protection policy anomalies. In: IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING, vol. 25, pp. 2601-2614. ISSN 1063-6692
Contributo su Rivista -   Cheminod, Manuel; Durante, Luca; Seno, Lucia; Valenza, Fulvio; Valenzano, Adriano (2019)
A comprehensive approach to the automatic refinement and verification of access control policies. In: COMPUTERS & SECURITY, vol. 80, pp. 186-199. ISSN 0167-4048
Contributo su Rivista 
Society and Enterprise
Patents and other intellectual properties
-  PROTECTION OF IN-VEHICLE SERVICES WITH A SECURITY-EXTENDED SOME/IP PROTOCOL. national and international Patent 
Inventors: Fulvio Giovanni Ottavio Risso Riccardo Sisto Fulvio Valenza