Francesco Settanni

Ph.D. candidate in Ingegneria Informatica E Dei Sistemi , 39^th cycle (2023-2026)
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)

Research Assistant
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)

Docente esterno e/o collaboratore didattico
Department of Control and Computer Engineering (DAUIN)

francesco.settanni@polito.it

Profile

PhD

Research topic

Automated Cyber Threat Mitigation for Cloud-Native Environments

Tutors

Research interests

Cybersecurity

Biography

Francesco Settanni received his Master’s Degree in Computer Engineering (Cybersecurity track) and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Control and Computer Engineering Department at Politecnico di Torino, as well as a Research Fellow in the TORSEC - Security Group. His research focuses on security aspects of next-generation and cloud-native networks, including, but not limited to, areas such as incident response and management, and cyber threat intelligence, employing artificial intelligence to investigate and engineer novel solutions in the field. He has been collaborating on multiple EU-funded projects, where he has led technical activities related to these core topics.

Teaching

Teachings

Master of Science

Sicurezza dei sistemi informativi. A.A. 2025/26, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso
Sicurezza dei sistemi informativi. A.A. 2024/25, INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (COMPUTER ENGINEERING). Collaboratore del corso

Research

Research groups

TORSEC - Security Group (DAUIN)

Publications

Latest publications View all publications in Porto@Iris

Settanni, Francesco; Lisena, Giuseppe; Basile, Cataldo (2025)
Towards A Capability Model of Kubernetes Runtime Security Enforcement Mechanisms. In: ARES 2025 International Workshops, Ghent (BEL), August 11–14, 2025, pp. 266-284. ISSN 0302-9743. ISBN: 9783032006295
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Settanni, Francesco; Zamponi, Alessandro; Basile, Cataldo (2024)
Dynamic Security Provisioning for Cloud-Native Networks: An Intent-Based Approach. In: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR), London (UK), 02-04 September 2024, pp. 321-328. ISBN: 979-8-3503-7536-7
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)
Settanni, F; Regano, L; Basile, C; Lioy, A (2023)
A Model for Automated Cybersecurity Threat Remediation and Sharing. In: 2023 IEEE 9th International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft), Madrid (Spain), June 19-23, 2023, pp. 492-497. ISBN: 979-8-3503-9980-6
Contributo in Atti di Convegno (Proceeding)