Marco de Benedictis

Marco De Benedictis is a seasoned expert in cloud-native security and Kubernetes, currently serving as a Senior Consultant at ControlPlane, focusing on threat modeling for cloud-native deployments. Marco has held notable positions including Technical Lead for the Security Technical Advisory Group at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation and Instructor for an O'Reilly course on Kubernetes Security. Previous experience includes a Security Engineer role at 7Layers Srl, where Marco developed cybersecurity solutions, and academic roles as a Contract Professor at various institutions, teaching courses on cloud services and cybersecurity. Marco earned a PhD in Computer and Network Security from the Polytechnic University of Turin, along with a Master's and Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from the same institution.