Vito Rallo
Cybersecurity Expert, AI Security Researcher, former ethical hacker and Red Team head
Specialization
- Red Teaming, Threat Emulation
- IR & Threat Hunting (IT/OT)
- AI Security & Agentic Systems
- AI DevOps (Claude Code Expert)
- Cyber Threat Intelligence/Automation
- Security Operations (SecOps)
- Cloud, Application & Mobile Security
- OT/ICS Security (IEC 62443)
- AppSec & Security as Code
- Sovereign cloud
- Compliance & Risk Management
Industry Experience
- Cybersecurity (information technology)
- IT, Infra, Cloud Security
- Finance and fintech solutions
- TSOs, Energy, oil and gas
- Web 2.0 and Web 3.0
- NIS2, IEC62443, NIST, CRA, GDPR
- Project Management
- Red Teaming and Ethical Hacking
- Secure Architecture
- Leadership, team building
Languages
Cybersecurity expert, visionary, and keynote speaker with 25+ years in the industry. Currently serving as Security & Resilience Practice Lead BeNeLux for Kyndryl, Vito brings deep expertise from leading in corporate including Managing Director roles Global Head of Red Team at Kroll and running the Crimson7 Threat Research Lab.
As a former ethical hacker with a strong technical and multi-disciplinary background, he has delivered cutting-edge solutions in Red Teaming, OT/IoT security, Threat Informed Defense, and Incident Response across finance, fintech, public sector, and Critical Infrastructures.
Currently focused on AI Agentic Security, AI Automation, Security as Code, and Threat Informed Security—building innovative solutions to improve client resilience.
Kyndryl - Consult Partner
As a lead of cyber and Consult Partner in Kyndryl, he has the mission to develop, adapt and improve, brand, Security and Resilience services for the BeNeLux market. He also play the role of specialist for Security of AI to secure agentic systems.
Crimson7 - Managing Director
He built and drove the business from the ground up, with critical involvement in the development of managed services, technical research, marketing and communication, client and partners relations. He developed a successfully marketed continuous Purple Team and created solutions in the space of Threat Hunting, Threat Informed Defense, Red and Purple teaming, Security Operations.
Kroll - Managing Director
As a Managing Director, he led Kroll proactive services for EMEA and the delivery, the service offering and the design of Red Teams at global level. He was involved as a country manager for the Belgian entity.
PwC - Director
Worked in the role of Offensive Security lead, EMEA SME, Incident Response team lead, developing business and delivering for PwC in Belgium and PwC Europe. Hired as Senior Manager and promoted to Director.
IBM - Senior Engineer/Team Leader/Ethical Hacker
His initial experience was deeply technical as part of the IBM X-force RED team and working as Ethical Hacker, product specialist and team lead.
Early Career - Telecom Italia, 2Bite, MEDIALAB
Started as Founder of MEDIALAB (own consulting company, 1999-2005), worked as Network Engineer and Wireless Specialist at 2Bite (2003-2005), and served as Researcher at Telecom Italia (Sep-Oct 2006).
With his strong innovation mindset, hands-on building approach, and vision for technology, Vito is embracing digital creativity in the AI era while maintaining his deep expertise as a Cybersecurity expert.
- Started Peach Studio to explore new compelling trends in the space of AI Security, Development, Cyber Security with AI tooling, Agentic Security, Video Making for Security Awareness, Web 3.0, AI social marketing and AI automation. Author and developer of: Client and Threat Profilers Agents (deployed on Apify marketplace) for EASM and OSINT, MacFrame (porting Mainframe emulators to MacOS) and MCP servers for various integrations.
- Bootstrapped and successfully launched Crimson7 with a team of cybersecurity experts, C7 is a Threat Research Lab that replicates the most advanced attack techniques (TTPs) to provide intelligence and detection engineering. Here he designed and launched the continuos Purple Team service (Purple Rain) and authored: IronVeil (identity security scanner for AD/Entra), 7hunter (SaaS threat hunting platform with integration into MS Sentinel).
- Started the Kroll Europe entity, based in Brussels, he hired a team of experts to expand the Red Team unit, and served as a Country Manager, at the same time covering the role of EMEA proactive and working cross location, Brussels and in the HQ in London.
- With PwC he successfully improved the OT security capabilities, performed as SME at Europe level, IR for OT, taking the lead of successful incident response projects. He designed and patented HW based forensic acquisition tools (ThiA) and contributed to design TIBER NL and TIBER BE (EU regulated Red Team for financial institutes and fintech), being active involved in the delivery of the first prototype testing with NBB and DNB.
- Developed C-level/board awareness interactive experience and programs (the hacking experience).
- Achieved VLAIO public funding for the research project on Purple Team SaaS platform (HackerFlow).
Public Github repos: https://github.com/vitorallo
- Post-university Master of Technology - Networking for enterprise and carriers (Telecom Italia)
- Master's degree (BS+5), Computer Science - University of L'Aquila (Italy)
- SEC575: Mobile device Security and ethical hacking + CEH v8 (expired) + GIAC GWAPT
- Cisco Cert Network Professional (CCNP/CCIP expired)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate 2018
- NATO Secret Clearance n. 95925/68925.2014 (expired)