Vito Rallo
Cybersecurity Expert/Managing Director (exec)/AI/Founder and Trainer
Profile
Global Managing Director at Kroll, founder of Crimosn7, a threat research lab and of Peach Studio a creative AI factory. Vito is a cybersecurity and innovation expert, trainer and author of OSS tools, specialised in threat informed defense, offensive security and security operations. Across 25 years and different roles, he learned to bridge the two world of technical expertise and executive management.
Vito led offensive, defensive and incident response consulting teams, built and worked to resiliance programs, he is an adversary simulations expert. The technical background was key to lead teams, actively work on detection engineering and to finally author security tools and AI trainings.
He is best placed in a strategic function, where vision drives resilience programs that can handle velocity and complexity of modern cyber, and worked for Finance, Industrial/TSOs, corporate clients. Vito shines in translating and simplifying the message to executive teams and he is recognised as speaker for Cyber and AI Security events.
Experience
Kyndryl · Consult Partner, Security & Resilience BeNeLux
Own Security and Resilience services for BeNeLux. Handle go-to-market, client relationships, and partner development. Also working as the firm's AI Security specialist, advising on agentic systems.
Peach Studio · Founder
Founded an AI prototyping and creative lab that builds products with AI at the core: autonomous agents, edge-AI security tools, and developer tooling. The flagship is Foil, an on-device AI code security scanner for Apple Silicon.
Crimson7 · Founder & Managing Director
Started a Threat Research Lab and adversary simulation company with his former Kroll's team. Full P&L, commercial strategy, HR hiring, business development/GTM and marketing, partnerships management. Brought to market a continuous Purple Team service (Purple Rain) and a threat hunting platform (7hunter).
Kroll · Managing Director, EMEA Proactive Services & Global Red Team
Ran proactive cybersecurity services for EMEA. Global responsible for Red Team strategy, service design and delivery. Cyber strategy expert. Country Manager for Belgium, set up the Brussels office, hired the team. Split time between Brussels and London HQ.
PwC · Director, Offensive Security & Incident Response
As Director, Vito led offensive security and incident response for PwC Belgium and Europe. Built cross-border teams, developed new services, served as EMEA subject matter expert for OT security. Worked with central banks on TIBER-BE and NL frameworks.
IBM · Team Leader & Senior Engineer, X-Force RED
Technical foundation. Ethical hacker in IBM's X-Force RED, grew into team leadership. Mix of hands-on work and client management.
Early Career · Founder & Technical Specialist
Founded MEDIALAB (consulting, 1999-2005). Network/Wireless specialist at 2Bite. Researcher at Telecom Italia.
Achievements
Business
- Kyndryl - GTM lead for Cyber, developed Mainframe and Frontier AI resilience growth strategy. Involved in the SOC sovraign transformation and modernisation initiatives with the strategic market teams.
- Crimson7 - Founded, and brought to market with a successful exit. Built the team, closed relevant partnerships, owner of the sales pipeline and overview delivery. The Purple Team offering (Purple Rain) was the flagship product together with 7hunter, a threat hunting platform, both designed by Vito.
- Kroll Belgium - Set up the entity, served as Country Manager, built the local Red Team while also leading EMEA delivery and global Red Team strategy.
- VLAIO funding - Got access to R&D funding for development of HackerFlow, a Purple Team SaaS platform. Vito designed the platform and successfully followed the grant application.
Industry
- TIBER frameworks - Helped design TIBER-NL and TIBER-BE with DNB and NBB. Delivered the first prototype tests for regulated financial institutions.
- Board programs - Created interactive "hacking experience" sessions for C-level and board audiences. Turns technical risk into something executives actually understand.
Technical (with commercial outcomes)
- Foil (foil.peachstudio.be) - Foil is an on-device AI code security scanner for Mac (Apple Silicon) or local LLMs that ships with a custom 7B model fine-tuned for vulnerability analysis. The code never leaves the machine. Also built threat profiling agents (Apify marketplace) and run the first Claude Code Skills marketplace in Belgium.
- ThiA patent - Designed and patented hardware-based forensic acquisition tools at PwC.
- Security tools - IronVeil (identity scanner for AD/Entra), 7hunter (threat hunting with MS Sentinel integration), various MCP server integrations.
Expertise
Industries
Education
- Master of Technology - Networking for Enterprise and Carriers (Telecom Italia)
- Master's Degree (BS+5), Computer Science - University of L'Aquila, Italy
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- GIAC GWAPT | SEC575 Mobile Device Security | CEH
- Cisco CCNP/CCIP
- NATO Secret Clearance (expired)