Salvatore Manfredi, Ph.D.

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain)

Adjunct professor (EPSEM) • Sep, 2024 — Ongoing

Professor for the Network Security and Cryptography courses - Master degree in Machine Learning and Cybersecurity for Internet Connected Systems.

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, Italy)

Researcher (Center for Cybersecurity) • Jan, 2023 — Ongoing

Working on secure communications, user awareness and compliance analysis.

University of Trento (Trento, Italy)

Teaching assistant (DISI) • Dec, 2021 — Ongoing

Teaching activity for the course "Introduction to Computer and Network Security".

Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Trento, Italy)

Research assistant (Security & Trust unit) • Oct, 2018 — Oct, 2019

Security analysis of the TLS deployments of IPZS and FINSEC-related projects.

University of Genoa (Genoa, Italy)

Ph.D. in Computer Science • 2019 — 2023

Automated Assistance for Actionable Security - Security and Compliance of TLS Configurations

University of Trento (Trento, Italy)

M.Sc. in Computer Science • 2016 — 2019

Assisting Users in Securing TLS Configurations

University of Catania (Catania, Italy)

B.Sc. in Computer Science • 2012 — 2016

Cifratura Funzionale - Studio e Implementazione di uno Schema Efficiente

Emerging security and legal challenges within renewable energy communities: key prevention and defence strategies

in 2024 AEIT International Annual Conference

AEIT • 2024

Ricciuti Silvia, Stoklin Simona, Giuliano Francesca, Mari Christian, Zanchiello Massimiliano, Manfredi Salvatore

Automating Compliance for Improving TLS Security Postures: An Assessment of Public Administration Endpoints

in the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography

SECRYPT • 2024

Germenia Riccardo, Manfredi Salvatore, Rizzi Matteo, Sciarretta Giada, Tomasi Alessandro and Ranise Silvio

Demo: TLSAssistant v2 - A Modular and Extensible Framework for Securing TLS

in the 27th ACM Symposium on Access Control Models and Technologies

SACMAT • 2022

Rizzi Matteo, Manfredi Salvatore, Sciarretta Giada and Ranise Silvio

A Modular and Extensible Framework for Securing TLS

in the Twelveth ACM Conference on Data and Application Security and Privacy

CODASPY • 2022

Rizzi Matteo, Manfredi Salvatore, Sciarretta Giada and Ranise Silvio

Empirical Validation on the Usability of Security Reports for Patching TLS Misconfigurations: User- and Case-Studies on Actionable Mitigations

in Journal of Wireless Mobile Networks, Ubiquitous Computing, and Dependable Applications

JoWUA • 2022

Manfredi Salvatore, Ceccato Mariano, Sciarretta Giada and Ranise Silvio

TLSAssistant Goes FINSEC - A Security Platform Integration Extending Threat Intelligence Language

in Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructures Protection

CPS4CIP (ESORICS) • 2021

Manfredi Salvatore, Ranise Silvio, Sciarretta Giada and Tomasi Alessandro

Do Security Reports Meet Usability?: Lessons Learned from Using Actionable Mitigations for Patching TLS Misconfigurations

in the 16th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security

ETACS (ARES) • 2021

Manfredi Salvatore, Ceccato Mariano, Sciarretta Giada and Ranise Silvio

Lost in TLS? No More! Assisted Deployment of Secure TLS Configurations

in the 33rd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy

DBSec • 2019

Manfredi Salvatore, Ranise Silvio and Sciarretta Giada

6. Automated Assistance to the Security Assessment of API for Financial Services

in Cyber-Physical Threat Intelligence for Critical Infrastructures Security - A Guide to Integrated Cyber-Physical Protection of Modern Critical Infrastructures • 2020

Bisegna Andrea, Carbone Roberto, Ceccato Mariano, Manfredi Salvatore, Ranise Silvio, Sciarretta Giada, Tomasi Alessandro and Viglianisi Emanuele

BAS Tools - Implementation of an Attack Pattern to Mimic a Threat Actor

by De Grandi Filippo (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2024

Rilevamento Automatico di Vulnerabilità TLS su iOS e Android

by Fontana Alessandro (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2024

Comprehensive Analysis of Breach and Attack Simulation Tools - A Theoretical and Framework-Driven Assessment of Their Capabilities, Advantages, and Limitations

by Bregola Matteo (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2024

Use of Gamification for Effective Cybersecurity Awareness Programs - Study and Design of a Novel Framework

by Sorrentino Sara (L-8 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2023

A Module to Evaluate the Security Compliance of TLS Deployments - Design and Implementation of a Mechanized Methodology

by Riccardo Germenia (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2023

Miglioramento delle capacità di analisi di TLSAssistant - Automatizzazione delle mitigazioni per NGINX

by Cucino Federico (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2022

Estensione delle capacità di analisi di TLSAssistant - Rilevazione e mitigazione di ALPACA, POODLE e Raccoon

by Valentini Ivan (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2022

Payment Services Directive 2 in the Wild - A comparison between Open Banking UK and NextGenPSD2

by Pegoraro Alessandro (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2021

TLS Analyzers for Android Apps - State-of-the-art Analysis and Integration in TLSAssistant

by Rizzi Matteo (L-31 at UniTn)

Co-supervisor • 2021

TLSAssistant - uno strumento per identificare e mitigare le vulnerabilità di TLS

Dissemination event for Security Summit Streaming Edition • 2021

Siamo al sicuro? Mettiamoci alla prova! Avvicinamento alla sicurezza informatica

Dissemination event for Notte dei Ricercatori (Trento) • 2021

TLSAssistant - a comprehensive tool for identifying and mitigating TLS vulnerabilities

Dissemination event for OWASP Italy September Meetup 2021 • 2021

Lost in TLS - the importance of mitigating vulnerabilities in the FINSEC platform

Webinar for FinSecurity • 2021

TLSAssistant - uno strumento per mitigare i problemi di sicurezza di TLS

Magazine article for ICT Security Magazine • 2020

Ti senti al sicuro? Sicurezza online, identità digitale e uso della carta d’identità elettronica

Dissemination event for Notte dei Ricercatori (Trento) • 2019

TLSAssistant

2019 — Present

Modular and extendable framework that can assist system administrators and app developers in correctly configuring TLS deployments.

Unity User Group Trento

Co-organizer • 2018 — Present

The Unity User Group is a meet-up for Unity enthusiasts with the aim to share experiences and to inspire new collaborative partnerships.

Global Game Jam

Co-organizer • 2017 — Present

The Global Game Jam is the world's largest game creation event taking place around the globe, typically at physical locations. I co-organize the physical location in Trento.