My name is Pietro Melillo, and I have been working for years in the field of cybersecurity, with a particular focus on Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) and advanced threat analysis.

I currently serve as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at WÜRTH Italy, where I lead the company’s cybersecurity strategy, ensure compliance with the NIS2 directive, and coordinate the adoption of international standards such as ISO/IEC 27001.

In parallel, I am a PhD Researcher in Cyber Threat Intelligence at the University of Sannio, conducting research on ransomware phenomena, the dark web ecosystem, and predictive attack modeling.

Academically, I lecture at several Italian universities (including Tor Vergata and Unisannio), delivering specialized courses on CTI, the dark web, and cybercrime analysis.

I am also the Director of the CTI group “DarkLab” at Red Hot Cyber, where I coordinate research, dissemination, and monitoring activities focused on emerging threats in underground environments and the criminal cyberspace.