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Paolo Ottolino
Favourite quotations:  

"All that is not there, it does not break" [Henry Ford],

"... It does not weigh" [Colin Chapman],

"... it does not cost" [Ratan Tata]

"Mathematical reasoning may call intuition and ingenuity." [Alan M. Turing]

  
"Stay hungry, stay foolish." [Steve Jobs]  
  • Hungry: "Ma beata l'agnoranza, se stai bene de mente, de core e de panza." [Don Buro]
  • Foolish: "Cos’è il Genio? È fantasia, intuizione, colpo d’occhio e velocità d’esecuzione." [Perozzi, "Amici Miei II"]
  
Engineering  
  • “Never draw what you can copy; never copy what you can trace; and never trace what you can cut out and paste up.” [Wally Wood]
  
Civilization  
  • «La civiltà ebbe inizio quando, per la prima volta, l'uomo scavó la terra e vi gettó un seme.» [Kahlil Gibran] 
  • "Il Diritto Pubblico fondato sull'uguaglianza andrà in pezzi a causa delle sue conseguenze. Perché non riconosce la disuguaglianza di valore, di merito, di esperienza, cioé la fatica individuale: culminerà nel trionfo della feccia e dell'appiattimento. L'adorazione delle apparenze si paga. [Henri-Friederic Amiel, "Frammenti di Diario Intimo", 12 giugno 1871]
  

 

Cyber Security Head for InterSistemi group, co-founder of (ISC)2 Italy Chapter and board member. 
After the degree in Electronic Engineer, he has accomplished many professional certifications, in order to manage thoroughly the Cyber Security,
in the following areas of expertise: Technical Leadership (CISSP CISM), Services and Infrastructures
(CISSP-ISSAP, ITILv3), IT Auditing (ISO 27001, CISA, OPST), Project Management (PMP, PRINCE2). 
Paolo Ottolino boasts a great experience in multinational enterprises as Sr. Principal in Symantec, Sr. Manager in Novell and Reply, dealing with security consulting
at many level: from strategical one (Governance, Risk e Compliance) to operational one (Incident Handling, Security-Intelligence, Cyber Operations), 
from tactical one (infrastrutture di Access Management, Identity Governance, SIEM, SOC) to audit activities (Audit, Control & Fraud Mgmt). 
Teacher, Event organizer and Speaker for no-profit organizations about Cyber Security (like ISACA, (ISC)2).