Cybersecurity engineer · Turin, Italy

Hi, I'm Simone.
I build and study secure systems.

I am a Cybersecurity Engineering master's student at Politecnico di Torino. In July 2026, I will move to Tokyo for a master's thesis internship at Rakuten Mobile. I turn complex security problems into practical, testable projects.

Portrait of Simone Romano wearing an IEEE-HKN Mu Nu Chapter hoodie
Simone RomanoCybersecurity engineer
Next stepMaster's thesis internship at Rakuten Mobile · Tokyo, July 2026
Interested inSecurity research, System and network security, Cyber Analysis, Protocol verification and Agentic AI
Based inTurin, Italy

About me

Curious, practical,
and always learning.

I enjoy understanding how technology works, where it can fail, and how to make it safer. My projects range from Linux vulnerability research to digital-forensics training, machine learning, wireless security, and full-stack applications.

I care about clear results and clear explanations. Good technical work should be reproducible, honest about its limits, and understandable to people outside the immediate research area.

In July 2026, I will join Rakuten Mobile in Tokyo for an internship connected to my master's thesis-an opportunity to develop my research in an international engineering environment.

For one year, I worked in the Events Area of the IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu Mu Nu Chapter at Politecnico di Torino , helping organize activities that brought students and technology professionals together.

Jul 2026
Master's Thesis Intern

Rakuten Mobile · Tokyo, Japan

2024-26
MSc Cybersecurity Engineering

Politecnico di Torino

1 year
Events Area Member

IEEE-HKN Mu Nu Chapter ↗

BSc
Computer Engineering

Università degli Studi del Sannio

Selected projects

What I worked on,
in plain language.

Each project page includes the technical details, results, and limitations. Here is the short version.

01 · Security research2026

Linux vulnerability research

I studied four flaws in a Linux security check and built two controlled demonstrations that reached administrator access inside isolated virtual machines.

Why it matters: a small mistake in a safety check can give an attacker control of the whole system.

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02 · Master's thesisCurrent

Vesuvius

With Rakuten, I am building a tool that watches important process and network activity on Linux systems and turns it into useful security events.

Why it matters: defenders need a clear view of what is happening on a machine before they can detect suspicious behavior.

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03 · Digital forensics2026

Shattered Bytes

I designed and built a browser game that teaches students how to recover digital evidence from raw data while documenting their reasoning.

Why it matters: finding a file is not enough-an analyst must explain why the evidence and the conclusion are trustworthy.

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04 · Machine learning2025

SSH Shell Attacks

My team analyzed 230,000 real attack sessions collected by honeypots and tested different models for recognizing what attackers were trying to do.

Why it matters: automated analysis can help security teams understand large volumes of attack data more quickly.

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05 · Embedded systems2025

Secure Timeout System

My team recreated an automotive development board in QEMU, ran FreeRTOS on it, and tested timers, interrupts, and serial communication without physical hardware.

Why it matters: reliable emulation makes embedded software easier to develop, debug, and reproduce.

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06 · Bachelor's thesis2024

Smart-contract design and execution costs

I analyzed real Ethereum programs to understand which design choices were linked to higher transaction fees. Six of the eighteen patterns I tested showed a meaningful statistical association.

Why it matters: software architecture affects cost-not only code-level optimization.

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Other work

More things I've built.

Recognition

A few milestones.

Contact

Let's talk.

If you want to discuss security research, an engineering role, or a project, feel free to reach out.