Alessandro Ortalda

Alessandro is doctoral researcher at VUB. He holds a bachelor degree in History from Ca' Foscari University (Venice, Italy) and a master of social science in International Security and Law from Southern Denmark University (Odense, Denmark), where he graduated in 2015 with a thesis entitled "The international law on the use of force in the context of information technology". 

After his master's degree, Alessandro worked for five years as a cybersecurity consultant, specialising in advisory services to governments and international organisations concerning national cybersecurity issues, cyber-capacity building, national cybersecurity strategy drafting and monitoring, and national digital identity systems.