Ivano Bongiovanni

Ivano is a researcher, consultant, author, and speaker whose work focuses on the managerial and business implications of Cybersecurity. He is the General Manager of AUSCERT, a not-for-profit organisation affiliated with UQ that delivers cybersecurity services to public and private sector organisations across Australia and New Zealand. Ivano is also a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity Management with the UQ Business School and a member of UQ Cyber. Ivano helps business leaders and executives make evidence-based decisions in cybersecurity. With a professional background in risk and security management, Ivano’s work bridges the gap between technical cybersecurity and its repercussions across organisations. He has advised ministers, policy-makers, board members, and senior executives on strategies, governance structures, policies, and training programs for effective cybersecurity management. Ivano is also an experienced facilitator in the fields of Design Thinking and Design-Led innovation, having run since 2015 more than 50 design-led workshops and longer projects for public and private sector organisations. Prior to AUSCERT and UQ, Ivano worked as a Research Fellow with the Adam Smith Business School (University of Glasgow) and a Postdoctoral Fellow with the PwC Chair in Digital Economy (QUT). In this role, he worked with public and private sector organisations in projects aimed at facilitate their transition into the Digital Age. Ivano obtained his PhD from QUT in 2016, with a thesis on safety and security management in Australian airports. His academic career includes stints with Bocconi University and SDA Bocconi School of Management (Milan), where he worked as a faculty member and consultant for three years. He also worked as a Deputy Venue Security Manager at the XX Winter Olympic Games - Turin 2006 and as a Police Officer for the Italian Ministry of Interior. He has a double MSc in Management of Public Administrations and International Institutions (Bocconi University, Milan) and International Security (Sciences Po, Paris). A father of one and an eager snowboarder, Ivano loves soccer, American football, and writing novels and poems. Cybersecurity Management, Design Thinking, Information Security, Information Security Governance, Information Security Leadership, Risk Management

[2023] Designing a financial quantification model for cyber risk: a case study in a bank. Pollmeier, Santiago, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Slapničar, Sergeja (2023). Safety Science, 159 106022, 106022. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2022.106022 [2026] Informed cybersecurity decisions: a synthesis of expert perspectives. Dawson, Niamh, Knight, Emma, Bongiovanni, Ivano and O’Quinn, Richard (2026). Computers and Security, 167 104927, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2026.104927 [2026] Cyber-attackers as a social force: conceptualizing value sabotage in cybersecurity services. Bongiovanni, Ivano, Goyeneche, David, Tsen, Elinor, James, Edidiong Christopher, Singh, Priyanka and Ko, Ryan (2026). Journal of Service Management, 37 (4), 664-695. doi: 10.1108/josm-12-2024-0537 [2026] A systematic literature review on how c