Dr Ivano Bongiovanni
Senior Lecturer
School of Business
General Manager, AusCERT
Information Technology Services
+61 7 344 31210
Room 435, Colin Clark Building (39), St. Lucia Campus
Researcher biography
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.
Publications
Book Chapters
Ko, Ryan, Gain, Alexandria, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Browne, Will, Jarkas, Omar, Uhlmann, Kora and Viller, Stephen (2024). AI for designing responsible and resilient food systems. Food AI: A game changer for Australia’s food and beverage sector. (pp. 69-78) edited by Janet R. McColl-Kennedy and Damian Hine. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, Australia's Food and Beverage Accelerator (FaBA). doi: 10.14264/f5f35d0
Missoni, Eduardo, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Alesani, Daniele (2023). Governance models and reforms. Management of international institutions and NGOs. (pp. 224-247) edited by Eduardo Missoni and Daniele Alesani. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003289852-10
Alesani, Daniele, Missoni, Eduardo and Bongiovanni, Ivano (2023). Strategic thinking and planning. Management of International Institutions and NGOs. (pp. 248-270) edited by Eduardo Missoni and Daniele Alesani. Milton Park, Abingdon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003289852-11
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Townson, Peter and Kowalkiewicz, Marek (2023). Bridging the academia-industry gap through design thinking: research innovation sprints. Research handbook on design thinking. (pp. 102-126) edited by Cara Wrigley and Karla Straker. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781802203134.00013
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Fischbacher-Smith, Denis (2022). Governance of Disaster Management. Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. (pp. 5869-5875) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-66252-3_3314
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2020). User Safety and Security Experience: Innovation Through Design-Inspired Methods in Airports. The Coupling of Safety and Security. (pp. 53-61) edited by Corinne Bieder and Kenneth Pettersen Gould. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Open. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-47229-0_6
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Fischbacher-Smith, Denis (2018). Governance of disaster management. Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy, and governance. (pp. 1-7) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3314-1
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Missoni, Eduardo and Alesani, Daniele (2013). Governance models and reforms. Management of International Institutions and NGOs: Frameworks, Practices and Challenges. (pp. 215-238) London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315887364
Alesani, Daniele and Bongiovanni, Ivano (2013). Strategic thinking and planning. Management of International Institutions and NGOs: Frameworks, Practices and Challenges. (pp. 239-265) London, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315887364
Journal Articles
Bongiovanni, Dr Ivano, Herold, Dr David M. and Wilde, Dr Simon J. (2024). Protecting the Play: An Integrative Review of Cybersecurity in and for Sports Events. Computers & Security, 146 104064, 104064. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2024.104064
Ascher, Simon, Gordon, Jillian, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Watson, Ian, Hermannsson, Kristinn, Gillespie, Steven, Sarangi, Supravat, Biakhmetov, Bauyrzhan, Bhargava, Preeti Chaturvedi, Bhaskar, Thallada, Krishna, Bhavya B., Pandey, Ashok and You, Siming (2024). Trigeneration based on the pyrolysis of rural waste in India: Environmental impact, economic feasibility and business model innovation. Science of The Total Environment, 921 170718, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170718
Valkenburg, Bert and Bongiovanni, Ivano (2024). Unravelling the three lines model in cybersecurity: a systematic literature review. Computers & Security, 139 103708, 103708. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2024.103708
Hermannsson, Kristinn, Scandurra, Rosario, Sarangi, Supravat, Chaturvedi, Preeti, Bhaskar, Thallada, Pandey, Ashok, Krishna, Bhavya B., Gillespie, Steven, Gordon, Jillian, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Watson, Ian and You, Siming (2024). Do skills enable the reduction of emissions from household energy use? Findings from a survey of households in rural India. Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 76 (2), 447-467. doi: 10.1080/13636820.2023.2283733
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Slapničar, Sergeja, Axelsen, Micheal and Stockdale, David (2024). The three lines model in cybersecurity governance and risk management. ISACA Journal, 1 (2024).
McNicol, Trinity, Carthouser, Bailey, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Abeysooriya, Sasenka (2023). Improving ethical usage of corporate data in higher education: Enhanced Enterprise Data Ethics Framework. Information Technology and People, 37 (6), 2247-2278. doi: 10.1108/itp-12-2022-0971
Slapničar, Sergeja, Axelsen, Micheal, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Stockdale, David (2023). A pathway model to five lines of accountability in cybersecurity governance. International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, 51 100642, 100642. doi: 10.1016/j.accinf.2023.100642
Pollmeier, Santiago, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Slapničar, Sergeja (2023). Designing a financial quantification model for cyber risk: a case study in a bank. Safety Science, 159 106022, 106022. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2022.106022
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Townson, Peter and Kowalkiewicz, Marek (2023). Bridging the academia-industry gap through design thinking: research innovation sprints. Research Handbook On Design Thinking, 102-126.
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2022). Teaching case: information security management in distress at SkillPlat. Journal of Information Systems Education, 33 (4), 338-356.
Gale, Megan, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Slapnicar, Sergeja (2022). Governing cybersecurity from the boardroom: challenges, drivers, and ways ahead. Computers and Security, 121 102840, 102840. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2022.102840
Zieba, Malgorzata and Bongiovanni, Ivano (2022). Knowledge management and knowledge security—Building an integrated framework in the light of COVID-19. Knowledge and Process Management, 29 (2), 121-131. doi: 10.1002/kpm.1707
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Renaud, Karen, Brydon, Humphrey, Blignaut, Renette and Cavallo, Angelo (2022). A quantification mechanism for assessing adherence to information security governance guidelines. Information and Computer Security, 30 (4), 517-548. doi: 10.1108/ICS-08-2021-0112
Renaud, Karen, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Wilford, Sara and Irons, Alastair (2021). PRECEPT-4-Justice: a bias-neutralising framework for digital forensics investigations. Science and Justice, 61 (5), 477-492. doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2021.06.003
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Louis, Cynthea Premala (2021). Theory and practice of Design Thinking: perspectives of designers and business consultants. International Journal of Design Creativity and Innovation, 9 (3), 174-191. doi: 10.1080/21650349.2021.1929501
Aleisa, Noura, Renaud, Karen and Bongiovanni, Ivano (2020). The privacy paradox applies to IoT devices too: a Saudi Arabian study. Computers and Security, 96 101897, 101897. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2020.101897
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Renaud, Karen and Cairns, George (2020). Securing intellectual capital: an exploratory study in Australian universities. Journal of Intellectual Capital, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 481-505. doi: 10.1108/jic-08-2019-0197
Herold, David M., Schulenkorf, Nico, Breitbarth, Tim and Bongiovanni, Ivano (2020). An application of the sports logistics framework: the case of the Dallas Cowboys. Journal of Convention and Event Tourism, 22 (2), 155-176. doi: 10.1080/15470148.2020.1852991
Bongiovanni, I. (2019). The least secure places in the universe? A systematic literature review on information security management in higher education. Computers and Security, 86, 350-357. doi: 10.1016/j.cose.2019.07.003
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Newton, Cameron (2019). Toward an epidemiology of safety and security risks: An organizational vulnerability assessment in international airports. Risk Analysis, 39 (6), 1281-1297. doi: 10.1111/risa.13238
Tate, Mary, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Kowalkiewicz, Marek and Townson, Peter (2018). Managing the “Fuzzy front end” of open digital service innovation in the public sector: A methodology. International Journal of Information Management, 39, 186-198. doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2017.11.008
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Leo, Erica, Ritrovato, Matteo, Santoro, Antonio and Derrico, Pietro (2017). Implementation of best practices for emergency response and recovery at a large hospital: A fire emergency case study. Safety Science, 96, 121-131. doi: 10.1016/j.ssci.2017.03.016
Conference Papers
Langham, Jo’Anne, Lin, Caihui, Jenkins, Anna, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Mikolajewska-Zajac, Karolina and Paulsen, Neil (2022). Gender bias in idea generation and the evaluation of creative ideas: an online behavioural experiment. 17th European Conference on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ECIE 2022, Pafos, Cyprus, 15-16 September 2022. Reading, United Kingdom: Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited.
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2020). Designing User-Centric Information Security Management Systems in Financial Services Organisations. 2020 IEEE 6th International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing (CIC), Atlanta, GA United States, 1-3 December 2020. Piscataway, NJ United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/CIC50333.2020.9492732
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Newton, Cameron John (2017). Across organizational boundaries: Pathways of vulnerability in international airports. 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, GA United States, 4-9 August 2017. Briarcliff Manor, NY United States: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/ambpp.2017.14610abstract
Working Paper
Abeysooriya, Sasenka, Akhlaghpour, Saeed, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Dowsett, Dallas, Grotowski, Joseph, Holm, Mike, Kim, Dan, Ko, Ryan, Phillips, Andelka M., Slapnicar, Sergeja, Stockdale, David, Swinson, John, Thonon, Geoffroy, Utting, Mark, Walker-Munro, Brendan and Willoughby, Shannon (2023). Discussion Paper: 2023-2030 Australian Cyber Security Strategy. UQ CYBER and AUSCERT.
Newspaper Articles
Kowalkiewicz, Marek, Bongiovanni, Ivano and Townson, Peter (2023, 05 22). We solve problems in 30 days through ‘research sprints’: other academics can do this too The Conversation
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2022, 06 03). Australia finally has a dedicated minister for cyber security. Here’s why her job is so important The Conversation
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Renaud, Karen (2020, 09 08). Universities are a juicy prize for cyber criminals. Here are 5 ways to improve their defences The Conversation
Bongiovanni, Ivano, Renaud, Karen and Aleisa, Noura (2020, 07 22). The privacy paradox: we claim we care about our data, so why don’t our actions match? The Conversation
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2018, 03 19). Beyond Triple Zero: towards a digital, proactive emergency response The Conversation
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2016, 03 23). Brussels airport attacks are not just a matter of airport security The Conversation
Bongiovanni, Ivano (2015, 11 19). Sinai crash offers lessons on weaknesses in Australian airport security The Conversation
Research Reports
Andreassen, Tor W., Archibald, Gordon, Beekhuyzen, Jenine, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Brea, Edgar, Breidbach, Christoph, Burchill, Keith, Burgers, Henri, Cao, Selina, Coote, Len, Coram, Brendan, Cunningham, Claire, Feast, George, Field, Mitch, Ford, Jerad, Fouche, Leon, Gain, Alexandria, Gooding, Glen, Goyeneche Ramirez, David, Green, Teegan, Gschwind, Daniel, Hall, Thomas, Hartley, Nicole, Heinz, Daniel, Hine, Damian, Indulska, Marta, Kapernick, Brett, Kastelle, Tim, Ko, Ryan ... Zhang, Wenlu (2023). Digital Service Transformation: Pathways to human and economic wellbeing: White paper. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/aed4918
Bongiovanni, Ivano and Gale, Megan (2023). Women in Cyber: Exploring the Barriers, Redesigning the Profession. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.
Hiller, Michael, Jenkinson, Lisa, Kastelle, Tim, Barrett, Andrew, Bond, Shaun, Miller, Andy, Bongiovanni, Ivano, Wilson, Andrew, Brown, Dan, Hubbard, Ellie, McLennan, Kelly, Schleicher, Sabine, Clark, Samantha, Wang, Jie, Gabby Walters and Meath, Cristyn (2022). Building business resilience. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: KPMG/The University of Queensland.