Eugenio Benincasa

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8092 Zürich
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Eugenio Benincasa is a Senior Researcher in the Cyberdefense Project with the Risk and Resilience Team at the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich.

Prior to joining CSS, he worked as a Government Officer at the Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers in Rome and as a Research Fellow at the research institute Pacific Forum in Honolulu, where he focused on cybersecurity issues. He also worked as a Crime Analyst at the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and completed internships at the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, Morgan Stanley’s Financial Crimes Unit and at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies. His research interests include vulnerability research and disclosure processes, the applicability of international law to cyberspace, cyber disarmament, and the role of regional organizations in enhancing cybersecurity.

Eugenio holds a MA in International Affairs from Columbia University in New York with a focus on international security and conflict resolution, as well as an Executive Master in Cybersecurity and a BA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from LUISS University in Rome. During his BA, he also took part to a one-semester exchange program at Sciences Po University in Paris.

Selected Publications

Benincasa, Eugenio (2023) 'Making Cyber Attribution More Transparent', CSS Policy Perspective.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2023) 'Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Disinformation and International Law: Rethinking Coercion', Columbia University Journal of International Affairs.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2021) 'The Case for Cyber “Disarmament” in the European Union. The International Spectator, 56, 1: 39-54.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2021) 'Filling the Gaps of ASEAN-EU Cybercrime Cooperation', The Interpreter.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2021) 'ASEAN Cybercrime Cooperation: Overcoming Obstacles to Criminal Investigations', The Strategist.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2020) 'A Missing Piece in Japan’s Cyber Defense', The Diplomat.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2020) 'Brief: Re-opening Hawaii’s economy: Lessons from the Asia-Pacific. Pacific Forum: Covid-19 Research and Perspectives.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio; Pryor, Crystal (2020) 'PacNet #39:Covid-19 Recovery: Re-energizing Hawaii with Regional Insights', Pacific Forum.

external pageBenincasa, Eugenio (2020) 'The Role of Regional Organizations in Building Cyber Resilience: ASEAN and the EU', Pacific Forum, Issues and Insights, Vol. 20.