Alessandro Bolpagni is a senior research analyst at the Italian Team for Security, Terroristic Issues, and Managing Emergencies – ITSTIME. He also specialised in digital HUMINT (Human Intelligence) and OSINT/SOCMINT (Open Source and Social Media Intelligence), oriented particularly on Islamic terrorism and Russian Private Military Companies (PMC). He focused on monitoring terrorist networks and modelling recruitment tactics in the digital environment, particularly on new communication technologies implemented by terrorist organisations. He has produced operational reports and lectures for training and education purposes for companies, research centres, and law enforcement agencies.