National Cybersecurity Strategy M N National Assessment and Certification Centre (CVCN) Initially established at the Ministry of Economic Development, following the changes introduced by the Law Decree no. 82/2021 (article 7, paragraph 4), the CVCN is transferred to the ACN. The CVCN has the task of: verifying – also making use of accredited laboratories – the conditions of security and absence of known vulnerabilities of ICT supplies, belonging to certain categories, to be used on the ICT assets included in the Perimeter; develop and adopt cyber certification Mschemes – taking into account the standards defined at international and European Union level – if, for national security reasons, those already existing are not deemed adequate for the protection needs of the Perimeter. National Coordination Centre (NCC) According to Article 6 of the Regulation (EU) 887/2021, among other things the NCC: acts as contact point at national level to support the ECCC in fulfilling its mission and objectives; implements specific actions for which grants have been awarded by the ECCC, including through the provision of financial support to third parties and the establishment of synergies with relevant activities at national level; encourages and facilitates the participation of civil society, industry, the academic and research community and other stakeholders at national level in cross-border projects and in cybersecurity actions funded by relevant Union programmes. National Framework for Cybersecurity and Data Protection Operational tool for the organization of processes and strategies aimed at protecting personal data and cybersecurity of public and private organizations, published by CIS Sapienza and by the CINI National Cybersecurity Laboratory. National Interuniversity Consortium for Informatics (CINI) The Consortium is made up of 49 public universities and more than 1,300 Professors. It promotes and coordinates scientific, research, and transfer activities, both basic and applied, in the field of information technology, in agreement with the relevant national scientific communities. National NIS Working Group Collegial body envisaged by the NIS Decree and established at the ACN, aimed at ensuring the collaboration of the sectorial authorities with the competent NIS authority, for the fulfilment of the obligations foreseen by the NIS Decree. The Working Group is chaired by the ACN, as the NIS competent authority, and is composed of the representatives of the State administrations identified as sectorial authorities and of representatives of the Regions and autonomous Provinces for a maximum of two members, designated by the Regions and autonomous Provinces in the Permanent Conference for relations between the State, the Regions and the autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano. 44