National Cybersecurity Strategy In this framework, the Prime Minister, as the head of the institutional architecture and the political-strategic body, carries out the high-level management and has the general responsibility for cybersecurity policies. The President may delegate to the Undersecretary of State for the security of the Republic, referred to under article 3 of the Law 3 August 2007, no. 124, the functions which are not exclusive. Still at the political-strategic level, the Interministerial Committee for Cybersecurity (CIC) has primary importance. The CIC is established at the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and it has advisory, propositional and supervisory functions on cybersecurity policies. The CIC represents the political committee in which cybersecurity issues can be analysed and addressed, strategical goals and directives can be shared and the implementation of policies can be monitored. In this respect, the Committee is chaired by the Prime Minister and it is composed by the Undersecretary of State for the security of the Republic, if appointed, by the Minister of Foreign affairs and International Cooperation, the Minister of Interior, the Minister of Justice, the Minister of Defence, the Minister of Economy and Finance, the Minister of Economic Development, the Minister of Ecological Transition, the Minister of University and Research, the Minister in charge of Technological Innovation and Digital Transition and the Minister for Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility. Specifically, the CIC is consulted by the Prime Minister in relation to the adoption of the national cybersecurity strategy and it oversees its implementation. It also contributes to the definition of the strategy itself by proposing to the Prime Minister general directives to be pursued in the context of cybersecurity policies and by promoting the adoption of the necessary initiatives for the effective collaboration, at both national and international level, between institutional entities and private operators interested in cybersecurity, for the sharing of information, for the adoption of best practices and measures, as well as for the industrial, technological and scientific development on the subject. Considering the cross-impacts of cyber policies, it was recognized the need to establish a specific authority connecting with the political-strategic level and coordinating the actors involved, as well as regulating, certificating, and supervising the cyber field. This in particular to ensure coherent initiatives, represent a clear and updated situational framework to the political authority and provide a single interlocutor at the national, European and international level, ensuring a uniform national posture. Therefore, the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) was established which – as the national cybersecurity authority in charge of the protection of networks and information systems' security and resilience in the cyberspace, also with the aim of protecting national security and national interests – has a central role in the achievement of the three goals identified in the strategy. As the National Cybersecurity Authority, ACN: ensures the coordination between the public entities involved in cybersecurity; promotes, also with the aim of strengthening public-private partnership, the realisation of a cybersecurity and resilience framework for the development of the digitalization of the Country, the productive 26