National Cybersecurity Strategy Network Operations (COR) and with the specialized contribution of the Information and Security Division (RIS) of the Defence General Staff (SMD). Therefore, the Ministry guarantees, even in the case of cyber crises (both at national and international level), all the necessary services and activities to ensure the protection, resilience and efficiency of military networks and infrastructures, as well as to develop its unique implementation capacities of support, defence, reaction, and stabilization actions. At NATO level, the Ministry of Defence assures the participation of our Country in military actions following the recognition of cyberspace as a domain of operations. It also contributes to the definition of cybersecurity policies and to the strengthening and development of NATO’s cyber capacities, in respect of the competences attributed to other Administrations by the legislation in force. Like the Ministry of the Interior, the Defence assesses the security conditions and the absence of known vulnerabilities in relation to ICT procurement to be used in its own ICT networks, systems and services that have been included in the Perimeter. The assessment is carried out through the Ministry’s Assessment Centre which operates in close cooperation with the CVCN. In parallel, within the coordination operated by ACN, each Ministry and authority with cross-cutting competences and interests in the cyber field plays a role in the achievement of the aforementioned goals. Such role becomes relevant by both ensuring the safety of its own networks and digital infrastructures and participating in the inter-institutional bodies and initiatives promoted by ACN and aimed at increasing cybersecurity. In particular, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI) develops cyber diplomacy initiatives, in accordance with the foreign policy national directives and promoting the protection of fundamental rights and freedom in the cyberspace. Moreover, the MAECI contributes to the definition of the Italian position in the highest international and European cyber fora. The Ministry of Economic Development (MiSE) plays a strategic role in the development of the entrepreneurial system, through the promotion of research and innovation, spreading of digital technologies and new technologies, technology transfer, environmental sustainability. In such context, it supports the operability of the Digital Innovation Hubs that contribute to industry, with particular regard to the small-medium enterprises, and Public Administration‘s digital transition through the adoption of advanced digital technologies, artificial intelligence, high-performance computing, IT security. The transfer to the National Cybersecurity Agency of the competences on cybersecurity – in application of Law Decree no. 82/2021 – still leaves the Ministry with relevant knowledge on cybersecurity, which will be essentially dedicated to the education activities carried out also through the Superior Telecommunications Specialisation and Research School in the area of innovative and digital technologies, also through collaborations with university and research entities, carried out in the context of the General Directorate for communication technologies and IT security – Communication and Information Technologies Superior Institute. 30