The Italian Cybersecurity Action Plan
The Agency for Digital Italy’s responsibilities are equally relevant. The Agency is
in charge of defining IT security guidelines
and technical rules, setting standards,
monitoring quality of public networks’
security and Public Administration’s ICT
programs.
Intelligence Community and MoD
agreed on a specific protocol to align
their strategies and tactics on cybersecurity in order to facilitate the consolidation of the perspective Joint Command
for Cyber Operations in compliance with
NATO recent posture.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) developed specific cyber capabilities —to protect its networks at both national and international/operational level— which are
also a significant asset for the National
Cybersecurity Management Board’s improvement process.
The Action Plan aims to secure national assets according to the following
priorities:
The Action Plan also aims at supporting the MoD on the following initiatives:
• Creation of a Joint Command for
Cyber Operations in charge for MoD
networks and systems protection,
and cyber operations.
• Establishment of a virtual cyber range
—to be located in Chiavari (Genova
area) within the Armed Forces’ TLC
School facility.
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• Level 1 — National security [Intelligence Community, Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Interior, Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Justice,
Ministry of Economy and Finance,
Ministry of Economic Development].
• Level 2 — National Critical Infrastructures [TLC, utilities, financial Sector,
transports] and other relevant Public Administrations (eg. Ministry of
Health).
• Level 3 — National production system and population.
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