National Cybersecurity
Strategy
guaranteeing the institutional uniqueness of direction and action with respect to cybersecurity as an area of
intervention extremely transversal and involving various stakeholders.
These goals are being pursued through the recent reform of the national cyber ecosystem, which was enacted by the adoption of the Law Decree of June 14, 2021, no. 82. The Decree established the National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN), with the aim of rationalizing and simplifying the fragmented system of skills, existing at
national level – in compliance with the competences attributed to other Administrations by legislation in
force – and further enhancing the cyber security and resilience, also for the purposes of protecting national
security in the cyberspace.
As the National Cybersecurity Authority, the Agency has, among its tasks, that of developing the National
Cybersecurity Strategy. Furthermore, pursuant to the aforementioned Law Decree, ACN is designated as the
exclusive competent national authority and single point of contact (PoC) for the purposes referred to in the
legislation on the security of networks and information systems (NIS), national cybersecurity certification
authority, National Coordination Centre with reference to the European Cybersecurity Industrial, Technology
and Research Competence Centre, and central element of the National Security Perimeter for Cyber (PSNC).
These competences were previously attributed to a plurality of institutional actors.
The creation of ACN aimed at systematizing the experience gained in the previous five years of work, under
the framework of the Prime Ministerial Decree of February 17, 2017 "Directive containing guidelines for
national cyber protection and IT security", as well as that acquired by other countries, by recognizing cyber
security and resilience as autonomous, placing them under the Prime Minister’s responsibility and at the
basis of the Country's digitization process, also through a broader role of coordination and close synergy with
all competent Administrations. It was therefore defined a further pillar assigning it to a single government
THE TECHNICAL-OPERATIONAL PILLARS
Cybersecurity
& Resilience
Prevention and
combating of
cybercrime
Military Defence and
Security of the State
Intelligence
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SYNERGIES
The reorganization of the national cybersecurity architecture according to Law Decree No. 82/2021
* Postal and Communications Police Service - Central body of the Ministry of the Interior for telecommunication services’ security and regularity.
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