Tools and Procedures to Strengthen National Cyber Defence Capability
related operational capabilities,
in line with the goals and means
of the Common Security and
Defence Policy; stimulating
a solid technological and
industrial base for ICT and
computer products, in line with
the principles set out in the EU
cybersecurity strategy and with
the commitments made in the
European Council and OSCE;
• At the Trans-Atlantic level,
ensuring the efficiency and the
interoperability of assets devoted
to common defence, and
supporting the full integration
of the cyber domain in NATO
defence planning process and
in the military doctrine, so as
to ensure the deployment of a
robust capability against cyber
attacks targeting the vital and
Attaining the full operational
capability of the National Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT,
as already identified by Article
no. 16 of Legislative Decree no.
259/2003, and set within the
purview of the Ministry of Economic
Development), in order to enhance
the national capability to survey
and react to potential threats and
actual attacks on the ICT domestic
infrastructure through the creation
of a secure and trustworthy
exchange of information.
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strategic interests of both NATO
and Italy;
• At the bilateral level, engage
with countries of strategic
importance,
as
well
as
with potential recipients of
multilateral projects of technical
assistance and capacity-building
initiatives.
Participation in cybersecurity
exercises organized by ENISA and
NATO, with the aim of testing and
improving national preparedness,
also in dealing with cybersecurity
events
requiring
international
cooperation.
Italy’s participation in the global
debate about cybersecurity cannot
ignore the interests of the national
ICT and cybersecurity industrial
base.
The national CERT (CERT-N),
has the task to identify a shared
communication framework with
other CERTs as well as to designate
roles, responsibilities and pointsof-contact at the national level to
effectively ensure crisis management
capabilities and the consistency of a
national cybersecurity community.
The national CERT works
as a cooperative public-private
partnership supporting citizens and
firms through situational awareness
and prevention campaigns, and